Cambridge Analytica used data from Facebook and Politico to help Trump

Speech by company executive contradicts denial by Trump campaign that claimed the company used its own data and Facebook data to help the campaignCambridge Analytica used its own database and voter information collected from Facebook and news publishers in its effort to help elect Donald Trump, despite a claim by a top campaign official who has downplayed the company’s role in the election. Related: Did Cambridge Analytica influence the Brexit vote and the US election? Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2017-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]

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News Publishers Welcome Tobacco Ads—Just Not for Cigarettes

In 1999, more than a dozen news publishers including The New York Times publicly pledged to ban cigarette advertisements. The move was part of a broader effort to curb the influence of an industry whose products were then--and remain now--the leading cause of preventable death in the United... Continue reading at AdWeek

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Meta to Stop Paying U.S. Publishers for News Content

Facebook's parent company Meta is telling its U.S. publishing partners that the company will no longer pay for news content that aggregates on Facebook's news tab. Facebook's News Tab and Bulletin newsletters will be put on the back burner as Meta moves forward with investing in AI-based video... Continue reading at AdWeek

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Google's new tool will let EU publishers get paid for longer news snippets in search

Google has inked agreements with over 300 news publications in Germany, Hungary, France, Austria, the Netherlands and Ireland that would allow it to publish snippets of their stories on Search. The tech giant has announced the development in a blog post, where it has also launched new tool that... Continue reading at Engadget

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Profile snaps up Christopher Wylie's 'inside story' of Cambridge Analytica

Profile Books will publish Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie's debut, Mindf*ck: Inside Cambridge Analytica’s Plot to Break the World, next week. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-30 16:47:46 UTC ]
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News Corp Answers Big Tech by Exploring its Own News Distribution Site

In a response to most news publishers’ checklist of needs from a digital conduit to their content, News Corp is Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-09-12 18:30:12 UTC ]
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Study: How Today’s News Publishers Can Use Data, Best Practices, and Test-and-Learn Tactics to Build Better Pay-Meters

The past half-decade has seen a digital subscription renaissance in the news publishing industry. Publishers are increasingly recognizing a market Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-08-13 17:00:55 UTC ]
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Final takeaways and confessions from Cannes. Plus, America's Hottest Brands: Monday Wake-Up Call

Welcome to Ad Age’s Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. You can get an audio version of this briefing on your Alexa device; sign up here.   What people are talking about today: Cannes Lions is finished for another year and most of the industry is... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2019-06-24 10:25:28 UTC ]
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New Study Finds Google Receives an Estimated $4.7 Billion in Revenue from News Publishers’ Content

The News Media Alliance today published findings from a new study that analyzes how Google uses and benefits from news. Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-06-10 15:10:50 UTC ]
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Facebook Wants D.C. Appellate Court to Toss Suit Over Cambridge Analytica

Facebook is urging a judge in Washington, D.C. to halt proceedings in a lawsuit brought by the attorney general Karl Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-06-07 15:14:55 UTC ]
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D.C. case against Facebook over Cambridge Analytica will proceed

Early Friday, a judge sided with Facebook shareholders who demanded the company hand over emails and records related to its handling of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Later in the day, the company was denied again in court, as Reuters reports that... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2019-06-01 07:32:00 UTC ]
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EU passes divisive Article 13 copyright law

In what should be its final vote on the matter, the European Parliament approved its new, highly controversial copyright rules. While the Copyright Directive is meant to empower creatives and news publishers, the rules are seen by many as over the to... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2019-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digiday Research: Chasing revenue, news publishers are producing more evergreen content

Sixty-eight percent of 97 publishers that produce news or time-sensitive stories said they plan to create more evergreen content according to a survey by Digiday this February. The post Digiday Research: Chasing revenue, news publishers are producing more evergreen content appeared first on... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2019-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The pivot to paid is bringing renewed focus on automated personalized content tools

Improvements in technology and a shift toward loyalty metrics have meant that personalization in news publishers is increasingly common. The post The pivot to paid is bringing renewed focus on automated personalized content tools appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2019-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Rundown: News publishers are figuring out how to do more with less

News publishers with layoffs will need to figure out how to work with smaller newsrooms, but others are years into the process of publishing more efficiently. The post The Rundown: News publishers are figuring out how to do more with less appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2019-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Our Cambridge Analytica scoop shocked the world. But the whole truth remains elusive

The inside story of our award-winning investigation into the political consulting firm and its use of Facebook profiles• Read our other top stories from 2018Visiting the Observer’s newsroom on the Monday after we published our revelations about the political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica... Continue reading at The Guardian

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Facebook may finally face a reckoning as more grave misdeeds are revealed | Jill Abramson

Moves to oust the company’s leadership team of Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg suddenly look a lot more serious as its legal position becomes more perilous So far, the public and political reaction in the US to Facebook’s grave misdeeds has been surprisingly muted. That’s about to change.... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2018-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cambridge Analytica knew how you'd vote if you wore Wrangler

The whistle-blower behind the Cambridge Analytica revelations said the now-defunct data-fresearch firm used the fashion preferences of Facebook users to help develop the algorithms needed to target them with political messaging.Sharing examples of the anonymized data for the first time,... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2018-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trump Campaign Tries to Stop Omarosa Manigault Newman Book: Simon & Schuster Says No Way

In an echo of the efforts the Trump White House made in January to block Macmillan's 'Fire and Fury,' Simon & Schuster's counsel has rebuffed a Trump campaign attempt to stop 'Unhinged,' calling the Trump effort 'hollow legal threats.' The post Trump Campaign Tries to Stop Omarosa Manigault... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News publishers are using their brands to carve out space on TV screens

Axios, BuzzFeed News, Vox Media and other news publishers are using their brands to land TV real estate. The post News publishers are using their brands to carve out space on TV screens appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

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