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"Never in the history of this country has a President been the subject of such a sustained barrage of unfair, unfounded, unethical and unlawful attacks by so-called 'mainstream' news, as … Read the full story by Wendy Davis
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Unless the Supreme Court steps in, Illinois Facebook users can now proceed with a class-action alleging that the company violated Illinois residents' rights by compiling a database of their
faceprints. Read the full story by Wendy Davis

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AT&T is further building out its addressable offerings by adding the Clypd audience-based ad sales platform to its Xandr advertising platform and the Xandr Community video/linear TV ad marketplace. Read the full story by Karlene Lukovitz

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The proposed privacy bill would allow the FTC to fine companies that violate privacy up to 4% of their annual revenue, and calls for up to 20 years in prison … Read the full story by Wendy Davis
Commentary
Folks would be up in arms. Yet how come most yawn when you talk about the clear, unmistakable problems of fraud and opacity in digital? Read the full story by Dave Morgan

Commentary
On the surface, things sounded rosy in Netflix's just-released earnings, but a deeper look at the numbers paints a different picture. Read the full story by Deren Baker

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"Our existing wireless market will devolve into a cozy oligopoly dominated by just three carriers," says the FCC Commissioner who voted against the deal. Read the full story by Wendy Davis

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"The settlement releases Facebook from liability for past violations that are not addressed or even identified in the complaint, and the settlement does not impose meaningful changes to Facebook's
business … Read the full story by Wendy Davis

Commentary
While Facebook maintains it's okay for politicians to "lie" in their ads on Facebook, Twitter this week weighed in with an update to its policies for abusive behavior by "world … Read the full story by Joe Mandese

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Twitter will allow tweets from influential figures if it determines that doing so is in the "public interest." But users won't be able to like, reply, share or retweet. Read the full story by Gavin O'Malley

Commentary
If a brand advertises in a place where everything is a lie, what does that say about the brand? If everything else on the platform isn't true, why should a … Read the full story by Barry Lowenthal
Commentary
Self-serving predictions do nothing to support change within the industry. Read the full story by Marla Kaplowitz

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The out-of-home media industry has overcome some questionable perceptions on Madison Avenue thanks to its increasing digitization, but it's probably still best served as a specialty practice at most
ad … Read the full story by Joe Mandese

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Any attempt to limit websites' legal protections for content posted by users would harm online publishers, particularly smaller ones, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman plans to tell Congress Wednesday. Read the full story by Wendy Davis
Commentary
Despite Apple's 1 billion device user base globally, will its iOS device-only reach limit its initial growth? Will its lack of original content and library (not to mention no licensed … Read the full story by Karlene Lukovitz
Commentary
U.S. travel writer and TV personality Rick Steves is -- well, there's no really kind way to put this -- a weenie. Read the full story by Gord Hotchkiss

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This coming weekend's annual "Simpsons" Halloween horror anthology is the show's 30th -- "Treehouse of Horror XXX." Read the full story by Adam Buckman

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This year, Amazon will take 12.9% paid-search market share in the U.S. The company surpassed Microsoft in 2018 to become the second-largest ad platform in the U.S. Microsoft, which now … Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan
Commentary
The private-equity giant will soon own 60% of Kantar in a joint venture deal with WPP. After three years, Bain has the option of taking the company public. Read the full story by Richard Whitman

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Disney has awarded the biggest pieces of its $2.2 billion global media assignment to Omnicom Media Group and Publicis Groupe after a review, according to sources. WPP is said to … Read the full story by Larissa FawSteve McClellan

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For those of you still trying to get your arms around attribution modeling, you can forget about it -- at least the current versions representing a litany of black boxes … Read the full story by Joe Mandese