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UK seeks warrant to examine Cambridge Analytica servers after Facebook data misuse (Vox)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 03/20/2018 - 06:31Google’s and Facebook’s share of the U.S. ad market could decline for the first time, thanks to Amazon and Snapchat (Vox)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 03/19/2018 - 14:26Twitter is joining Facebook and Google in banning cryptocurrency advertisements (Vox)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 03/19/2018 - 11:54Melinda Gates on diversity in tech, ending malaria, and the problems money can’t solve (Vox)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 03/19/2018 - 10:41Here’s what you need to know about the U.S. lawsuit against the AT&T-Time Warner merger
AT&T and Time Warner plan to merge in a $85 billion deal that would unite one of the largest distributors of content with one of the biggest producers of content, a roster that includes hits like HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” the Harry Potter films and major cable franchises like CNN. But not if the Justice Department has its way. The U.S. government has sued to block the deal, a move that some fret is actually political reprisal for CNN’s reporting on President Trump. The trial begins on Wednesday, March 21.
The $10 billion opportunity at Reuters
It’s the biggest assignment in journalism: Take a set-in-its-ways 167-year-old news organization and reconfigure it radically so that it can compete on the global stage against countless young digital upstarts. If it’s done right, billions of people could end up with trusted, independent, impartial news they would never otherwise have had access to. On the other hand, if it’s done wrong — or if it’s not assigned at all — then one of the world’s most storied newswires might be entering its final years.