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5:30 PM ET, November 22, 2019

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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Shepard Smith, the anchor who left Fox News in early October, announced Thursday that he will donate $500K to the Committee to Protect Journalists  —  The former anchor made his first public appearance since his abrupt departure from Fox News, where he faced taunts from colleagues and President Trump.
Dylan Byers / NBC News:
Sources: in October, The Athletic offered Authentic $50M to license Sports lllustrated content instead of Maven, which had started layoffs, but was refused  —  Moving the Market: Alex Mather and Adam Hansmann, the co-founders of the burgeoning sports news site The Athletic …
Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
Three major Democratic groups criticize Google for policies that may let politicians run false ads and ask platforms to reconsider plans to “bluntly limit” ads  —  I report on technology.  And I got hacked.  —  Washington DC (CNN Business)The three major Democratic committees blasted Google …
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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
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Decimation of local papers, and with it, a loss of unity and shared facts in communities, became a real possibility this week amid deals for Gannett and others  —  Given the tumult in the realm of government and politics, the dire state of the local newspaper industry may seem minor.
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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
Akintunde Ahmad / Columbia Journalism Review:
Inside the last year of the Foreign Press Association, where exec feuding and board resignations led to the launch of the Association of Foreign Correspondents  —  Last November, the Foreign Press Association, a nonprofit group that represents foreign correspondents working in the US, hosted a centennial gala at One World Trade Center.
Allison Matyus / Digital Trends:
First Look Media launches Topic, a $6/month video streaming service with “thoughtful and meaningful” content  —  Amid the crowded streaming service market that includes big players like Netflix, Hulu, and Disney+, a new player called Topic wants to be an additional component …
Moira Donegan / The Atlantic:
The Real Media Salaries list now includes self-reported pay of 1,400+ people; like the Shitty Media Men list, it shows worker solidarity and mistrust of bosses  —  Last week, a Google spreadsheet began circulating through the inboxes of the nation's media employees.
Kerry Flynn / CNN:
USA Today is being sued by a former digital sales director, who is alleging discrimination and retaliation when she told her managers she was pregnant  —  New York (CNN Business)A former USA Today digital sales director has sued the newspaper for allegedly discriminating and retaliating …
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Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
China's state media agency bought an ad on Facebook in which Bill Gates praises China, an example of how the country burnishes its image abroad
Thomas Germain / Consumer Reports:
How outdoor ad networks like Five Tier let clients plan and target billboard ads based on mobile phone data about passersby such as gender, age, race, and more
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Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
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