Mediagazer: Three major Democratic groups criticize Google for policies that may let politicians run false ads and ask platforms to reconsider plans to “bluntly limit” ads (Donie O'Sullivan/CNN)

4:15 PM ET, November 22, 2019

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Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:

Three major Democratic groups criticize Google for policies that may let politicians run false ads and ask platforms to reconsider plans to “bluntly limit” ads — I report on technology. And I got hacked. — Washington DC (CNN Business)The three major Democratic committees blasted Google …

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Scott Spencer / The Keyword:
Google announces new political ad rules, limits microtargeting to age, gender, and general location categories, will start enforcing them in UK within a week

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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:

Shepard Smith, the anchor who left Fox News in early October, announced Thursday that he will donate $500K to the Committee to Protect Journalists — The former anchor made his first public appearance since his abrupt departure from Fox News, where he faced taunts from colleagues and President Trump.

Dylan Byers / NBC News:

Sources: in October, The Athletic offered Authentic $50M to license Sports lllustrated content instead of Maven, which had started layoffs, but was refused — Moving the Market: Alex Mather and Adam Hansmann, the co-founders of the burgeoning sports news site The Athletic …

Discussion: Awful Announcing, @ckrewson, @dylanbyers, @maghielse and @ashkan

Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:

Decimation of local papers, and with it, a loss of unity and shared facts in communities, became a real possibility this week amid deals for Gannett and others — Given the tumult in the realm of government and politics, the dire state of the local newspaper industry may seem minor.

Discussion: Baltimore Sun, @kellieseattle, @mmckinne17, @mattdelong and @marcatracy

Julie Bosman / New York Times:
PEN America report: 1,800 local print outlets have shut down in the US since 2004, leaving Americans uninformed and public officials not held to account

Akintunde Ahmad / Columbia Journalism Review:

Inside the last year of the Foreign Press Association, where exec feuding and board resignations led to the launch of the Association of Foreign Correspondents — Last November, the Foreign Press Association, a nonprofit group that represents foreign correspondents working in the US, hosted a centennial gala at One World Trade Center.

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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Marketing startup Keywee introduces Loyalty Score, which measures reader loyalty based on how many times someone returns to the site and their page views — I don't want to hurt your feelings, but here's the truth: Not all readers are created equal. — At least, that's how things look …

Discussion: @jayrosen_nyu, @whatthebit and Keywee

Moira Donegan / The Atlantic:

The Real Media Salaries list now includes self-reported pay of 1,400+ people; like the Shitty Media Men list, it shows worker solidarity and mistrust of bosses — Last week, a Google spreadsheet began circulating through the inboxes of the nation's media employees.

Discussion: @whatthebit, @skobos, @jabogen, @theatlantic, @postguild, @thomdunn and @olgakhazan

Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:

Q&A with Cierra Hinton, executive director of five-year-old Southern mag Scalawag on its path to sustainability, fundraising, and reaching a diverse audience — One of the biggest frustrations in local media is how national outlets cover issues in their own communities — often …

Discussion: @ewalkerwells and @jbenton

Kerry Flynn / CNN:

USA Today is being sued by a former digital sales director, who is alleging discrimination and retaliation when she told her managers she was pregnant — New York (CNN Business)A former USA Today digital sales director has sued the newspaper for allegedly discriminating and retaliating …

Discussion: Fortune and @joshsternberg

Matt Novak / Gizmodo:

China's state media agency bought an ad on Facebook in which Bill Gates praises China, an example of how the country burnishes its image abroad — Xinhua News, China's largest state-run news agency, is currently buying ads on Facebook that feature a video of Bill Gates talking about China.

Michael Calderone / Politico:

Memo: Laurene Powell Jobs will assume greater control at The Atlantic, as it seeks a new president/CEO, and chairman David Bradley steps away from management — Magazine seeks CEO from outside to chart new path in “the exquisitely hard work of media strategy.” — Laurene Powell Jobs.

Discussion: @lisaliebmannyc and @vermontgmg

Alexander Marrow / Reuters:

Russia's lower house of parliament passed legislation on Thursday that could allow journalists to be labeled foreign agents if they get funding from abroad — MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's lower house of parliament passed legislation on Thursday that will allow individual journalists …

Discussion: @ehrac_hq and Associated Press