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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 …
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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Google's FTC settlement, a pittance compared to its profits, shows the US political system and its outdated laws aren't ready to rein in powerful tech companies
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YouTube Blog, Fast Company, MediaPost, TechCrunch, The Toy Book, Bloomberg, @neil_chilson, @jbflint, @projectinclude, @pkafka and @pkafka, more at Techmeme »
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, @connieschultz and Poynter
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, Multichannel News, The Verge, Business Wire, The Streamable, CNET, Engadget and Cord Cutters News, 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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Marketing Land, CNET and @madhumita29, more at Techmeme »
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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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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@pbump, @ronaldklain and @mlcalderone
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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Committee to Protect …, @jamesfoleyfund and @lvzwestcott
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, @_loganmcdonald and @_loganmcdonald
Allison Schiff / AdExchanger:
Axios Sports newsletter hits 100K subscribers, up ~10x since Axios acquired Sports Internet in January, claims a 42% open rate, double the industry standard — The Axios Sports newsletter recently hit a major milestone: 100,000 subscribers, up nearly tenfold in less than nine months.
Dustin Gouker / Legal Sports Report:
TheScore raises $40M to fund the growth and development of its media and sports betting businesses and fully launches its New Jersey online sportsbook — The war chest for sports media company theScore just got a little bigger as it seeks to bolster its online sportsbook product.
Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:
MRC releases its cross-media audience measurement standards for video, a framework that works across TV, OTT, desktop, and mobile — Viewable ad duration metric to be phased in by 2021 — The Media Rating Council on Wednesday issued a final version of its Cross-Media Audience Measurement Standards …
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