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First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams on Assange's case: relief that the Espionage Act wasn't used, but “some level of broader risk” still exists for journalists — New York (CNN Business)This debate has spanned the decade: Is Julian Assange a villainous hack working in concert …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Assange is hard to defend, but prosecuting him would open the door to criminal investigations of other news organizations — For press-freedom advocates, Julian Assange has long been a polarizing figure. — And his arrest Thursday in London once again ignited the seemingly endless debate:
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The Guardian:
Julian Assange arrested for alleged breach of bail and in connection to a US extradition warrant as Ecuador withdraws asylum after seven years
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Hadas Gold / CNN:
Ruptly, owned by Russian-backed RT, snagged the only video of Assange's arrest by continuing to record outside Ecuador's embassy as other broadcasters withdrew
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Joseph Cox / Motherboard:
DOJ charges Julian Assange with conspiracy to commit computer intrusion for allegedly assisting Chelsea Manning in an attempt to crack a DOD password
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Sarah Whitten / CNBC:
Disney+ will be available starting November 12 for $6.99 a month or $69.99 per year — - Disney announced Thursday at the company's investor day that Disney+ will be available starting on November 12 for $6.99 per month or $69 per year — Disney has already confirmed a number …
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Sarah Whitten / CNBC:
Disney CEO Bob Iger says he will step down in 2021 and that Disney's board has been involved in discussions about succession planning — Disney CEO Bob Iger said that he is definitely stepping down from his post at the company in 2021. — “I'm expecting my contract to expire at the end of 2021 …
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Bloomberg:
Procter & Gamble's chief brand officer blasts digital media for fraud, privacy breaches, and harmful content, calls for a uniform way to ID individual consumers — - Consumer products giant says ‘brand safety’ is getting worse — P&G will buy ads on platforms that can guarantee safe content
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Bloomberg:
Sources: YouTube has introduced two new internal metrics in the past two years: total time spent on site and the murkier “quality watch time” — YouTube is changing the way it measures success on the world's biggest video site following a series of scandals.
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Mark Paul / The Irish Times:
A new Australian online subscription-based investigative journalism platform that will operate as part of news service Crikey receives €1.27M in backing — Reports say O'Reilly and investor John Fairfax have put up 2m AUD for new venture — Cameron O'Reilly, the eldest son …
Andrew Bucholtz / Awful Announcing:
Report: Big3, Ice Cube's 3-on-3 league, wrote to the FCC and DOJ accusing Charter of undermining the auction process for Fox regional sports networks — The saga of the Fox regional sports networks (now owned by Disney, but not for much longer) has taken yet another twist.
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Graydon Carter / Hollywood Reporter:
Graydon Carter on the glory days of magazine expense accounts, life after Vanity Fair, and the July launch of his newsletter, Air Mail — Sure, the perks, pleasures and expense accounts of a vanishing print business have been replaced by digital churns and dubious Facebook ads …
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@erik_hayden, @sethabramovitch and The Daily Caller
Julia Glum / Money:
CollabDRM, which helps former Viners get paid for remixes of their works on YouTube, says it has passed the $100M mark in earnings paid to clients — Just before turning 20 last summer, self-described weirdo Juan Estela decided to investigate his past. He's typically open about his strange personality …
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Katie Notopoulos / BuzzFeed News:
A look at Facebook's transparency tool that shows a user which advertisers used a contact list with information about that specific user — On Facebook under Settings, there's a page in the Ads section where you can view your Ad Preferences. Most of this is fairly straightforward …
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Joe Mandese / MediaPost:
Researchers for BMO Capital Markets say Fox News full-day linear TV ratings fell 19% in Q1, but note Fox Nation streaming is beating expectations — The future of Fox News may be its direct-to-consumer play, Fox Nation. — In a post-21st Century Fox analysis sent to investors today. …
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