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Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
BandLab investment in Rolling Stone does not include ownership in Wenner Media; BandLab CEO won't comment on whether it'll be liable in defamation lawsuits — Investment doesn't include ownership in Wenner Media — Rolling Stone has struck a chord with a new investor.
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Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg:
Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner to sell 49% stake in the magazine to Singapore-based BandLab Technologies, which will have no editorial input — Rolling Stone plans to sell a 49% stake to Singapore startup BandLab, Bloomberg News reports.
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Ahead of Clinton-Trump debate, none of the major networks commit to on-screen fact-checking during the debate, when audience is highest — Despite Clinton's demand that Trump be held accountable, outlets say they aren't prepared to weigh in while candidates speak.
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Media Nation, CNNMoney, Fortune, @ericgeller, The New York Observer, New York Times, @mlcalderone, @jfagone, @brucebartlett, @readdanwrite, @rosiegray, @rosiegray, @brianstelter, @hadas_gold, @therealansky, Talking Points Memo, LA Observed, New York Magazine, Media Matters for America, The Week, Washington Post and The Huffington Post
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Politico, and The Washington Post all published weekend articles noting Trump's frequent lies — On the weekend leading up to 2016's first presidential debate, four news organizations came to a similar and sweeping conclusion: Donald Trump lies more often than Hillary Clinton.
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New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Pressthink, Poynter, Forbes, The New York Observer, The Huffington Post, @sivavaid and @sivavaid
Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
Profile of legendary editor Robert Gottlieb, on his new memoir, his dislike of writing, and working with Robert Caro, Toni Morrison, Salman Rushdie, others — Mr. Gottlieb has been the editorial midwife to works by writers like Toni Morrison, Joseph Heller and Robert Caro.
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@johncassidy, @katherinemiller and @ninabernstein1
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Peter Kafka / Recode:
Email newsletter publisher TheSkimm raises $500K from investors, including the New York Times, in addition to $8M round led by 21st Century Fox during summer — It's not a huge investment, but it's an interesting one — TheSkimm, the fast-growing newsletter aimed at young women, has new backers, including the New York Times.
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@pkafka, FishbowlNY, @ipsitaag, @adammarx13, @hunterwalk, @jakesherman, @thefix, @jenn_rtr, @mcwellons, @pesmou and @schlaf
Hollywood Reporter:
California enacts law requiring paid resume subscription services like IMDb Pro for actors to delete age info upon subscriber's request — “On behalf of everyone in the industry who has struggled with age discrimination, whose opportunities to showcase their talent may have been blocked …
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David Segal / New York Times:
How Gabriel Sherman pursued the Roger Ailes beat despite facing insults and threats, from a 2014 biography through stories on Ailes' departure from Fox News — Anyone visiting the Rockefeller Center studios of MSNBC on Sept. 2 would have witnessed a peculiar spectacle …
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Vox.com creates new position, General Manager, hires The Atlantic's former entrepreneur-in-residence Andrew Golis who will work with product and business teams — Vox Media on Monday said that it had created a new position, general manager of Vox.com, and filling it with Andrew Golis …
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Media Wire Daily, FishbowlNY, @jessicavalenti and @mattyglesias
Jeremy Barr / Ad Age:
Business Insider begins testing metered paywall with a small group of readers, will now force readers using ad blockers to whitelist site or pay subscription — Business Insider, according to co-founder and CEO Henry Blodget, has long harbored ambitions to create a dual-revenue business model …
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BBC:
Jordanian writer and atheist Nahid Hattar, charged with offending Islam after sharing a cartoon on Facebook, killed outside court by “known extremist” — A Jordanian writer charged with offending Islam after allegedly sharing a satirical cartoon on his Facebook page has been killed.
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@geertwilderspvv, @aliamjadrizvi and The Bookseller
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Slate's editor-in-chief Julia Turner and president Keith Hernandez on Slate at 20 years old, its success in podcasting, membership programs, paywalls, and more — Being contrarian sometimes pays off. Online magazine Slate is now 20 years old, and while its strong takes are stronger than ever …
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@benedictevans, @nbj914 and @rafat
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