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7:15 AM ET, November 21, 2019

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Scott Spencer / The Keyword:
Google announces new political ad rules, limits microtargeting to age, gender, and general location categories, will start enforcing them in UK within a week  —  We're proud that people around the world use Google to find relevant information about elections and that candidates use Google …
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New York Times:
Google's limits on microtargeting of political ads for state and federal candidates shakes up ad plans and frustrates both Democrats and Republicans  —  The company said the ads would not be directed specifically to audiences based on their public voter records or political affiliations.
Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
By selling his Tribune stake to Alden Global Capital, the worst newspaper owner in the US, Michael Ferro invited in vultures, signaling more news deserts ahead  —  Is it the apocalypse, or just an unreasonable facsimile?  —  In a week of newspaper industry drama — GateHouse's expected takeover …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
This week is a major turning point for daily newspapers in the US, with bankers deciding what will be defined as news, and who will be employed to report it  —  New York (CNN Business)Let's take a close look at what's happening at three of the biggest newspaper owners in the United States.
Tribune Publishing Company:
Tribune Publishing says Alden Global Capital is now the company's largest shareholder, buying 25.2% of the company from Merrick Ventures and Michael Ferro Jr.
Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
Reach, publisher of the UK's Mirror, Express, and Star, says it will launch at least seven new regional news websites in 2020 and recruit 46 journalists  —  Mirror, Express and Star publisher Reach has said it will launch at least seven new regional news websites next year and recruit 46 journalists in a …
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Danny Hakim / New York Times:
A lawyer for impeachment witness Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman has asked Fox News for a retraction of a guest's claim that Vindman was involved in espionage  —  A guest on the ‘Ingraham Angle,’ a Fox show, suggested that Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman, a key figure in the impeachment hearings, was guilty of spying.
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
During Tuesday's debate, UK's Conservative party renamed its main media Twitter account as “factcheckUK” and changed its logo to push anti-Labour material  —  Party accused of misleading public by tweeting anti-Labour posts as ‘factcheckUK’  —  The Conservatives have been accused …
Nathaniel Popper / New York Times:
On-demand transcription service Rev faces backlash after contractors appealed to customers, including media companies, when their fee percentages were cut  —  Rev was just a small start-up offering online transcriptions.  Now it's the latest symbol of a gig-economy company whose workers are fed up.
 
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Study of 3,446 high school students: two-thirds didn't differentiate between sponsored content, even when labeled, and news stories; 52% believed a fake video
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