Mediagazer: NowThis and Thrillist parent company Group Nine Media names ad agency veteran Adam Shlacter as its first chief marketing officer (Mike Shields/Business Insider)

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Mike Shields / Business Insider:

NowThis and Thrillist parent company Group Nine Media names ad agency veteran Adam Shlacter as its first chief marketing officer — Group Nine Media is bringing in a digital ad agency veteran to help accelerate its revenue growth. — The media company has named Adam Shlacter …

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Our reporter @JordanChariton and cameraman/editor Ty Bayliss have been arrested by St. Louis Police. Clear violation of first amendment. — Our reporter @JordanChariton and cameraman/editor Ty Bayliss have been arrested by St. Louis Police. Clear violation of first amendment.

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Ben Sisario / New York Times:

Apple TV app TunesMap, which provides interactive contextual info for the songs streamed on Sonos speakers, will launch in November — Two decades into the era of online music, streaming has been hailed as the industry's savior, but a complaint from the earliest days of digital services persists: What happened to the liner notes?

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Bloomberg:

YouTube has removed Russia Today, with more than 2.5M subscribers, from its Google Preferred premium ad inventory program — RT Network's YouTube presence may be part of U.S. lawmakers' scrutiny — As part of a wide-ranging investigation into how Russian-linked operatives harnessed social media during …

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Chris Kahn / Reuters:

Reuters/Ipsos: US confidence in press rose to 48% in Sept. from 39% in Nov. 2016; confidence rose 3 points among Republicans, 11 points among Democrats in 2017 — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Americans are increasingly confident in the news media and less so in President Donald Trump's administration …

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