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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
How Fox News women took down Roger Ailes in 15 days to end 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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Media Matters for America:
Media Matters president Bradley Beychok calls for immediate investigation, considering all legal options after report Fox sought out reporter's phone records — Fox News sought the phone records of Media Matters senior reporter Joe Strupp through “legally questionable means” …
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Washington Monthly, LawNewz, Mediaite, @kelseymsutton, @alexmorash, @joestrupp, @owillis, @hadas_gold, @mmfa, The Wrap, CNNMoney, New York Magazine and The Week
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 …
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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RT, @nytpolitics, Common Dreams, MediaFile, Newsy, The Week, The New York Observer, Infowars and East-West Digital News
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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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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Press Gazette and The Drum
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Melania Trump sues Mail Media, parent of Daily Mail, and Maryland blogger for defamation over articles about visas and naked photos; Mail retracts its story — Donald Trump's wife fires a shot at a “false” article about her journey to America. — Melania Trump, wife of the Republican nominee …
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
A dozen former Breitbart employees say Steve Bannon used sexually charged language, ordered hit pieces, tried to sabotage their employment prospects, more — Former Breitbart employees paint a scathing portrait of Donald Trump's new campaign chief. — Stephen Bannon, the combative chairman …
Liz Spayd / New York Times:
The main Trump story by The New York Times on Wednesday was slow to update, in contrast with reporting team's other minute-by-minute updates — It was a fast-paced day for the team covering politics at The New York Times on Wednesday. — In the late afternoon, Donald J. Trump was playing …
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@dangillmor, iMediaEthics, Talking Points Memo, FishbowlDC, Fox News, Washington Post, Media Matters for America, Slate, New York Magazine, @david_dobbs, @jayrosen_nyu, @mattyglesias, Washington Monthly, @tpm, @joshtpm, @ninatypewriter, @natesilver538, @philiprucker, @tomwatson, @jayrosen_nyu, @spaydl, @vb2b, @disalch, AOL, Common Dreams, Boing Boing, Hollywood Life, Mediaite and Forbes
Olivier Laurent / TIME:
The increasing popularity of mobile apps like Snapchat and Instagram is sparking a demand for vertical photography across media organizations — “We are increasingly thinking mobile first.” — Not too long ago, vertical imagery was the mockery of the online photo world. The criticism came from everywhere.
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Digital Trends, @cmatiash and @knightfdn
Oliver Roeder / Slate:
The New York Times Thursday crossword by Ben Tausig was a unique Schrödinger puzzle with a special theme, containing the first use of the phrase “gender fluid” — The story behind a very special puzzle. — Crossword puzzles are fleeting things.
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@quinnae_moon, @kottke, @ollie and New York Times
Silvia Higuera / Journalism in the Americas:
Local and international journalists faced detentions, vandalism of offices, and censorship as they tried to cover Venezuelan protest — A day of demonstrations in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas ended with complaints of restrictions on freedoms of the press and of expression …
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Committee to Protect …, NPR, Caracas Chronicles, NBC News and Hot Air
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