Mediagazer: Cision, a media monitoring firm and parent of PR Newswire, to go private after being acquired for $2.74B by an affiliate of PE firm Platinum Equity (Sean Czarnecki/PRWeek)

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The author of an anonymous 2018 NYT column identified as a senior Trump admin official has written a book, titled A WARNING, to be published in November — The author of an anonymous column in the New York Times in 2018, who was identified as a senior Trump administration official acting as part of the …

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Snap reports it added 7M DAUs in Q3 to hit 210M, up 13% YoY, revenue of $446M, up 50% YoY, and a net loss of $227M, down from $325M a year ago — The Snap-back continues. Snapchat blew past earnings expectations for a big beat in Q3, as it added 7 million daily active users this quarter to hit 210 million, up 13% year-over-year.

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John O'Nolan / Ghost:

Ghost, which builds open source publishing software, releases Ghost 3.0 with support for reader memberships and subscription revenue — Today we released the third major version of Ghost, representing a total of more than 15,000 commits across almost 300 releases.

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Business Insider and Campfire Productions are making a documentary about the unraveling of WeWork; Campfire produced the Netflix documentary The Innocent Man — - Business Insider and Campfire are making a documentary about the rise and fall of WeWork. — It's the story of what happens …

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Medium says it will now pay its Partner Program writers based “primarily” on reading time, not claps; the platform has paid $6M+ to 30,000+ writers since 2017 — Medium is announcing significant changes to its Partner Program, where subscribers pay for access to exclusive content, and the revenue gets split with writers.

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US House approves a copyright bill that would create a type of small claims court where copyright holders who were infringed can seek damages up to $30,000 — And that's copyright, baby! — On Tuesday, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted to approve a measure that would shake …

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John McCarthy / The Drum:

Financial Times launches business consultancy FT Strategies, providing expertise gained from its transformation to digital; customers include Bonnier — Business broadsheet The Financial Times is offering up its inhouse experts to business inspired by its modern media evolution.

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Ainsley Harris / Fast Company:

Profile of Anand Giridharadas, a journalist and author whose 2018 book, Winners Take All, critiqued plutocrats who burnish their reputations with philanthropy — Author Anand Giridharadas is rebuking the idea that philanthropic billionaires are society's heroes. Even some plutocrats are starting to agree with him.

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Amazon debuts free, ad-supported news aggregation app for Fire TV in the US, letting users watch clips and live feeds from nearly 20 outlets like Reuters, CBS — Beginning today, Amazon will be rolling out a news aggregation app for Fire TV users in the U.S. The app serves …

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Sean Czarnecki / PRWeek:

Cision, a media monitoring firm and parent of PR Newswire, to go private after being acquired for $2.74B by an affiliate of PE firm Platinum Equity — CHICAGO: An affiliate of private equity firm Platinum Equity has agreed to acquire Cision for $2.74 billion.

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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

FTC settles with the owner and CEO of Devumi, which sold fake followers and likes, for $2.5M, though he is only required to pay $250K, with the rest suspended — The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has put an end to the deceptive marketing tactics of Devumi, a company that sold fake indicators …

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Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC:

Rob Goldman, Facebook VP of advertising, says he's leaving the company after more than seven years — - Facebook Vice President of Ads Rob Goldman announced via Twitter on Tuesday that he's leaving the company. — Goldman became embroiled in controversy in early 2018, when he tweeted about the Mueller investigation's findings.

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Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline:

Disney's Bob Iger defends the $66M in compensation he received in 2018, saying the amount included a one-time stock grant and reflected Disney-Fox merger work — The conversation on Tuesday between Vanity Fair editor-in-chief Radhika Jones and Disney chairman and CEO Bob Iger and filmmaker Jon Favreau …

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