Summary: <p><strong><em>Facebook makes a hire that makes British Twitter laugh, here’s how much Google’s going to charge for Android, Google wants China but does China want Google and the Weekend Longreads suggestions.</em></strong></p><p><strong>Sponsors:</strong></p><ul> <li><a href="https://www.datadoghq.com/ridehome" target="_blank"><strong>DataDogHQ.com/ridehome</strong></a></li> <li><a href="http://tiny.website/" target="_blank"><strong>Tiny.website</strong></a></li> </ul><p><br></p><p>Links:</p><ul> <li> <a href="https://t.co/l5IHYRU0H5" target="_blank">Facebook Hires Nick Clegg, Former UK Deputy Prime Minister, as Head of Global Affairs and Communications, to Succeed Elliot Schrage</a> (Financial Times)</li> <li> <a href="https://gizmodo.com/twitter-suspends-pro-saudi-bots-spreading-propaganda-ab-1829859773" target="_blank">Twitter Suspends Pro-Saudi Bots Spreading Propaganda About the Murder of Jamal Khashoggi</a> (Gizmodo)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/exclusive-twitter-pulls-down-bot-network-pushing-pro-saudi-talking-n921871" target="_blank">Twitter Pulls Down Bot Network That Pushed Pro-Saudi Talking Points about Disappeared Journalist</a> (NBC News)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/17/business/saudi-investment-conference-masayoshi-son.html" target="_blank">Powerful Executives Have Stepped Away From the Saudis. Not SoftBank's.</a> (New York Times)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/19/17999366/google-eu-android-licensing-terms" target="_blank">Google App Suite Costs as Much as $40 Per Phone Under New EU Android Deal</a> (The Verge)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/google-wants-china-will-chinese-users-want-google/" target="_blank">Google Wants China. Will Chinese Users Want Google?</a> (Wired)</li> </ul><p><br></p><p>The <a href="https://www.betterment.com/ride" target="_blank">Betterment</a> Weekend Longreads Suggestions:</p><ul> <li> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/17/technology/craig-newmark-journalism-gifts.html" target="_blank">Craig Newmark, Newspaper Villain, Is Working to Save Journalism</a> (New York Times)</li> <li> <a href="http://www.vulture.com/2018/10/the-making-of-rockstar-games-red-dead-redemption-2.html" target="_blank">How the West Was Digitized: The Making of Rockstar Games’ <em>Red Dead Redemption 2</em></a> (Vulture/New York Magazine)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.cjr.org/innovations/drones-faa-journalists-airspace.php" target="_blank">Drone Journalism's Battle for Airspace</a> (Columbia Journalism Review)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.wired.com/1996/12/ffglass/" target="_blank">Mother Earth Mother Board</a> (Wired)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/10/22/the-prophets-of-cryptocurrency-survey-the-boom-and-bust?currentPage=all" target="_blank">The Prophets of Cryptocurrency Survey the Boom and Bust</a> (The New Yorker)</li> </ul> <a href="https://anchor.fm/s/34f8474/podcast/sponsor/acugia/url/https%3A%2F%2Fflipboard.com%2F">https://flipboard.com/</a>
