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8:50 AM ET, October 8, 2020

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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
BuzzFeed News pulled a correspondent from the White House press pool as safety concerns rose over COVID-19 at the White House; Politico sent a reporter instead  —  She said she had “obvious concerns about working indoors during an outbreak.”  The White House Correspondents' Association pushed for more information on known infections.
Kali Hays / WWD:
California Sunday, owned by Pop-Up Magazine Productions, is ceasing publication, laying off about a dozen; union leaders are seeking a meeting to talk severance  —  Investor Emerson Collective is said to be pulling it's backing of the operation and its direct affiliate, Pop-Up magazine.
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Second presidential debate on October 15 will be virtual, with Trump and Biden participating from separate remote locations  —  The Commission on Presidential Debates announced Thursday that the second presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, scheduled for next week, will be conducted virtually.
Associated Press:
French appeals court upholds ruling ordering Google to open negotiations with French publishers over payments for use of their news content  —  PARIS (AP) — A French appeals court upheld an order for Google to open negotiations with French publishers over payments to use their news content.
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Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Google says it is near a deal to pay French publishers for news snippets, with the deal including a French publishers' group participating in News Showcase  —  BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Alphabet unit Google is set to reach a deal to pay French publishers for their news used on its platform, the U.S. tech giant said on Wednesday.
Discussion: France 24
Alun John / Reuters:
Investment news site Motley Fool is shutting down Hong Kong operations, citing political uncertainty due to protests, new security law, and US-China relations  —  HONG KONG (Reuters) - Investment news site Motley Fool will shutter its Hong Kong operations due to the uncertain political outlook …
Mary Snapp / Microsoft on the Issues:
Microsoft VP Mary Snapp details how the company is supporting journalism, including pilot projects that fund local newsrooms and offer pro bono legal help  —  Growing up in Newton, Kansas our local newspaper, The Kansan, was the lifeblood of our community.  At 3:30 p.m. every afternoon …
Tyler Dawson / National Post:
Staff email: Canada's CBC is cutting 58 positions in its news, current affairs, and local news divisions, with most dealt with by retirement and attrition  —  The layoffs affect ‘all aspects of our business,’ said Chuck Thompson, the head of public affairs, at CBC.  This includes news, current affairs and others
Gilad Edelman / Wired:
A group of tech companies, publishers, and advocates unveil Global Privacy Standard, to let users opt out of the sale of personal data at the browser level  —  California's privacy law says businesses must respect universal opt-outs.  Now the technology finally exists to put that to the test.
Axios:
Democrats on US House committee urge changes to antitrust law, including letting news publishers team up to negotiate vs. tech platforms who want their content  —  The House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday laid out Democrats' vision of a U.S. antitrust policy built to rein in Google, Apple …
 
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Bloomberg:
How a Citigroup tech executive's news site, with an estimated 10M visitors/month, helped QAnon go mainstream with widespread political implications
Matthew Moore / The Times:
Sources: British satirical show Spitting Image is not being screened in the US after NBC backed out at the last moment for fear of offending powerful people
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Ginny Marvin / Search Engine Land:
Google Ads introduces an Insights page, automated Performance Max campaigns, and will bring Video Action out of beta to all advertisers in the coming weeks
Wall Street Journal:
Russia Today has been boosted in the US by a traffic-swapping network dominated by conservative media sites like The Daily Caller and National Review
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News:
A fake news website and now-removed Facebook page called the Globe Independent used plagiarized content from WaPo, NBC, others to post content critical of China
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Quartz has been put up for sale by Japan's Uzabase, which expects to sell the site at a significant discount from the $86M it paid for it in 2018
Andrew Bucholtz / Awful Announcing:
Keith Olbermann announces he's leaving ESPN once again to launch a political commentary series on YouTube, starting Wednesday at 5pm ET
 

 
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Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Sources: EU may accept Apple's proposal to open its NFC payments tech to rivals, and may close its antitrust probe in May, letting Apple avoid hefty fines

George Steer / Financial Times:
Nvidia closed down 10% on Friday, falling the most since March 2020 and losing more than $200B of its market value, as investors pull back from AI bets

James Hunt / The Block:
Bitcoin's fourth halving is now complete, lowering miners' block subsidy rewards from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC; the third halving was on May 2020

 
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