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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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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 …
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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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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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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.


Keith Olbermann joins GQ Magazine, will host bi-weekly show, “The Closer with Keith Olbermann”, commentating on politics and current affairs — Note: this story was first reported this morning in POLITICO's Morning Media tipsheet. You can subscribe here.


Scottish blogger Wings Over Scotland suspended from Twitter over claims from Daily Express journalist that he instigated a “hate mob” against her — The decision came after a Daily Express journalist complained the blogger's followers bombarded her with abuse. — BuzzFeed News Reporter, UK
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Jason Pierre-Paul's lawsuit against ESPN for publishing photos of his medical records bears similarities to Hulk Hogan invasion-of-privacy case against Gawker — New York Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul is scheduled to face off against ESPN and reporter Adam Schefter in a Florida federal court next August.
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Some UK publishers seeing additional revenue of tens of thousands of pounds per month by using Facebook's Instant Articles, others see page views drop — While still early, publishers are starting to gauge how beneficial posting fast-loading content directly to Facebook via Instant Articles can be to them …

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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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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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.