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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Major TV networks refused to cover Donald Trump giving a tour of his hotel, a protest of his campaign preventing any editorial presence on the tour — In a show of joint defiance, the major television networks collectively voted to pull a camera and erase video of Donald Trump giving a tour of his hotel …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
It's time for TV news to stop playing the stooge for Donald Trump — Donald Trump said “Jump,” and TV news said “How high?” — It happened again on Friday morning when the Republican presidential candidate held the media hostage for nearly an hour after promising a major news announcement.
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@jayrosen_nyu and New York Magazine
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Trump mocks his traveling press pool for being late to rally even though his campaign is responsible for travel arrangements
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Steven Levy / Backchannel:
Profile of internet activist Carl Malamud, founder of Public.Resource.Org, who is being sued for publishing building codes, safety rules, more on his website — August 8, Carl Malamud wakes up early. He usually does. Most days, from the moment his eyes open, he is fixated on the mission.
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Peter Kafka / Recode:
Mode Media, publisher and ad network formerly known as Glam and once valued at $1B, shuts down; company was on track to generate over $100M in revenue this year — The company that used to be called Glam Media generated $90 million last year. Now it's out of business.
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Terry Collins / CNET:
Twitter streams its first NFL game, part of a 10-game package, as the social network tries to broaden appeal — The social network is counting on livestreamed events, including Thursday Night Football, to broaden its appeal. — Diamond Images/Getty Images — It's third and long for Twitter.
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Interview with Facebook's Dan Rose on changes the company is implementing to help publishers make more money: new ad formats, mid-video ads, and analytics — For the last couple of years, Facebook has presented news organizations with difficult choices about how to publish their journalism.
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@ollyosborne, @markfrankel29, @kjmcginty, @porter_anderson and @benmullin, Thanks:@steverubel
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Apple News update lets publishers sign-up subscribers through the app; Apple to get 30% cut of revenue from new subscriptions, 15% from renewals — New version allows publishers that offer subscriptions to sign up new customers within the app, with Apple collecting 30% of the revenue from new subscribers, 15% from renewals
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FishbowlNY, @srabil, The Drum and The Next Web
Sharon Gaudin / Computerworld:
Facebook and Google to provide search data for presidential debates; Facebook to help source questions from public for candidates during town hall debate — Using social media during debates is a natural evolution of the tech — Facebook and Google will have a role in the upcoming presidential debates.
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Commission on Presidential …, The Next Web, @dkroy, Vocativ, VatorNews, The Hill, Fortune and True Pundit
Brad Heath / USA Today:
Associated Press, Vice Media, and Gannett sue FBI for information on how the agency broke into San Bernardino shooter's iPhone — Three news organizations, including USA TODAY's parent company, filed a lawsuit Friday seeking information about how the FBI was able to break into the locked iPhone …
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Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
The Huffington Post has partnered with South African media company Media24 to launch HuffPost South Africa, expected to go live in November — The Huffington Post has partnered with South Africa media company Media24 to launch HuffPost South Africa. — The site—expected to launch in November …
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Forbes, @fishbowlny, Media24.com and @kelseymsutton
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
NYT revives managing editor role, naming international editor Joseph Kahn to the position, making him a leading candidate to succeed top editor Dean Baquet — The New York Times announced on Friday that it was reviving the title of managing editor and naming Joseph Kahn, an assistant editor for International, to the position.
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Pete Vernon / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with former LA Times business reporter E. Scott Reckard, on his story that led to a $185M Wells Fargo fine, the state of the financial press, and retirement — Photo credit: Ken Teegardin, Wikimedia Commons — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau last week slapped Wells Fargo …
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New York Times, @ddayen and Forbes
David Uberti / Columbia Journalism Review:
Low trust in media in latest Gallup poll may reflect growing discontent with politics overall as users get their news via Facebook, Twitter, and other channels — A familiar harmony of fear and self-loathing crescendoed Wednesday after Gallup released a new survey estimating that only 32 percent …
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Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
AP condemns DOJ report, calls for practice of government impersonation of news media to end, demands to be included in official policy development — The Associated Press Thursday condemned a report from a Justice Department Inspector General that found that an FBI agent's impersonation of an AP editor did not violate its policies.
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Alan Neuhauser / US News:
Justice Department report: FBI may impersonate journalists in undercover probes with high-level approval; 2007 case of AP impersonation did not violate policies
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