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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Facebook tightens rules on political advertisers, requiring further identity proof such as tax-identification number or Federal Election Commission registration — Facebook on Wednesday announced it would tighten some of its rules around political advertising ahead of the 2020 presidential election …
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Facebook, TechCrunch, The Verge, Associated Press, @jeremybmerrill, ZDNet, @williamturton, @lachlan and The Daily Caller, more at Techmeme »
Splinter:
Federal judge rules in favor of Gizmodo Media Group in a $100M lawsuit brought by ex-Trump spokesman Jason Miller over a story about a child custody case — A federal judge on Tuesday ruled in favor of Splinter, the site's managing editor, Katherine Krueger, and the site's parent company …
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Mediaite, Talking Points Memo, Hollywood Reporter, The Wrap, @tomgara, @freedomofpress and @eriqgardner
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump accuses Fox News of “heavily promoting the Democrats” and urges his Twitter followers to “start looking for a new News Outlet” — President Trump on Wednesday lashed out at Fox News, accusing the conservative network of “heavily promoting the Democrats” …
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@realdonaldtrump, CNN, TVNewser, @brithume, @windsormann, The Wrap, @jackshafer, @atrupar, Politico, @capshower, @tedlieu and @chutry
Jeanine Santucci / USA Today:
Beto O'Rourke's staff removed a Breitbart writer from a campaign event, later saying site “walks the line between being news and a perpetrator of hate speech” — Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke's staff had a Breitbart News writer removed from an event in South Carolina on Tuesday.
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Breitbart, CNN, @noahshachtman, Mediaite, Breitbart, @brianstelter, @johnniemo, @jeaninesantucci, @agraybee, @timodc, @charlesppierce, @media_evan and @media_evan
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
BBC says it will launch a voice assistant built into its website and iPlayer next year, allowing users to use their voices to engage with BBC content — Corporation recording voices of staff across UK to help Beeb software understand accents — The BBC is preparing to launch a rival …
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BBC, The Verge, @rasmus_kleis, @ariannahuff, American Press Institute, Gizmodo, RAIN News, CNET, TechCrunch, 9to5Google, Engadget, MacRumors and Fast Company
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Reuters director says the agency is planning a P2P network to help journalists collaborate, as it launches its productivity suite, Reuters Connect — There is a “higher need” for journalists to work together to create trusted news instead of spending “all our energy fighting each other,” a director at Reuters news agency has said.
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@spj_tweets, Talking Biz News and Editor & Publisher
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed News:
Sources and leaked emails from 2017 show Clarity Media, the owner of the Weekly Standard and Washington Examiner, explored purchasing the Federalist — As Donald Trump rose to take over the Republican Party, conservative media splintered: Some outlets became his mouthpieces, some his enemies …
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@jbouie, @lpolgreen, @badfoxgraphics, @davidklion, @jonathanchait and @rosiegray
Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Actress Paz de la Huerta adds Disney, Bob Iger, and ex-CEO Eisner to $60M sexual assault lawsuit against Weinstein, alleging their decision-making enabled him — Nearly a year after first taking the much-accused Harvey Weinstein to court, Paz de la Huerta has today added the Walt Disney Company …
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Hollywood Reporter, Vanity Fair and Fox News
Shoshana Wodinsky / Adweek:
Hudson MX, an ad-tech firm that provides a platform to buy ads on local broadcasters, partners with Comscore to bring its targeting tech to local markets — The partnership sees new-school tech pumped into old-school platforms — Thanks to the advent of ad tech, fine-grained audience targeting …
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Broadcasting & Cable, Radio & Television … and MediaPost
Ben Mathis-Lilley / Slate:
Q&A with David Karpf, the tenured professor whose “bedbug” tweet prompted NYT's Bret Stephens to copy Karpf's provost on an email complaining about the tweet — David Karpf is a professor of media and public affairs at George Washington University in D.C. On Monday night …
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Esquire, American Press Institute, @davekarpf, Los Angeles Times, @davekarpf, iMediaEthics, VICE, Vanity Fair, Breitbart, @jayrosen_nyu, @louisathelast, @vabvox, The Daily Caller, @jamilsmith, @stevenbeschloss, @professorhannah, @rachelbitecofer, @bethlynch2020, @leahlitman, @pareene, @pareene, @heerjeet, @petersterne, @moneyries, @jdforward, @davidklion, @exavierpope, @lopezlinette, @davidnir, @codinghorror, @mattdpearce, @timsout, @emayfarris, @texasinafrica, @humford, @sarahlerner, @bethlevin, @caitjgibson, @morgan_sung, @katie_rayford, @glennf, @karenmcgrane and @jessicavalenti
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Kinzen, which initially built a consumer app for curated news, is now helping publishers offer personalized news on their own platforms, newsletters, and sites — When Mark Little and Áine Kerr first began thinking about developing a news product, they started going where many people had gone before …
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@kirstinestewart and @marklittlenews
Axios:
Adpay data on newspapers: ~$500M in total revenue comes from obituaries; obituary search company Legacy.com says it publishes 1 in 3 obituaries in US — Local newspapers still heavily rely on obituary placements for revenue, according to data from local obituary and advertising placement firm Adpay, which is owned by Ancestry.com.
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@rschallom, @sarafischer and @bmorrissey
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