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Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Janice Min is leaving Quibi, the short-form video startup run by Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman; she joined Quibi about a year ago to lead daily news shows — Min is the second high-level executive to leave the shortform video startup in recent weeks. — Janice Min is leaving Quibi …
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CNBC:
Google will pay a $136M fine to the FTC and $34M to the New York Attorney General to settle claims that it violated child privacy laws on YouTube — will pay $170 million to settle claims it violated child privacy laws SEARCH QUOTES TECH YouTube will pay $170 million to settle claims …
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Peter Kafka / Vox:
Google's FTC settlement, a pittance compared to its profits, shows the US political system and its outdated laws aren't ready to rein in powerful tech companies
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Benjamin Hart / New York Magazine:
Trump admin aide, who quit over a Bloomberg story that misread his Facebook posts as anti-Semitic, has reportedly been reinstated; Bloomberg stands by report — UPDATE: On Wednesday afternoon, The Daily Caller reported that Leif Olson would be reinstated to his position at the Department of Labor.
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The Daily Caller, The Hill, Washington Examiner, Mediaite, CNN, Fox News, Bloomberg Law and Washington Post
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Yair Rosenberg / Tablet Magazine:
Trump admin staffer quit just before Bloomberg reported his 2016 Facebook posts were anti-Semitic; omitted context shows the posts actually mocked anti-Semitism
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New York Times, @yair_rosenberg, Breitbart, PinkNews, @jbarro, @ryanlcooper, @erikwemple, @erikwemple, @robbysoave, @dandrezner, @davidafrench, @yair_rosenberg, @voxdotcom, Vox, @jameshasson20, @tomgara, @benshapiro, @heminator, Raw Story, Reason, Contemptor, Fox News, Leif Olson and Talking Points Memo
Ben Smith / BuzzFeed News:
Politico's White House reporter and CNN contributor Eliana Johnson will be the new editor-in-chief of the neoconservative outlet Washington Free Beacon — A leading political reporter is leaving Politico to lead the neoconservative flagship Washington Free Beacon, the latest move …
Jacqueline Howard / CNN:
Facebook rolls out pop-up windows on Facebook and Instagram that appear when people search for vaccine info; notices point to CDC or World Health Organization — Facebook to crack down on anti-vaccine misinformation — (CNN)A new feature is rolling out on Facebook and Instagram to combat the spread of anti-vaccine misinformation.
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Michael Calderone / Politico:
A look at TV coverage of climate change and the 2020 election as CNN airs a town hall Wednesday with 10 candidates and MSNBC follows with a forum Sept. 19-20 — Andrew Yang will get roughly 40 minutes on CNN Wednesday evening to make his pitch about how he would confront the threat of climate change as president.
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CNN, @pbump, @mlcalderone, @ronaldklain and New York Times
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Trump's escalating media attacks will deepen distrust of media among the GOP, erode trust in CNN, have little effect on the industry, and further divide the US — President Trump requires no translation or interpretation when it comes to his plan for going after national news outlets as Campaign 2020 kicks into high gear.
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@will_bunch, @janemartinson and @connieschultz
Lucy Westcott / Committee to Protect Journalists:
CPJ survey of female and gender non-conforming journalists in the US and Canada: online harassment cited as biggest risk, 70%+ experienced safety issues/threats — Ask any female journalist about harassment or safety while on assignment and they'll likely have a story to tell.
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@jamesfoleyfund, @kathleencarrll, @niemanreports, @lvzwestcott and Committee to Protect …
Logan McDonald / BuzzFeed:
Inside BuzzFeed's Tech + News Working Group, a collaboration between reporters and the IT team, leading to better understanding of issues, new tools, and scoops — This question — and many, many others like it — arose from an initiative called “The Tech + News Working Group,” …
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The DEV Community, @ckwang, @_loganmcdonald, @janelytv, @itsnicolenguyen, @_loganmcdonald and @mat
Tiffany Hsu / New York Times:
Advertising watchdog files complaint with FTC accusing YouTube channel Ryan ToysReview of deceiving children with sponsored videos that are made to look organic — Can young viewers tell the difference between advertisements and product reviews on the popular YouTube channel Ryan ToysReview?
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Truth In Advertising, Yahoo Finance, Truth in Advertising and Tubefilter
Steven Hsieh / Phoenix New Times:
Employees of the Arizona Republic announce they plan to form a union, amid newsroom tension and worries that Gannett-GateHouse merger could lead to job cuts — Employees of the Arizona Republic officially declared their intention to form a union Wednesday, setting up a likely battle between journalists …
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@rebekahlsanders and @reporterestes
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Amazon's Fire TV, with 37M+ monthly active users globally, announces new hardware and brands using the Fire TV OS as the company competes with Roku and others — At the big European tech trade show, IFA 2019, Amazon today announced more than 20 new Fire TV-branded devices …
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Fast Company, VentureBeat, The Verge, Business Wire, @robotodd, Multichannel News, Engadget, CNET and CNET, more at Techmeme »
Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times:
Web browser Brave hands evidence to Irish data regulator alleging Google uses hidden webpages to pass personal data of users to advertisers, undercutting GDPR — Google is secretly using hidden web pages that feed the personal data of its users to advertisers, undermining its own policies …
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@aprilfdoss, @jason_kint, @johnnyryan, @madhumita29, Marketing Land and CNET, more at Techmeme »
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