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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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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.
Julie Bosman / New York Times:
PEN America report: 1,800 local print outlets have shut down in the US since 2004, leaving Americans uninformed and public officials not held to account — The loss of local news coverage in much of the United States has frayed communities and left many Americans woefully uninformed, according to a new report.
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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
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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.
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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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Mikey Smith / Mirror.co.uk:
Conservative Party bans the Daily Mirror from its campaign bus, blaming its critical coverage of Johnson; the Mirror is the only major national paper excluded — EXCLUSIVE: For the first time ever the Mirror was excluded from the Conservative Party's campaign coach - with senior aides blaming criticism of the Prime Minister
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Sahil Patel / Wall Street Journal:
Ad measurement firm Integral Ad Science has acquired European ad tech firm ADmantX, which provides info on context and content of articles on which ads run — ADmantX helps brands understand the content on web pages where their ads could run — Integral Ad Science Inc. has acquired ADmantX SpA …
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Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Minute Media acquires Derek Jeter's Players' Tribune, which will continue to exist as a standalone brand — Digital platform Minute Media acquires site the former Yankee created for athletes to tell their stories — The Players' Tribune, the digital media venture launched by former …
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The Players' Tribune, Variety, The Drum, Bloomberg, @minutemedialtd and @jackshafer
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.
Dave McNary / Variety:
Study: women directed 31% of all US TV episodes in 2018-19, more than doubling in the past five years, and directors of color rose to 27%, up 40%+ in five years — According to the Directors Guild of America, the TV industry has made major gains in terms of diversity.
Ronan Shields / Adweek:
Demand-side platform The Trading Desk joins independent ad tech coalition Prebid, making it a more attractive alternative to Google and Facebook — It's the first demand-side platform to join — The trials and tribulations of independent ad tech are well documented …
Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
The Chicago Reader, an alt-weekly, is moving to a nonprofit model in January under the umbrella of the newly-founded Reader Institute for Community Journalism — The Chicago Reader, like many alt-weeklies, has had a tough past few years. Founded in 1971 during a boom time for alternative media …
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