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9:05 AM ET, November 25, 2019

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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Memo: Bloomberg News EIC addresses Bloomberg's 2020 bid, says it won't investigate Democratic presidential candidates and “there will be no unsigned editorials”  —  New York (CNN Business)Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait on Sunday sent a note to staffers addressing …
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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Michael Bloomberg announces that he will run for president in 2020 as a Democrat, launches his bid with a $30M+ TV ad campaign  —  Mr. Bloomberg brings a huge personal fortune and moderate views to an increasingly fluid race, but issues like criminal justice and his late start loom as vulnerabilities.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Twitter's head of global content partnerships Kay Madati says he is leaving the company after joining in September 2017  —  Kay Madati, Twitter's global VP, head of content partnerships, is departing the social network after two years in the job.  —  Madati announced in a series of tweets Sunday …
Julia Carrie Wong / The Guardian:
White nationalist outlets including VDare and Red Ice TV still operate on Facebook despite its ban on white nationalism; Facebook says it is investigating  —  Guardian analysis finds VDare and Red Ice TV among several outlets that are still on the platform despite Facebook's promised ban
Ian Sample / The Guardian:
Tim Berners-Lee launches Contract for the Web, backed by 150+ orgs including Facebook and Reporters Without Borders to save the web from forces like fake news  —  Inventor of web calls on governments and firms to safeguard it from abuse and ensure it benefits humanity
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Growing skepticism about big platforms' benefits for journalism can be seen in 42 interviews with people from 27 news outlets, 6 platforms, and 1 foundation  —  The era when publishers could be just mildly skeptical of platforms while continuing to work with them enthusiastically appears to be over.
Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at issues journalists face when reporting on and with computation and data, as newsrooms embrace AI as an investigative tool that's far from objective  —  We live in a data society.  Journalists are becoming data analysts and data curators, and computation is an essential tool for reporting.
Ruth Michaelson / The Guardian:
Egyptian security forces raid offices of Mada Masr, one of the few independent news websites in the country, detains, then releases a number of staffers  —  Mada Masr is one of few remaining independent outlets amid ongoing clampdown on press freedom  —  Egyptian security officials have raided …
Jan Schaffer / CPB:
Ex-CPB board member: federal funds received by public radio stations to spend on national programming should instead be shifted to creating local news content  —  What role should public media play in supplying communities with more local news?  —  “I think it should be central,” …
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
PEN America case studies show effects of meager reporting in Robeson County, NC, and Detroit: “Where there's no competition, there's no pressure to do better”  —  The local news report that PEN America released this week is packed with the grim statistics you've seen elsewhere …
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
E-book and audiobook subscription service Scribd raises $58M led by Spectrum Equity, bringing its total raised to $106M  —  Digital reading subscription service Scribd has raised a $58 million round of funding led by Spectrum Equity.  The new funding round brings the total amount of money raised by Scribd to $106 million.
Helene Fouquet / Bloomberg:
Huawei sues for defamation in Paris after a researcher, broadcast journalist, and telco expert say on TV that it spies against the West and is state controlled  —  - Claim it's controlled by the Chinese state is false, it says  — The company is seeking to sell 5G equipment in Europe
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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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Comcast criticized by the Congressional Black Caucus and The Africa Channel owner for challenging Byron Allen's racial discrimination suit at SCOTUS hearing
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Tim Shipman / The Times:
John Sweeney, a BBC investigative reporter, filed a complaint with Ofcom accusing BBC of suppressing reports into the close links between politicians and Russia
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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
Dylan Byers / NBC News:
Sources: in early October, The Athletic had tried to save Sports Illustrated by offering $50M, 11% more than Maven, to license SI content from Authentic