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  Rashmi Umalkar

  

  Google announces new political-ads policies that limit targeting but not all lies

  The Washington Post - Tony Romm

  Google on Wednesday announced new restrictions on political advertisers around the world, among them rules that bar candidates, including President Trump, from targeting narrow categories of Web users based on their political affiliation. The updates come as Google and its tech industry peers …

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  Sarah Gallagher Trombley

  Hearst Magazines restructures sales and marketing to simplify media buying

  thedrum.com - John McCarthy

  Hearst Magazines has restructured its corporate sales and marketing businesses to simplify media buying across its vast portfolio. Hearst Magazines …

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  Rashmi Umalkar

  

  Vice may acquire Refinery29, bringing together two really different audiences and cultures

  Nieman Lab - Christine Schmidt

  In the latest digital media shimmy, Vice Media is now contemplating the assets of Refinery29, The Wall Street Journal’s Benjamin Mullin reported on Friday: Vice Media is in talks to buy women-focused publisher Refinery29, according to people familiar with the matter, a deal that would unite two of …

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  Rashmi Umalkar

  

  The Associated Press and Google are building a tool for sharing more local news — more quickly

  Nieman Lab - Christine Schmidt

  “We’re living in an age of journalism where people want to help each other and are prioritizing collaboration over competition. We want to seize on that in a way that ensures no matter who is in the newsroom there’s still a mechanism for them to use this.” In Google’s second recent commitment to …

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  Rashmi Umalkar

  

  Apple blocks Facebook from running its internal iOS apps

  The Verge - Tom Warren, Jacob Kastrenakes

  Facebook’s internal iOS apps simply don’t launch anymore Apple has shut down Facebook’s ability to distribute internal iOS apps, from early releases of the Facebook app to basic tools like a lunch menu. A person familiar with the situation tells The Verge that early versions of Facebook, Instagram, …

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  Sarah Gallagher Trombley

  

  Publishers like Vox and BuzzFeed seek broader TV and streaming content deals

  Digiday  - Sahil Patel

  Top digital publishers such as BuzzFeed, Group Nine Media and Vox Media have been active about developing and selling video series to linear TV …