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David Uberti / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with New York magazine reporter Gabriel Sherman, on covering Roger Ailes, the state of Fox News, and the future of conservative media — New York National Affairs Editor Gabriel Sherman was returning from a vacation in France in early July when news broke that former anchor Gretchen …
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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Profile of Fox anchor Sean Hannity, an object of fascination, rage, and mockery in political media who has become a polarizing figure for his loyalty to Trump — On Tuesday evening, Sean Hannity had a special guest. It was someone who has played an important role in highlighting Hillary Clinton's email …
Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Lack of “protective pool” of reporters for Clinton and Trump leads to flawed, incomplete coverage during incidents like Clinton's stumble at 9/11 service — Hillary Clinton's wobbly, stumbling exit from Sunday's September 11 commemoration set off a flurry of questions and concerns …
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Brad Scriber / Poynter:
Q&A with professor and journalist Lucas Graves, on the history of political fact-checking and how the 2016 election is changing the fact-checking landscape — Fact-checking may have gone mainstream in recent years, but it's still controversial. — That's according to Lucas Graves …
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Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman charged with criminal trespassing after covering North Dakota pipeline protest — An arrest warrant has been issued in North Dakota for Democracy Now! host and executive producer Amy Goodman. Goodman was charged with criminal trespassing, a misdemeanor offense.
Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Time Inc. launching free ad-supported video streaming service, People/Entertainment Weekly Network, on Sept. 13 covering human interest stories — Magazine publisher looks to counter print decline by pursuing a share of digital video advertising spending — The upcoming special …
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J.K. Trotter / Gizmodo:
Univision execs vote to delete six Gawker Media posts involved in ongoing lawsuits; Gawker Executive Editor John Cook says posts will disappear this weekend — In a vote carried out on Friday night, Univision executives voted to remove six posts published by former Gawker Media properties that are involved in ongoing litigation.
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Robert Andrews / Beet.TV:
Washington Post's head of product Joey Marburger: pageviews per visit are up 5 times for the paper's new mobile website based on Google's Progressive Web Apps — In the battle between apps and the web, the web is fighting back. — Having already introduced Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) …
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Tom Grubisich / Street Fight:
Tracy Record, publisher of 10-year-old independent local news site West Seattle Blog, on social media, sticking with display ads, and outlasting the competition — In December 2005, West Seattle Blog was just what the name suggested — a new blog, a “personal project,” …
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Adam Taylor / Washington Post:
A Trump interview may be crowning glory for RT, a network funded by the Russian government — In an interview Thursday, Donald Trump was asked what surprised him most about the American press. “Well, I think the dishonesty of the media,” the Republican presidential hopeful responded, with little hesitation.
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Peter Kafka / Recode:
Interview with Turner CEO John Martin on building his own consumer streaming technology, CNN's growth, overhauling TBS and TNT, digital investments, and more — CEO John Martin talks about selling his channels directly to his viewers, tangling with Vice and standing up to Donald Trump.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Sling TV launches Windows 10 app with Cortana-enabled voice search for shows or channels — Dish Network's streaming service for cord cutters, Sling TV, has made its way to Windows 10. The company announced today the launch of its on-demand TV service for Windows 10 PCs and tablets …
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