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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Matt Lauer criticized by journalists and political observers for weak performance moderating Clinton-Trump forum, accused of unfairness, sloppiness, sexism — It was a high-stakes political moment, far from the chummier confines of the “Today” show and, for Matt Lauer, NBC's stalwart of the morning …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Behind the scenes, NBC executives concede Matt Lauer's forum performance was a disappointment, with one source calling it a “disaster” — NBC News knows the “Commander-in-Chief Forum” was not Matt Lauer's finest hour. — One executive, speaking anonymously, was blunt about it: “Disaster.”
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Catalina Albeanu / Journalism.co.uk:
ProPublica launches Electionland, a project that uses data from social media and other sources to help newsrooms cover voter problems on Election Day in the US — Electionland is a project that aims to highlight voting problems such as issues with polling machines or long queues to help reporters cover them on the day
David Uberti / Columbia Journalism Review:
Donald Trump's nomination is causing publications that don't make endorsements, like Wired and Scientific American, to come out against him this election season — What does it mean to be a Republican? Variations of the question have been posed ad nauseum over the past year as reality TV star …
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Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Twitter update lets users subscribe to live video notifications from individual accounts, alerts them when accounts go live on Periscope — Twitter has been investing in live video lately as it continues to push Periscope and premium deals with professional sports leagues.
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Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
Q&A with Xavier Grangier, Libération's head of digital, on increasing subscribers by changing to a metered paywall based on visits rather than articles — French daily newspaper Libération has shifted its approach to its paywall, loosening it up for its most loyal readers …
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Jackie Wattles / CNNMoney:
Students at Roger Ailes' alma mater, Ohio University, vote to have his name removed from a school newsroom he helped fund — Roger Ailes' departure from Fox News has roiled the network's newsroom, but it has also upset the newsroom at Ohio University. — Students at Ailes' alma mater …
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Sahil Patel / Digiday:
Inside Verizon's struggle to build a streaming video business with Go90, its new mobile video app, in an environment dominated by Netflix, Hulu, and YouTube — This article is from Pulse, Digiday's quarterly print magazine about the modernization of media.
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André Natta / Poynter:
Q&A with Chicago's City Bureau editorial director Darryl Holliday on civic journalism — I often wonder if the work of making coverage more diverse is falling to the same underserved people newsrooms are trying to give a voice to. — Can these communities gently nudge or forcefully push …
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Brendan Nyhan / New York Times:
Study of political news browsing of 1400 people: most read centrist sources, but some partisans, especially Republicans, consume highly polarized media heavily — Anyone who has followed this election carefully would be forgiven for thinking that voters have diverged into two separate realities.
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Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
Inside The New Yorker video strategy: slow, deliberate, focused on story, and protective of the brand works better than high output and speed — Comma Queen, The New Yorker's grammar-focused video series, might not seem that promising a concept on paper. In it, longtime magazine copy …
Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times:
Entrepreneur Media launches Entrepreneur Lending, for an industry it covers, as publishers increasingly blur lines between editorial and business to make money — When Judy Balint, the chief marketing officer at SmartBiz Loans, read a freelance article that her company's president contributed …
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