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Tim Baysinger / The Wrap:
Comscore settles with SEC on charges the firm and its ex-CEO made false statements, engaging in a fraudulent scheme to overstate revenue by ~$50M from 2014-2016 — Comscore and its former CEO Serge Matta were charged Tuesday by the SEC with engaging in a fraudulent scheme to overstate revenue …
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A. G. Sulzberger / New York Times:
NYT's A.G. Sulzberger says the Trump administration was prepared to let Egypt arrest a NYT reporter, calls out Trump's anti-press rhetoric as a global threat — In many countries, journalists are being targeted because of the role they play in ensuring a free and informed society.
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Leo Kelion / BBC:
EU's top court rules that Google does not have to apply “right to be forgotten” globally — The EU's top court has ruled that Google does not have to apply the right to be forgotten globally. — It means the firm only needs to remove links from its search results in Europe …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
The Spotify for Artists app on iOS and Android gets a big revamp with real-time listening stats, after Apple's artist dashboard exited beta last month — Spotify this morning is rolling out an updated version of its app for artists, across both iOS and Android.
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artists.spotify.com, RAIN News, Music Business Worldwide and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
Ruaridh Nicoll / The Guardian:
An Associated Press photographer in Haiti, Dieu-Nalio Chery, was wounded Monday when a Haitian senator fired a pistol amid a confrontation with protesters — Play Video — Two men including a photojournalist have been shot and injured by a Haitian senator who opened fire outside the country's parliament …
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Sarah Sluis / AdExchanger:
Sources: Google is overhauling its ads business organization, including creating new measurement and privacy leads and breaking up buy- and sell-side businesses — Google's advertising chief Prabhakar Raghavan is reorganizing Google's ads business - and adding new heads of measurement and privacy …
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Rebecca Sun / Hollywood Reporter:
New York Media signs with talent agency WME and launches a TV/film production initiative to develop its content — The outlet, whose reporting has inspired such movies and TV programs as ‘Hustlers’ and ‘The Loudest Voice,’ also is launching a production initiative led by Scoop Wasserstein.
The Keyword:
YouTube Masthead will now be available on TVs, where Google says daily watch time exceeds 250M hours per day — Consumers are moving faster, jumping from channel to channel, and researching more often in unexpected ways. This explosion of touchpoints means more opportunities—and more complexities—for marketers.
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@ytadvertisers, Digital TV Europe, Search Engine Land and VentureBeat
Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
As disinformation surges, trust in books is needed more than ever, but most publishers are unwilling to pay for fact checkers despite recent high-profile errors — In an era plagued by deep fakes and online disinformation campaigns, we still tend to trust what we read in books. But should we?
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@gabrielsnyder, @nbj914, @ykomska, @robtempio, @katzonearth, @urbaninsideout, @karaswisher, @lindsaycrouse and bookforum.com
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
FBI arrested a US Army soldier after he allegedly discussed bombing a major news network; sources: he had discussed targeting CNN with a vehicle bomb — (CNN)A US Army soldier discussed bomb-making techniques and bombing a major American news network's headquarters, as well as named …
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Garett Sloane / Ad Age:
Snapchat extends its skippable ads limit to three minutes from ten seconds; non-skippable six-second ads within shows now let users swipe up for related actions — At Advertising Week, company makes adjustments to its commercial formats — Snapchat is relaxing its time constraints for ads …
Will Thorne / Variety:
Showtime buys rights to Vice Media's weekly newsmagazine series, Vice, from HBO; a new 13-episode season is set to premiere in spring 2020 — “Vice,” the weekly newsmagazine series launched by Vice Media and HBO back in 2013, is being revived by Showtime. — The cabler has acquired …
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