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Ryan Browne / CNBC:
Ireland's Data Protection Commission, the lead EU supervisory authority for Google, announces investigation into Google's online advertising data collection — KEY POINTS — Ireland's Data Protection Commission says its probe will examine whether Google's processing of data in advertising transactions breaches EU privacy rules.
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Data Protection Commission, Marketing Land and Beyond Search, more at Techmeme »
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Jessica Davies / Digiday:
Companies that have taken a strict approach to GDPR feel punished by falling ad revenues while rivals flourished, and are now loosening their terms — Complacency is a dangerous mistress. But it's a trap many companies are in danger of falling into when it comes to the General Data Protection Regulation …
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Politico, @karaswisher, @kimmaicutler, @digiday, TechCrunch, The Verge and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »
CBC News:
Canadian government names eight media organizations to sit on an advisory panel to recommend news operations for CAD$600M media support fund over five years — The federal government has named the eight Canadian organizations that will sit on a special advisory panel tasked …
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Canada.ca, Telegraph, @awudrick, HuffPost Canada, iPolitics and Canadian Press
Julia Alexander / The Verge:
YouTube announces that it will round down real-time subscriber counts starting August, and exact subscriber counts will no longer be displayed — Sites like Social Blade may be impacted — YouTube is introducing a major change to the way real-time subscriber counts are displayed …
Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
Ev Williams says Fox News is more powerful and destructive than Twitter and the posting of false claims is part of the tradeoff of an open platform like Medium — Toronto (CNN Business)President Donald Trump is a “master” of Twitter, according to the company's co-founder Ev Williams.
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@ev, @kyleorl, @pkafka, @ev, @ev, @ev, @ev, @ev, @karenmcgrane, @haroldpollack, @donie, @cnn, Mediaite and Boing Boing
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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Jay Fielden out as Esquire editor in chief after three years as part of a reshuffling under Hearst Magazine President Troy Young — Jay Fielden is leaving his position as Esquire's editor in chief, a job he held three years, he and Hearst Magazines announced Thursday.
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WWD and New York Post
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Restrictions on political coverage during voting places UK broadcasters in a precarious legal situation as they cover cabinet resignations during EU elections — Strict broadcasting laws place restrictions on coverage of politics during voting periods — Attempts by Conservative MPs …
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@martinbelam
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Avaaz study finds extensive far-right disinformation networks on Facebook ahead of EU elections; Facebook says it removed 77 Pages and 230 accounts in response — A multi-month hunt for political disinformation spreading on Facebook in Europe suggests there are concerted efforts to use …
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@_emmagh, Wired, The Guardian, @cagoldberglaw, @issielapowsky, @acfou, @udobullmann and @mikenelson
Emily Cadei / Sacramento Bee:
McClatchy names Kristin Roberts vice president of news as of May 27, making her the first woman to lead McClatchy's news division — Kristin Roberts, one of four regional editors and executive editor for politics at McClatchy, has been named vice president of news, the company announced Wednesday.
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American Press Institute and @sleavenworth
Michael McGowan / The Guardian:
Actor Geoffrey Rush awarded A$2.9M in damages from the News Corp Australia's Daily Telegraph, the largest defamation payout to a single person in Australia — Court hears that actor offered to settle for $50,000 and an apology but never heard back from News Corp
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Press Gazette, Mercury News, Reuters, NEWS.com.au, CNN, Sydney Morning Herald, New York Times and @aberrantthe
Claire Selvin / ARTnews:
PBS NewsHour announces it will expand its broadcast and digital arts reporting initiative, CANVAS, with a $1.7M investment from the Knight Foundation — The television program has created a website for its arts reporting initiative, Canvas. Read More — The post Knight Foundation Gives $1.7 M …
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Knight Foundation, @tylergreenbooks and @judywoodruff
Laura Pitel / Financial Times:
The Wikimedia Foundation has filed an application to the European Court of Human Rights over Turkey's ban on Wikipedia since April 2017 — Wikipedia is taking Turkey to Europe's top human rights court as it escalates a two-year battle to overturn a ban on the site in the country.
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Wikimedia Foundation, Agence France-Presse and @laurapitel
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