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4:15 PM ET, August 22, 2019

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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: News Corp is developing a news-aggregation service called Knewz, to address publisher concerns about Google and Facebook  —  Knewz.com will surface articles from hundreds of news sources, using software and human curation  —  News Corp is developing a news-aggregation service meant …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sarah Huckabee Sanders will join Fox News as a contributor and is expected to make her debut on September 6  —  Sarah Huckabee Sanders, one of the more controversial holders of the office of White House Press Secretary in recent memory, will join Fox News Channel as a contributor.
Jessica Davies / Digiday:
Google research indicates blocking cookies causes news sites to lose an average of 62% of ad revenue, proposes new controls to make it harder to track users  —  Google has planted another user data-privacy flag in the ground.  Today, the tech giant has released a proposal for industry standards around …
Hugo Balta / National Association …:
National Association of Hispanic Journalists rescinds Fox sponsorship of NAHJ at a convention next month, over anti-Latino comments by radio host Todd Starnes  —  Dear NAHJ Members, Today I am announcing the decision to rescind the invitation of Fox News as a sponsor for NAHJ at the upcoming Excellence …
Jennifer Elias / CNBC:
Krishna Bharat, who led the team that built Google News, returns to the company as a distinguished research scientist after a four-year hiatus  —  KEY POINTS  —  Pedestrians walk past Google headquarters in New York.  —  Krishna Bharat, the inventor of Google News, has returned to the company …
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Bauer Media 2018: pre-tax profit of £3.7M, down 65% YoY, with revenue of £120M; ad rev fell £5.4M to £38M, while newsstand and subscription rev fell £3M to £72M  —  Pre-tax profits at Empire and Grazia publisher Bauer Media fell by two-thirds last year as print magazines continue to decline.
Peter White / Deadline:
YouTube EMEA's head of originals says it is not looking for scripted projects amid a pullback from scripted content in the US, which cut three such shows  —  YouTube is in a “little bit of a transition” in terms of its original commissioning strategy, according to its European content exec Luke Hyams.
Andrew Carter / Raleigh News & Observer:
A close look at the new ACC Network, created in partnership with ESPN and launching Thursday, on DirecTV, Hulu, PlayStation Vue, YouTube TV, and Spectrum  —  During the weeks and months leading to the launch of the ACC Network, the people behind it have promoted both the scope of the coverage …
Brian Fung / CNN:
Sources: FCC and FTC officials raised concerns about the constitutionality and scope of a Trump draft executive order on CDA Section 230 and alleged censorship  —  (CNN)Officials from the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission have expressed serious concerns …
Jeremy Gordon / Columbia Journalism Review:
Music journalism is becoming more repetitive and less revelatory, as outlets run profiles from the same pool of artists with a diminishing amount of access  —  A music writer's job is easily romanticized: Imagine getting paid to listen to music, that most universal, immediately resonant, and cool-conferring of art forms.
 
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