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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
How Fox News women took down Roger Ailes in 15 days, ending a 20-year reign rife with misogyny, harassment, surveillance, smear campaigns, and hush money — How Fox News women took down the most powerful, and predatory, man in media. — It took 15 days to end the mighty 20-year reign …
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New York Times:
Analysis shows WikiLeaks' high-profile releases often benefit Russia; US officials say WikiLeaks, Assange probably have no direct ties to Russian intelligence — American officials say Mr. Assange and WikiLeaks probably have no direct ties to Russian intelligence services.
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
The Newspaper Association of America changes its name to the News Media Alliance — One day many decades hence, when your grandchildren ask you, “Grandma, what was a newspaper?” you can direct them back to Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016. Because it may well go down as the day the American newspaper …
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Reena Flores / CBS News:
Moderators for three presidential debates will be NBC's Lester Holt, CNN's Anderson Cooper, ABC's Martha Raddatz, and Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace — The nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) revealed Friday the moderators for the three presidential debates between Hillary Clinton …
Financial Times:
Sources: Liberty Media in advanced talks to acquire 10-15% stake in F1 racing franchise for £1B-£2B, with 21st Century Fox's Chase Carey to become chairman — Liberty Media, the cable TV group owned by John Malone, is closing in on a deal to take a significant stake in Formula …
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Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Sources: mobile video app Flipagram is looking for a buyer after pivot to become a social network fails to generate growth — Or should we say flip itself. — Flipagram is looking for a new home. — The LA-based startup, which makes an app that lets users stitch together photos …
Guardian:
Richard Neville, co-founder and editor of the 1960s counterculture magazine Oz, dies at 74 — Co-founder and editor of the 60s counterculture magazine Oz — In early 1963, Richard Neville, who has died aged 74, gathered together a band of fellow students at his parents' home in suburban Sydney to put together a satirical magazine.
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Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Interview with Alex Marlow, the 30-year-old editor in chief of Breitbart News and the company's first hire, on Trump, media bias, and Andrew Breitbart's legacy — When the Breitbart media empire was just starting, and still being operated out of late founder Andrew Breitbart's basement, Alex Marlow was the first hire.
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
How news organizations are testing Amazon's Alexa: interviews with NBC, Scripps' Newsy, The Washington Post, Slate, and Refinery29 — My routine most mornings these days goes like this: After snoozing my iPhone alarm at least twice, I roll over and say, “Alexa, give me my Flash Briefing.”
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
MTV's Video Music Awards had 21M unique viewers on Snapchat, up 75% from last year, while its TV audience fell 34% to 6.5M — Viacom's MTV is still a TV brand, and the bulk of its revenue is still anchored in traditional television distribution. But the youth-skewing brand has been forced …
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Matthew Garrahan / Financial Times:
Interview with Nick Denton on his family, adjusting to life in bankruptcy, the ongoing feud with Peter Thiel, and regrets from his Gawker days — Over lobster bisque, the founder of trailblazing gossip site Gawker talks about the fallout from outing a ‘tech lord’ and the backlash against too much truth
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@ftlifearts, @frankpasquale, Press Gazette and The Drum
Pew Research Center:
Pew: 65% of Americans have read a print book in the last year, while 28% have read an e-book and 14% have listened to an audio book — Americans today have an enormous variety of content available to them at any time of day, and this material is available in a number of formats and through a range of digitally connected devices.
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@samirashackle, @jessamyn, @lareviewofbooks, @katiecouric, @kajleers, @litquake, New York Times, The Verge, Co.Design, Fast Company and Publishers Lunch