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The Guardian:
Sources: Paul Manafort had multiple meetings with WikiLeaks, including one meeting in 2016, just months before WikiLeaks released DNC dossier — Trump ally met WikiLeaks founder months before emails hacked by Russia were published — Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort held secret talks …
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Voice of America:
Paul Manafort and WikiLeaks both deny that Manafort met with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange; Manafort threatens legal action against The Guardian — Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is denying a Guardian newspaper report that he met with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange three times …
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Talking Points Memo, The Daily Beast, @wikileaks, @emptywheel, Vanity Fair, @tribelaw, CNN, @joepompeo, New York Times, Fortune, The Week and The Gateway Pundit
Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Fox & Friends let former EPA chief Scott Pruitt choose topics he would discuss on the show, sent questions in advance, and gave his team approval over script — The president's favorite cable-news show shared its interview scripts and its oh-so-hard-hitting questions in advance with an embattled Trump official.
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Associated Press, @davidfolkenflik, Washington Post, iMediaEthics, @brendannyhan, @jeffjarvis, @igorvolsky, @wajahatali, @thedailybeast, @rockshrimp, @petergleick, @propublica, HuffPost, The Wrap, @drvox, @jeremymbarr, @jonesnews, @timothy_cama, @joshgreenman, @melissajpeltier, @brucebartlett, @andylassner, @maxboot, @joycewhitevance, @kt_so_it_goes, @no_little_plans, @ericgeller, @ike_saul, @swin24, @samstein, @asteadwesley, @ericboehlert, @rosiegray, @jessewente, @ericwolfson, @defensebaron, @brianstelter, Mediaite, Contemptor, Slate, Media Matters for America, The Week and TVNewser
Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Condé Nast's Chief Executive Bob Sauerberg is stepping down, with the company to combine its US and international operations under a new global CEO — Publisher says Condé Nast and Condé Nast International will combine — Condé Nast said Chief Executive Bob Sauerberg …
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Variety, What's New in Publishing, AdExchanger, @ennisnyt, @oliverdarcy, The Daily Beast, @edmundlee, @david_marcelis, The Wrap, CNN, Ad Age and Deadline
Amanda Bennett / Washington Post:
Trump recently suggested the US needs a state-controlled “Worldwide Network” as he again criticized media; it already exists as the independent Voice of America — “Something has to be done,” President Trump tweeted Monday. — Frustrated by CNN, with which he has an ongoing beef …
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@realdonaldtrump, Ars Technica, @insidevoa, @bearsaremean, @w7voa, @w7voa, @kaedotcom, @27khv, @greta, @w7voa and The Hill
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News:
The DOJ indicts eight men on charges related to a global ad fraud scheme discovered with the help of about 15 tech companies, including Google and White Ops — In August 2017, the FBI organized a secret meeting of digital advertising and cybersecurity experts in a secure room in a Manhattan federal building.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Source: YouTube is expected to scale back scripted shows in 2020; multiple sources say it will focus on YouTube's ad-supported business, with all originals free — YouTube has concluded that its investments in original programming are better placed on the free, ad-supported side — not behind a paywall.
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Hollywood Reporter, 9to5Google, @shiraovide, Engadget, @xpangler, @modestproposal1, Adweek, @dylanbyers, /Film and The Wrap
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Disney is moving all of its brands to Google Ad Manager and will drop Comcast's FreeWheel from use by ESPN and ABC Television Group; deal does not include Hulu — The Walt Disney Co. is moving all of its digital brands and properties worldwide — including Disney, ABC, ESPN, Freeform …
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Wall Street Journal, Adweek, Deadline, @tkawaja, 9to5Google, Broadcasting & Cable, Ad Age, MediaPost and The Keyword
Mark Di Stefano / BuzzFeed:
Facebook says alleged “entities” pulling billions of Facebook data points per day in 2014 were legitimate API calls from Pinterest with no connection to Russia — Facebook claimed engineers later “found no evidence of specific Russian activity”.
Kara Swisher / Recode:
The Emerson Collective, the social impact firm run by Laurene Powell Jobs, buys Pop-Up Magazine Productions, which also publishes California Sunday Magazine — The social impact firm makes another media acquisition, this time of the publisher of California Sunday Magazine and Pop-Up Magazine events.
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New York Times, @smartsandcrafts, @mathewi, @ev_rat, @chasnote, @karaswisher and @karaswisher
Leigh Cuen / CoinDesk:
Current and former employees of news orgs sponsored by the blockchain startup Civil say they haven't received the compensation they were promised when hired — Civil was supposed to create a more transparent and democratic model for journalism. But so far, journalists working on its platform …
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Nieman Lab, @jcassano, @dansinker, @jcassano, @adamweinstein, @jbenton, @susie_c, @cd_hooks, Poynter, @asanwal, @thestalwart, @nathanielpopper, @atrubek, @davidklion, @mdudas, @cwarzel and @digiphile
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Spotify has signed deals with major Indian music labels, clearing a path to enter the major market as soon as Q1 2019 — - Streaming service is said to launch as soon as first quarter — Swedish company seeks faster Asian growth to placate investors
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Engadget, Music Business Worldwide, The Verge, MediaNama and RAIN News, more at Techmeme »
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