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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Cable news' panicked coverage of the pipe bomb explosions gives us the impression that we are at risk, despite that modern life is safer than ever — Goaded by politicians and cable, a safer-than-ever America goes into full red alert mode. — In a rational world, we would interpret …
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The Daily Beast, FishbowlDC, @mikemadden, @nprkelly, @sarahkendzior, New York Times, The Hill, @codeaud, NPR, Guardian, GeekWire, @nprdancharles, @byrontau, @jackshafer, @teddunne, @zackstanton, @bazzinyu, @politico, @brianstelter, AOL, Computerworld, Mother Jones, Talking Points Memo, Business Insider, CNET, Vanity Fair, The Week, New York Magazine, The Daily Caller and www.wnyc.org
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Snowden may have broken the law but it was to serve his country, publicizing mass surveillance measures, some of which were illegal - he deserves a pardon — President Obama's administration has an unfortunate record of prosecuting whistleblowers, some of whom have been important sources for journalists.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
ABC News teams up with Facebook to live stream the 2016 general election debates — No TV? No problem - you can still catch the debates. This morning, ABC News and Facebook announced they are again teaming up to bring live coverage of the U.S. 2016 Presidential election to the social network …
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The Wrap
Jake Kanter / Business Insider:
Barb ratings: Viceland debuts in UK, averages 5.5K viewers, hitting a peak of 17.2K but captures 0% of key 16-34 demographic between 8pm and 2am — Viceland made a very quiet start to life on British television. — Vice's television channel launched on slot 153 on Sky late Monday morning …
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@jake_kanter and @dan_rowinski
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
The New York Times coverage of Donald Trump's comments on Obama birther conspiracy theories marks a departure from “He said, She said” journalism — Last Saturday, The New York Times published an extraordinary story. What made the story extraordinary wasn't the event the Times covered.
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New York Times, Washington Post, @johngcole, @spaydl, @lourdesgnavarro, The Week, @peterbeinart, @blueboxdave, @brianbeutler and @jayrosen_nyu
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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Gerry Lenfest buys Empirical Media Advisors and hires its CEO Jim Friedlich as executive director of the Institute of Journalism in New Media in Philadelphia — After nine months of searching, Philadelphia philanthropist Gerry Lenfest has found someone to lead the nonprofit to which he donated the city's two newspapers.
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Philly.com, @dicktofel, @davisshaver, @swischnowski, @crovitz, @jimfriedlich and @raju
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Draft RIAA report: US music streaming revenue grew 57% to $1.6B in the first half of 2016 and accounted for almost half of industry sales — Popularity of online listening offsets plunging album revenue — U.S. industry poised for second straight year of sales growth
Stefan Nicola / Bloomberg:
Vox Media, owner of The Verge and Recode, has asked its VP of International, Jonathan Hunt, to consider opportunities for foreign expansion, devise a strategy — Vox Media Inc., the company that operates The Verge and Recode technology news sites, is preparing to expand internationally …
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@stefannicolabbg and @mattyglesias
Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Callie Schweitzer, Time Inc.'s editorial director for audience strategy, joins Arianna Huffington's Thrive Global as managing editor — With her namesake news website, Arianna Huffington helped change digital media. She has a loftier ambition for Thrive Global, her new corporate wellness company.
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@ariannahuff and @marklittlenews
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
The Dallas Morning News' Clinton endorsement, its first of a Democrat in 75 years, led to protest outside building and an unspecified number of cancelled subs — When The Dallas Morning News endorsed Hillary Clinton for president earlier this month, it broke a 75-year streak of not endorsing a Democrat.
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The Week, Mediaite, @milapgh, @nick_mathews, @sbassopb, @daviduberti, @poynter and @ritholtz
Maxwell Tani / Business Insider:
Profile of Joe Seales, CEO of Right Side Broadcasting Network, the website best known for its YouTube channel that live-streams almost every Donald Trump speech — Joe Seales was a stay-at-home dad between jobs. Then he started watching Donald Trump's speeches.
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Business Insider, @passantino, @maxwelltani, @oliverdarcy, @oliverdarcy, @tregp, @oliverdarcy, @sopandeb and @pamengel12
Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
A profile of non-profit Nautilus, a science site that publishes one weekly issue with stories based around a one-word theme, and has a print mag with 6K subs — Nautilus might be the only science publication that pays philosophers to sit in on its pitch meetings.
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@niemanlab, @mmoyr, @nautilusmag and @janefriedman
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