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11:50 AM ET, September 4, 2019

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CNBC:
Google will pay a $136M fine to the FTC and $34M to the New York Attorney General to settle claims that it violated child privacy laws on YouTube  —  will pay $170 million to settle claims it violated child privacy laws SEARCH QUOTES TECH YouTube will pay $170 million to settle claims …
Ben Smith / BuzzFeed News:
Politico's White House reporter and CNN contributor Eliana Johnson will be the new editor-in-chief of the neoconservative outlet Washington Free Beacon  —  A leading political reporter is leaving Politico to lead the neoconservative flagship Washington Free Beacon, the latest move …
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Trump's escalating media attacks will deepen distrust of media among the GOP, erode trust in CNN, have little effect on the industry, and further divide the US  —  President Trump requires no translation or interpretation when it comes to his plan for going after national news outlets as Campaign 2020 kicks into high gear.
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump allies seek $2M+ to investigate reporters and editors; allies include Arthur Schwartz, who has battled reporters as well as pitched stories to them  —  President Trump's political allies are trying to raise at least $2 million to investigate reporters and editors of the New York Times …
Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times:
Web browser Brave hands evidence to Irish data regulator showing Google uses hidden webpages to pass personal data of users to advertisers, undercutting GDPR  —  Google is secretly using hidden web pages that feed the personal data of its users to advertisers, undermining its own policies …
Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:
MRC releases its cross-media audience measurement standards for video, a framework that works across TV, OTT, desktop, and mobile  —  Viewable ad duration metric to be phased in by 2021  —  The Media Rating Council on Wednesday issued a final version of its Cross-Media Audience Measurement Standards …
Allison Schiff / AdExchanger:
Axios Sports newsletter hits 100K subscribers, up ~10x since Axios acquired Sports Internet in January, claims a 42% open rate, double the industry standard  —  The Axios Sports newsletter recently hit a major milestone: 100,000 subscribers, up nearly tenfold in less than nine months.
Yair Rosenberg / Tablet Magazine:
Trump admin staffer quit just before Bloomberg reported his 2016 Facebook posts were anti-Semitic; omitted context shows the posts actually mocked anti-Semitism  —  On August 12, conservative lawyer Leif Olson began work in the Trump administration's Department of Labor.  On August 30, he resigned.
Patrick Hipes / Deadline:
Federal judge has ordered the White House to restore Playboy correspondent Brian Karem's press pass, whose credentials were suspended after an incident in July  —  UPDATED with Grisham reaction: A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the White House to restore the hard pass of Playboy's correspondent …
Rebekah Sanders:
Reporter at Gannett's Arizona Republic says an HR representative interrogated her about her unionizing activity and confiscated her work cellphone  —  This is why my colleagues and I are organizing at the Arizona Republic.  —  Today I was interrogated by a Gannett HR rep about my unionizing activity.
 
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Fox News' Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity continue to selectively rely on investigative reporting from the very outlets whose integrity they try to undermine
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Podcasting startup Himalaya overstated its $100M February fundraise and investors; exec says Chinese podcasting platform Ximalaya FM is majority owner
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