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Facebook says it will more prominently label content that fact-checkers deem false on Facebook and Instagram, will ban ads suggesting voting is pointless — We have a responsibility to stop abuse and election interference on our platform. That's why we've made significant investments since 2016 …
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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Facebook now requires some page owners to disclose the orgs running them and if they're tied to state-owned media, will add labels to pages run by state media — The new efforts are meant to bolster its defenses ahead of the upcoming 2020 presidential election but are unlikely to end the growing dispute over political ads.
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New York Times, Vox, NBC News, Facebook, Vox and @hadas_gold, more at Techmeme »
Matthew Doran / ABC:
Major Australian newspapers black out text on their front pages Monday to protest secrecy laws passed over past two years, after raids of journalists in June — The nation's media companies have redacted their front pages to highlight the constraints on media organisations under strict national security legislation.
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Max Willens / Digiday:
How Verizon is pivoting its publishing strategy to focus on commerce by investing in original shopping-focused video and a new content management system — Verizon Media Group has long styled itself as an advertising platform. Now it wants to act like one that helps brands and retailers drive sales.
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Corey Hutchins / The Colorado Independent:
A look at the Colorado Media Project's new report, Local News is a Public Good, which recommends public funding to support independent local journalism — On Monday, members of the Colorado Media Project took questions at CU Denver about the group's new report “Local News is a Public Good” …
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The Pew Charitable Trusts and Nieman Lab
Kate Storey / Esquire:
Inside Bustle Media Group CEO Bryan Goldberg's ill-fated attempt to relaunch Gawker, which started with no clear plan and was plagued by scandals — Last year, Bryan Goldberg revealed big plans for his relaunch of Gawker, then postponed it indefinitely while laying off the whole staff.
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Greg Sterling / Marketing Land:
IAB and PwC: US online ad spending reached $57.9B in H1 2019, up 16.9% year-over-year but lower than the 23.1% growth in the same period last year — Mobile ad revenues were $39.9 billion or 69% of the total. — U.S. online ad spending reached $57.9 billion, representing growth of 16.9% year-over-year …
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TechCrunch, The Drum and MediaPost
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
UK's Global Radio to launch a new 24-hour LBC spin-off “pure news” station, without opinion or debate, from next Monday — Global Radio is launching a new 24-hour LBC spin-off station to create a dedicated space for “pure news” - without opinion or debate.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Nielsen's SVOD Content Ratings, launched two years ago, now tracks Amazon Prime Video, but, as with Netflix, it won't track views from mobile devices or PCs — Nielsen announced this morning it will now be able to measure the viewing taking place on Amazon Prime Video, through its Subscription Video on Demand Content Ratings solution.
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The Wrap and MediaPost, more at Techmeme »
Laurie Sullivan / MediaPost:
Facebook opens ads in search results to all advertisers, for a select group of topics — Ads in Facebook Search Results are now open to all marketers for a select group of topics. The ad unit, which appears in Facebook News Feeds and across its marketplace, aims to provide a way for marketers …
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Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
UK's i newspaper launches app that publishes its best journalism in three daily editions alongside live breaking news, priced at £5.99 per month — The i paper has launched a new paid-for app publishing the best of its journalism in three daily editions alongside live breaking news.
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Samira Ahmed, a prominent female BBC presenter, is taking the BBC to an employment tribunal, claiming she was paid less than male colleagues for equivalent work — Presenter alleges she was paid less than male colleagues for equivalent work at broadcaster — One of the BBC's …
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Press Gazette, BBC and @catherine_mayer
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