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Tim Baysinger / The Wrap:
Comscore settles with SEC on charges the firm and its ex-CEO made false statements, engaging in a fraudulent scheme to overstate revenue by ~$50M from 2014-2016 — Comscore and its former CEO Serge Matta were charged Tuesday by the SEC with engaging in a fraudulent scheme to overstate revenue …
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Leo Kelion / BBC:
EU's top court rules that Google does not have to apply “right to be forgotten” globally — The EU's top court has ruled that Google does not have to apply the right to be forgotten globally. — It means the firm only needs to remove links from its search results in Europe …
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A. G. Sulzberger / New York Times:
NYT's A.G. Sulzberger says the Trump administration was prepared to let Egypt arrest a NYT reporter, calls out Trump's anti-press rhetoric as a global threat — In many countries, journalists are being targeted because of the role they play in ensuring a free and informed society.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
The Spotify for Artists app on iOS and Android gets a big revamp with real-time listening stats, after Apple's artist dashboard exited beta last month — Spotify this morning is rolling out an updated version of its app for artists, across both iOS and Android.
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Trump counts on right-wing and mainstream media to amplify his counterpunches amid a scandal, and plenty of outlets let him do it — We've been here before. — It's “lock her up” all over again. It's “no collusion, no obstruction” all over again. — It's all the Trumpian greatest hits: witch hunt, corrupt media, deep state.
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James Fallows / The Atlantic:
Coverage of Trump's latest episode with Ukraine shows how major media outlets haven't learned anything from 2016 and their tendency to embrace false equivalence
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Ruaridh Nicoll / The Guardian:
An Associated Press photographer in Haiti, Dieu-Nalio Chery, was wounded Monday when a Haitian senator fired a pistol amid a confrontation with protesters — Play Video — Two men including a photojournalist have been shot and injured by a Haitian senator who opened fire outside the country's parliament …
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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook says it doesn't fact-check politicians' speech or block their content, generally assuming it is newsworthy, even if it violates Facebook policies — Facebook confirms it won't fact-check politicians' speech or block their content if it's newsworthy even if it violates the site's hatespeech rules or other policies.
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Tony Biasotti / Columbia Journalism Review:
California's new 35-articles-per-newspaper annual limit for freelancers is meant to protect staff writers by distinguishing between them and freelancers — California Assembly Bill 5, in its original language, seemed as though it could end freelance journalism in the state.
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@tonybiasotti, @annaleen, @heritage, @_tiennguyen, @spj_tweets, @cjr, Talking Biz News and @tonybiasotti
Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
As disinformation surges, trust in books is needed more than ever, but most publishers are unwilling to pay for fact checkers despite recent high-profile errors — In an era plagued by deep fakes and online disinformation campaigns, we still tend to trust what we read in books. But should we?
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@gabrielsnyder, @ykomska, @robtempio, @katzonearth, @urbaninsideout, @karaswisher, @lindsaycrouse, @nbj914 and bookforum.com
Garett Sloane / Ad Age:
Snapchat extends its skippable ads limit to three minutes from ten seconds; non-skippable six-second ads within shows now let users swipe up for related actions — At Advertising Week, company makes adjustments to its commercial formats — Snapchat is relaxing its time constraints for ads …
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Spencer Hsu / Washington Post:
Judge dismissed a suit by a US freelancer, Bilal Abdul Kareem, that challenged his alleged placement on a US drone “kill list” in Syria; US cited state secrets — A U.S. judge Tuesday dismissed an American journalist's lawsuit challenging his alleged placement on a “kill list” …
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Will Thorne / Variety:
Showtime buys rights to Vice Media's weekly newsmagazine series, Vice, from HBO; a new 13-episode season is set to premiere in spring 2020 — “Vice,” the weekly newsmagazine series launched by Vice Media and HBO back in 2013, is being revived by Showtime. — The cabler has acquired …
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