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4:50 AM ET, September 19, 2016

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Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:

The Washington Post editorial board calls for prosecution of Edward Snowden, the paper's source for stories that won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for public service — Three of the four media outlets which received and published large numbers of secret NSA documents provided by Edward Snowden …

Discussion: Washington Post, @fmanjoo, MediaFile, @speechboy71, @wexler, @barryeisler, @mattyglesias, @dankennedy_nu, @trevortimm, @mrdanzak, Gizmodo, @s_m_i, @snowden, @jimbovard, @genn4dy, @buzzfeedandrew, @suzi3d and Slate

VICE News:

Vice News reporter Alex Thompson was released around midnight following mid-afternoon arrest at Trump campaign event in Houston — Alex Thompson, a reporter for VICE News, was released from Houston Central Jail just after midnight central time Sunday morning.

Discussion: @mccarthyryanj, The Huffington Post, @learmonth, @nprinskeep, @davesund, @tyrangiel, @bcappelbaum, @adamnagourney, @chatterbox_46, @nytimesdowd, @vicenews, Washington Post, The Wrap, @spacekatgal, Talking Points Memo, Mashable and Mediaite

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 …

Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
It's time for TV news to stop playing the stooge for Donald Trump

Abigail Edge / Journalism.co.uk:

Andy Carvin and other staffers of now-closed Reported.ly discuss lessons learned curating news on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Reddit — The reported.ly team discussed how they approached eyewitness media and graphic content, speaking at the ONA conference in Denver — Credit: Image by scyther5 on Shutterstock

Discussion: @wordsofsarah, @mjenkins, @ethanklapper, @mandy_velez, @thisisrachael, @jenniferhefty, @thisisrachael, @jmizgata, @mjenkins, @meenaganesan and Journalism News

Kim Masters / Hollywood Reporter:

As Netflix asserts itself, studio and cable channels fret that the streaming company is headed for a near-monopoly in entertainment — The streaming service is spending $6 billion a year on content, choking basic cable and brusquely rattling the relationship business of the town as fears …

Discussion: @janicemin and @thrmattbelloni

Olivia Nuzzi / The Daily Beast:

Larry King, Ed Schultz, and Jesse Ventura legitimize pro-Kremlin messages as hosts on RT, Russia's English-language news and propaganda outlet — Inside Russia Today's American headquarters in Washington, across from the receptionist's desk stamped by a lime green “RT” banner …

Discussion: New York Times, @sulliview, @glcarlstrom and The Daily Caller

Jeremiah Patterson / Online News Association:

Breaking News, Intercept, Quartz, New York Magazine take home 2016 Online Journalism Awards — DENVER — Superlative reporting on leaked data, prison reform and undue police force led coverage that garnered top honors for 35 media organizations Saturday night at the 2016 Online Journalism Awards …

Discussion: Online News Association, @corybe, @onanewsroom, @onanewsroom, @cgreensit, @laur_katz, @rubinafillion, @rtburg, @climatecentral, @hermida, @rosental, @mobiletrevor, @corybe, Guardian, @ona and @ona

Piper French / Roads & Kingdoms:

Q&A with a news assistant for a foreign news agency in China on the challenges of being a local fixer, dealing with the Great Firewall, more — In international journalism, a local journalist hired by foreign reporters for his or her special knowledge of the local area, culture, and language is called a fixer.

Todd Longwell / VideoInk:

Vimeo debuts $599/year Vimeo Business plan for 5TB storage, white label, more, licenses Lionsgate shows for television store coming on Oct. 18 in 150 countries — Video hosting platform Vimeo announced today that mini-major studio Lionsgate will be the exclusive launch partner licensing content …

Discussion: Marketing Land, Hollywood Reporter, PR Newswire, VentureBeat, The Next Web and Tubefilter

Laura Prudom / Variety:

‘Game of Thrones’ Creators Reflect on Breaking Emmy Record, Spinoffs and Season 7 — “Game of Thrones” ruled the 2016 Emmys with 12 wins, including awards for Best Drama Series, Best Directing (Miguel Sapochnik) and Best Writing (David Benioff and D.B. Weiss) for “Battle of the Bastards.”

Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable, Reuters, The Wrap, Hollywood Reporter, Rolling Stone, Hollywood Reporter, New York Times, Politico, USA Today, @snoodit, Business Insider, Deadline, New York Times, Deadline and Business Insider

Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:

Q&A with Disney/ABC TV's President Ben Sherwood, on a potential Star Wars series, mistakes in Michael Strahan's Live exit, and Bob Iger's future — “We made some mistakes, we fixed them quickly and we moved on,” says the television group president as he tackles 'GMA's' viewership decline …

Michael Malone / Broadcasting & Cable:
Disney/ABC Taps Bruce Rosenblum as President of Business Ops

Discussion: New York Times, The Wrap and Variety

Lucinda Southern / Digiday:

How Business Insider got 230K Line followers in two weeks: 10 pieces of content a day, focus on tech and finance news, use emojis to liven up staid content — Business Insider landed on Japanese messaging app Line two weeks ago. Since then, it has grown its following to nearly 230,000 …

Dan Gillmor / The Atlantic:

How journalists could fight back in politicians' war on truth: tape delay debates to mute lies and add commentary, kick out campaign surrogates who lie on air — NBC News' Matt Lauer's performance as moderator of a recent public forum featuring Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton has led to some modest journalistic soul-searching.

Discussion: @jayrosen_nyu, @hainsworthtv, @normornstein, @normornstein, @normornstein, @normornstein, @normornstein, @dangillmor, @anthony, Boing Boing and @mantzarlis

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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
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Now-closed Mode Media, known for innovation with its ad network and which raised $230M+, faced rising competition as programmatic ads replaced blog networks

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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
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Peter Sterne / Politico:
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