Mediagazer: CityLab names Robert Bole as general manager, expands staff in push to double audience and revenue (Benjamin Mullin/Poynter)

1:00 AM ET, September 23, 2016

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Kelsey Sutton / Politico:

USA Today suspends columnist Glenn Reynolds for one month — USA Today has suspended the column of a conservative commentator for one month after he called for drivers to “run ... down” demonstrators protesting police shootings in Charlotte, North Carolina Wednesday night.

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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:

Conservative columnist Glenn Reynolds, aka Instapundit, temporarily suspended from Twitter after tweeting “Run them down” in reference to protesters on I-277 — As protests in Charlotte descended into chaos and violent outbreaks on Wednesday night, a conservative columnist …

Wall Street Journal:

Facebook says it overestimated average video viewing time metric by 60%-80% for 2 years, according to information Publicis Media says it obtained from Facebook — Social network miscalculated the average time users spent watching videos on its platform — Big ad buyers and marketers …

Kif Leswing / Business Insider:

Yahoo confirms data from 500M+ accounts was stolen in 2014 by “state-sponsored actor”; info includes email addresses, hashed passwords, security questions, more — Yahoo on Thursday revealed a massive data breach of its services. — Yahoo “has confirmed that a copy …

Sarah Ellison / Vanity Fair:

Inside the final days of Roger Ailes at Fox News: an army of lawyers and advisers, the internal investigation, and power shifts among the Murdochs — For 20 years, Roger Ailes did as he pleased at Fox News. Then former anchor Gretchen Carlson sued him for sexual harassment …

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Peter Sterne / Politico:

Sources: The Guardian US lost $15.85M on revenue of $15.5M in 12 months ending April 2016 — The Guardian's U.S. operation took in $15.5 million in revenue but suffered a $15.85 million net loss in the 12 months ending April 2016, POLITICO has learned. It initially believed …

Discussion: @petersterne and @petersterne

Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
Alex Graham, founder and former chief exec of TV production company Wall to Wall Media, has been appointed as chair of The Guardian's owner, The Scott Trust

Discussion: @alexgspence and Politico

Keegan Hamilton / VICE News:

Contrasting scenarios in Tulsa and Charlotte after police shootings highlight the differences in government approaches to public access to police video — Two officer-involved shootings of black men this week — one in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and another in Charlotte, North Carolina …

Rebecca Shapiro / The Huffington Post:
CNN correspondent Ed Lavandera was knocked to the ground on live TV covering Charlotte protests; he says the perpetrator came back later to apologize

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Hannah Kuchler / Financial Times:

Instagram says it now has over 500K active advertisers, up from 200K in February — High quality global journalism requires investment. Please share this article with others using the link below, do not cut & paste the article. See our Ts&Cs and Copyright Policy for more detail.

Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:

Univision begins adapting content from Gizmodo Media Group blogs like Lifehacker for Spanish speakers — Univision is moving fast. — Since agreeing to buy Gawker Media Group in August, the company has already begun to refashion the blogging empire in its image, shutting down Gawker …

Discussion: Forbes, Politico and CNNMoney

Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:

CityLab names Robert Bole as general manager, expands staff in push to double audience and revenue — The world reached a huge milestone in 2008 when, for the first time in history, the majority of the human race began living in cities. — Three years later, The Atlantic reached a milestone of its own.

Yuyu Chen / Digiday:

How Huffington Post uses WeChat and Line: two accounts in English and the local language catering to different reading preferences; video works best on Line — Almost every major Western publisher wants to extend its reach internationally through popular foreign messaging apps like Japan's Line and China's WeChat.

Jason Horowitz / New York Times:

Inside Shareblue, David Brock's pro-Clinton site that takes credit for injecting the idea of false equivalence into a critique of the media's election coverage — Just before 9:30 p.m. on Sept. 13, the first Twitter post appeared, directing users to an obscure article about a remark Donald J. Trump …

Discussion: @jzheel, @jzheel, @peterdaou, @dankennedy_nu, @ggreenwald and @shakestweetz

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Senior Assignment Editor, DC — WaPo

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Energy Reporter, TX — Houston Chronicle

Senior Reporter, SC — Island Packet

Trade & Climate Correspondent, DC — FT

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Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
USA Today Network launches VotingBecause.com, a national voter registration and civic engagement website, partly a bid to attract new readers and subscribers

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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
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Ian Johnson / New York Times:
PEN America report: the estimated 700 foreign journalists in China from 50 countries face more restrictions now than at any other time in recent history

Discussion: PEN America, @jzheel, @minkyshighjinks, @iandenisjohnson, @nytimesbusiness and @comradewong

Chloe Melas / CNNMoney:
People Magazine rushed to publish an extra issue featuring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's divorce; two print editions will sit on newsstands this week

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Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
Recent study finds only 50% of content recommendation widgets led to legitimate advertisers, 25% to clickbait, 15% to real content, and 4% to fake news

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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Paresh Dave / Wired:
Google says it wouldn't force its device makers, browser, and wireless carrier licensees to distribute Gemini to US users for three years, in a proposed remedy

Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing

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