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7:15 AM ET, August 20, 2020

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Asha Barbaschow / ZDNet:
Australia's consumer watchdog says Google is disseminating misinformation as it fights new bargaining rules for Google and news media; Google denies the claim  —  Watchdog calls out Google as touting misinformation while the search giant says the new Media Bargaining Code as drafted is unworkable.
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
News publishers should carefully watch the dispute between Epic Games and Apple over Apple's 30% cut for App Store purchases  —  For more than a decade, handing 30 percent of subscription revenues to the tech giants has just been the cost of doing business.  A gaming fight could unlock new ways to pay.
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Interview with CoinDesk chief content officer Michael J. Casey about plans for CoinDesk TV, bitcoin coverage in the mainstream business press, and more  —  Michael J. Casey is chief content officer at CoinDesk, a news site specializing in bitcoin and digital currencies that he joined in September 2017.
Discussion: @talkingbiznews
Sharon Waxman / The Wrap:
Sources: directors Neil Marshall and Joshua Newton demanded money and threatened to expose NBCU executive Ron Meyer for his affair with Charlotte Kirk  —  Two movie directors, both of whom have dated actress Charlotte Kirk, attempted to extort veteran Hollywood executive Ron Meyer …
Elahe Izadi / Washington Post:
Physical newsroom closures diminish awareness of newspapers' presence in communities and reduce opportunities for young journalists to learn from colleagues  —  Through war, depression and every kind of turmoil the country endured over the past 100 years, the Morning Call's newsroom …
Wajahat S. Khan / Columbia Journalism Review:
Afghan and Pakistani journalists have been hit with increasing violence, surveillance, and new restrictions as US government and media retreat from the region  —  In February, the US and the Taliban reached a landmark agreement that will likely end America's longest war.
Committee to Protect Journalists:
Ankhi Das, a top Facebook exec in India, filed a criminal complaint against journalist Awesh Tiwari for sharing a WSJ article critical of Das on Facebook  —  New Delhi, August 19, 2020 - Facebook regional director Ankhi Das should withdraw her criminal complaint against journalist Awesh Tiwari …
Peter Weber / The Week:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticizes NBC News for its “totally false and divisive” tweet saying she did not endorse Joe Biden in her DNC speech  —  The Democratic National Convention formally nominated Joe Biden as its presidential candidate on Tuesday night …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: regulators are investigating fundraising for GTV Media Group, a new company with ties to exiled Chinese businessman Guo Wengui and Steve Bannon  —  Former Trump political adviser and exiled Chinese businessman raised more than $300 million in private offering, Guo says
Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
Circulation figures for January 2020 show UK publishers Reach, DMGT, and News UK own a combined 90% of the national print newspaper market  —  Two men control more than two-thirds of the UK's print newspaper market: Lord Rothermere and Rupert Murdoch.  —  Lord Rothermere's Daily Mail and General Trust …
 
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Belarusian Association of Journalists: at least 69 journalists were detained since 9 August, the day of the election, with 36 of those beaten and injured
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