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8:55 AM ET, October 17, 2017

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Harry Cooper / Politico:
Maltese political journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who uncovered allegations of corruption connected to Malta's Prime Minister, killed by car bomb  —  Prime minister called the bombing ‘a spiteful attack on a citizen and freedom of expression.’  —  Daphne Caruana Galizia …
Business Wire:
The Weinstein Company announces investment from Colony Capital, says it's in talks about selling all or part of the company  —  Stabilizes TWC Operations and Reassures Distribution, Production and Talent Partners; Companies Enter Negotiating Period for Potential Sale
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Verizon FiOS pulls Univision's signal amid new distribution talks, says Univision seeks more than double what they currently charge for access  —  Both sides unable to come to terms on new distribution agreement  —  Spanish-language broadcaster Univision has gone dark in Verizon FiOS homes Monday afternoon …
Columbia Journalism Review:
US Press Freedom Tracker found 15 arrests and 15 physical attacks on journalists at US political protests this year as of mid-September  —  Covering protests has become the riskiest job in journalism  —  T  —  he most dangerous place to be a journalist in America is at a protest.
Discussion: @cjr
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
Scientologists are urging advertisers to boycott A&E's Leah Remini show, claiming it's inciting acts of violence and threats against members of the church  —  Letters claim program has triggered harassment, threats of violence against church members; channel backs the show, which won an Emmy
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Though Trump's threats against the press have been toothless thus far, they hurt US' ability to be a free press advocate on the world stage  —  As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump vowed to change the libel laws to make it easier to win big lawsuits against news organizations.  It never happened.
Discussion: @sulliview, @joelcpj and @jayrosen_nyu
Dave McNary / Variety:
Producers Guild votes unanimously to begin process to expel Harvey Weinstein, official determination on November 6, creates anti-sexual harassment task force  —  The Producers Guild of America has initiated its expulsion process to decide the fate of disgraced studio mogul Harvey Weinstein as a member of the trade organization.
Mike Shields / Business Insider:
Google wants to expand into the TV ad market with its ad-serving technology; CBS All Access, Bloomberg Media are both using it  —  - Google wants to become an integral player in the TV ad landscape.  — The company is trying to get TV companies to adopt its video ad tech software - and in the process is looking to displace Comcast.
Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review:
Trump's use of Twitter raises ethical and legal questions for reporters and upends traditional reporting on politics by effectively replacing press conferences  —  Donald Trump's Twitter feed has become a news service for political junkies.  It's also raised a tangle of new ethical …
Sophia Ciocca / Hacker Noon:
How Spotify's Discover Weekly makes recommendations: a mix of collaborative filtering, natural language processing, and analyzing raw audio tracks  —  The science behind personalized music recommendations  —  This Monday—just like every Monday— over 100 million Spotify users found a fresh new playlist waiting for them.
 
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Jessica Davies / Digiday:
With 30M international unique monthly visitors to its site, WaPo wants to grow its overseas digital subs, ad rev, helped by its European branded content studio
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Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Memo: Business Insider promotes Nicholas Carlson to global editor-in-chief and chief content officer
Discussion: @nichcarlson and @thestalwart
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Legacy media organizations Condé Nast, Time Inc., and Bonnier Corp. increasingly switch to digital-oriented sales models like digital competitors Vox and Fusion
Business Insider:
Three ad agencies estimated Facebook ad costs of reaching voters in Wisconsin and Michigan with an intention of swaying their vote at $50K-$283K
Discussion: Mashable
Alexandria Symonds / New York Times:
Difficulties of reporting on sexual harassment allegations: sources fear of reprisals, settlements containing NDAs, victim blaming, threats of lawsuits
Discussion: Washington Post