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5:00 AM ET, August 31, 2018

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The Daily Beast:
Sources describe how Ronan Farrow's work on Harvey Weinstein died at NBC News: pressure via Weinstein lawyers and NBC general counsel, lack of executive support  —  Ronan Farrow had already left NBC News.  But a top lawyer at the network threatened to smear him if he continued to pursue the Hollywood mogul …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Twitter will exempt news organizations that meet certain requirements from its political and issue advertising policy, leaving their ad buys out of its archive  —  Twitter says news organizations can apply to be exempt from its political and issue advertising policy as a part of a larger update …
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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Twitter says some organizations that purchase ads related to political issues, like abortion or immigration, will need to disclose more info about themselves  —  Twitter said Thursday that it would begin requiring some organizations that purchase political ads on topics such as abortion …
Sebastian Murdock / HuffPost:
Texas judge declines to dismiss a defamation lawsuit against Alex Jones brought by the family of Sandy Hook victim Noah Pozner  —  A judge ruled against the Infowars host, who had argued his repeated attacks on the grieving parents were protected by the First Amendment.
Alanna Durkin Richer / Associated Press:
A California man has been arrested after allegedly threatening to kill Boston Globe staffers; prosecutors say he called employees the “enemy of the people”  —  BOSTON (AP) — A California man upset about The Boston Globe's coordinated editorial response to President Donald Trump's attacks …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump's narrative of social media bias echoes his attempts to discredit mainstream media and could lead to the development of right-wing social media sites  —  President Trump, using more anecdote than evidence, is doing unto Google, Facebook and Twitter what he helped do to mainstream media …
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BuzzFeed News:
Trump tweets video claiming Google didn't promote his State of the Union address on its homepage; Google says it did, confirmed by screenshot posted on Reddit
New York Times:
Sources and recordings indicate that Trump and Cohen had plans to buy up all the dirt that National Enquirer and AMI had on Trump, dating back to the '80s  —  Federal investigators have provided ample evidence that President Trump was involved in deals to pay two women to keep …
Reuters:
Without evidence, Trump accuses NBC of “fudging” its 2017 interview with him in which he intimated that Comey's firing was a result of the Russia investigation  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday, without offering any evidence, accused NBC News of …
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Memo: Vox Media reorganizes its ad sales staff into an enterprise team for big accounts and a growth team for new business  —  Digital media company will have one unit focused on big accounts and industry categories, and another on new business  —  Vox Media is reorganizing its sales force into an …
Discussion: @djbentley
David McLaughlin / Bloomberg:
Antitrust regulations placed on Comcast's takeover of NBCU are set to expire; leaked DOJ letter says it'll still monitor Comcast's programming and distribution  —  Antitrust restrictions placed on Comcast Corp. after its takeover of NBCUniversal are due to expire in a few days.
Kali Hays / WWD:
For $1.5M, Interview magazine is sold back to Peter Brant, who put it through bankruptcy liquidation to wipe out $3.3M in debts to former employees and others  —  Through Brant's legal maneuvering, Interview is set to relaunch under the same ownership and leadership after filing for liquidation.
Discussion: artnet News
Michelle Boorstein / Washington Post:
Amid increasing polarization, a look at the conservative Catholic media outlets used to publish the letter accusing the pope of knowing about sexual misconduct  —  Way back when, you'd find Catholic newspapers distributed at the rear of your parish church, with articles that took a middle …
 
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Sahil Patel / Digiday:
CoinDesk has formed a new business unit called CoinDesk Productions to develop long-form documentaries and TV shows “rooted in crypto and blockchain technology”
Ashley Feinberg / HuffPost:
Writer and columnist Salena Zito, who profiled left-to-right Trump voters in 2016, repeatedly misrepresented GOP officials and Republican voters as swing voters
Joe Mayes / Bloomberg:
Amazon's UK broadcast of US Open receives 1-star rating from 80% of customers who cite lack of replays, poor picture quality, and limited choice of courts
Discussion: Variety
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David Meyer / ZDNet:
Telegram publishes a new privacy policy, says it may comply with court orders to disclose IP addresses and phone numbers of terror suspects
Discussion: The Next Web
Andrew Liptak / The Verge:
DC Universe streaming service will launch on September 15 for $7.99 a month, or $74.99 for 15 months, as the first three months are free
Discussion: CBR
David Shepardson / Reuters:
Sinclair files a counter claim to Tribune Media lawsuit, rejects Tribune's allegations and suggests they were close to winning DOJ approval until FCC intervened
 

 
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: US officials are investigating Chinese router maker TP-Link, which has an estimated 65% US market share, and could ban the sale of its routers in 2025

Hayden Field / CNBC:
OpenAI rolls out a way to talk to ChatGPT by dialing 1-800-CHATGPT for 15 minutes of free access per month in the US or messaging it via WhatsApp globally

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
GitHub makes its Copilot free in VS Code, with 2,000 code completions and 50 chat messages per month; GitHub now has 150M developers, up from 100M in early 2023
 
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