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Trump's new rhetorical attack, accusing the NYT of “a virtual act of treason”, crosses a dangerous line in his campaign against a free and independent press — The Founders considered it the gravest of crimes. Tossing the charge around is irresponsible and wrong.


Sources: Rupert Murdoch, co-chairman of Fox Corporation, is recovering from pneumonia, but is doing well and is expected to call into a board meeting on Friday — New York (CNN Business)Rupert Murdoch, the 88-year-old billionaire media mogul, is recovering after a bout with pneumonia …
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@anthony and @oliverdarcy


Twitter disabling location data for tweets is a win for privacy but a loss for journalists, researchers as it helped find eyewitnesses and track disinformation — When Twitter wants to announce a change in how it does things, how should they announce it? With a tweet, naturally …
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VICE, @stuartathompson, @firstdraftnews, @wexler, @elanazak, The Verge, Engadget, The Daily Dot, 9to5Mac, Fast Company and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »


In a report, the ICO, UK's data protection regulator, says the real time bidding ad industry is undermining GDPR and failing to protect sensitive personal data — The online behavioural advertising industry is illegally profiling Internet users. — That's the damning assessment …
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Digiday, Information Commissioner's …, @actaeon169, @wolfiechristl, @wolfiechristl, @wolfiechristl and ico.org.uk


News sites across the political spectrum, from the Daily Caller to AlterNet, form the Digital News Alliance, an ad network to target politically engaged readers — Digital News Alliance combines left-leaning, conservative and centrist publishers — Political advertising makes strange bedfellows.
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Mediaite, Nieman Lab, The Drum, The Wrap, @karenmcgrane, The Daily Caller and Washington Free Beacon


Interview with Sarah Personette, Twitter's VP of global client solutions, on brand safety, election integrity, and the company's openness to more regulation — In the last year, Twitter and Facebook have been scrutinized for the lack of brand-safe environments for advertisers.


Fuse Media to exit Chapter 11 in the coming weeks after a federal court approves its bankruptcy exit plan, which includes reducing debt by ~$200M — Court approves exit plan, programmer says will emerge in the ‘coming weeks’ — Latino and multicultural youth-oriented programmer Fuse Media …
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Radio & Television …

Branded content project: among nearly 40 local news organizations, 23.1% generated $10K-$100K, 20.5% generated $1M-$5M in 2018 from branded content — The Local Media Consortium and Local Media Association recently announced results from their first Branded Content Project …


WGA stops negotiations with the Association of Talent Agents, in favor of individual talks with top nine agencies as it seeks a ban on packaging fees for agents — The Writers Guild of America has called off negotiations with the Association of Talent Agents in favor of pursuing individual talks …
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Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles Times and The Wrap


The Epoch Times publisher defends the outlet from questions by NBC reporters, says they were asking about Trump coverage, ties to Falun Gong, and staffing — Last week, we were contacted by two NBC reporters who posed a series of highly inappropriate questions.
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Mediaite, @jj_mccullough, @stephenepoch and @maxwelltani


Three-year-old French news site Les Jours serializes the news, breaking long-form investigative stories down into accessible, nail-biting episodes — “Serial” isn't just a podcast: It's also the format hook Les Jours uses to bring some of the lessons of drama to long-form investigative reporting.


Film and television critics associations form a coalition, Critics Groups for Equality in Media, to foster greater diversity in entertainment journalism — A coalition of film and television critics associations are teaming up help foster greater diversity in entertainment journalism.
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AwardsCircuit.com and Los Angeles Times