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Google allowed advertisers to target racist and bigoted keywords, suggested more similar keywords, and allowed campaigns using those keywords to run — Google prompted BuzzFeed News to run ads targeted to keywords like “black people ruin neighborhoods,” then allowed the campaign to go live.
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Twitter also allows advertisers to target users based on racist and derogatory terms like the n-word and “Nazi” — Twitter's advertising platform tells prospective marketers it has 26.3 million users interested in the derogatory term “wetback,” 18.6 million accounts that are likely …
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Sources: Facebook gave special counsel Robert Mueller data on Russian ad buys including copies of ads and account info, withheld same details from Congress — Social-media company shared copies of ads and account information, people familiar with the matter said
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Facebook says it's temporarily removing self-reported ad targeting fields and will improve its processes following uproar over anti-Semitic targeting options
Facebook says it's temporarily removing self-reported ad targeting fields and will improve its processes following uproar over anti-Semitic targeting options
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Jemele Hill's tweets broke ESPN guidelines, but all of ESPN's personalities are in a tough spot, urged to be active and engaging but not partisan or opinionated — As public editor, I've referenced ESPN's internal and external battles over politics and cultural coverage many times in the past 10 months.
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Trump criticizes ESPN on Twitter and demands apology after anchor Jemele Hill called him a white supremacist
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Social network Gab, favored by the alt-right, sues Google for removing its app from the Play Store, claims Google violated antitrust laws — The alternative social media site Gab.ai is alleging that Google violated federal antitrust laws when the tech giant booted it from the Google Play Store …
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Supported by a grant from Center for Cooperative Media, Quartz is partnering with The Monitor, a local paper in Texas, to study the effects of climate change — The collaboration between Quartz and The Monitor is supported through a grant from the Center for Cooperative Media

Sources: Comedy Central has decided to stop producing daily, customized content for Snapchat Discover on Sep. 30, but is in talks to produce a show for it — Comedy Central is pulling the plug on Snapchat Discover. — The network has decided not to continue to produce daily …

NBC News is launching a hub dedicated to covering the media industry, led by senior editor Claire Atkinson, with on-air coverage and a new digital vertical — NBC News is building its own network of reliable sources. — The NBCUniversal unit said Friday that it would launch coverage …
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24-year-old Financial Times reporter Paul McClean has died while on holiday in Sri Lanka; officials say he was attacked by a crocodile — Paul McClean, an accomplished young reporter who joined the Financial Times two years ago as a graduate trainee, has died during a beach holiday in Sri Lanka.
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Meghan McCain, Fox News contributor and co-host of its afternoon program Outnumbered, is leaving the network — Meghan McCain, the political scion who turned a stint as a blogger and TV show host into a role as a contributor at Fox News Channel, is leaving the network.
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FCC asks Sinclair to explain how it will comply with existing ownership limits if it buys Tribune Media, also seeks details on how Sinclair will invest in news — Also wants specifics on complying with current rules — The FCC's Media Bureau has asked Sinclair to back up a bunch …

CNN set to launch “Pacific”, a technology-focused vertical about changing media on the West Coast, led by Dylan Byers, with a newsletter, podcast, and events — CNN is set to launch a new technology-focused vertical about the changing media landscape on the West Coast.
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Online radio service Slacker Radio acquired for $50M by LiveXLive, a streaming service focused on live music — The online radio service Slacker Radio has been acquired by LiveXLive, a music streaming service focused on live music streaming, the company announced today.
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