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Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:
Following calls for his firing, Bill Maher apologizes for using the n-word on his show; HBO calls the comment “completely inexcusable and tasteless” — The HBO late-night host Bill Maher apologized on Saturday for using a racial epithet during an interview with Senator Ben Sasse …
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Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Online financial news network Cheddar strikes deal with Fusion to air a daily two-hour show on weekdays on Fusion's TV channel starting later this month — Cheddar, a digital-only financial news network that bills itself as “the leading post-cable network,” is coming to traditional TV.
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Robert Feder:
Sources: Edwin Eisendrath and Thane Ritchie lead the two groups that plan bids to compete with Tronc for the Chicago Sun-Times and Reader — Hoping to thwart Chicago Tribune owner tronc, a former Chicago alderman and a suburban hedge fund manager are expected to step up with competing bids …
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Government leakers and the journalists who depend on them deserve to be honored, not jailed — Ever since taking office, President Trump has been condemning leaks, leakers and the journalists they leak to. — “I've actually called the Justice Department to look into the leaks,” Trump said in February.
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Brendan Fitzgerald / Columbia Journalism Review:
Partnership between nonprofit Charlottesville Tomorrow and BH Media's Daily Progress in Virginia strengthened both; nonprofit now weighs expansion — Photo courtesy of Charlottesville Tomorrow — Brian Wheeler ran Charlottesville Tomorrow for about four years before he considered himself a journalist.
Alyssa Bereznak / The Ringer:
Profile of Craigslist's Craig Newmark, who has positioned himself as an advocate of trustworthy journalism, donating millions to orgs like Poynter, ProPublica — Up next for the man who changed how we find apartments? Bird-watching and an active role in fighting fake news.
Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Racist #LondonBridge tweets by 2 Breitbart News staffers anger even colleagues at Breitbart, undermine denials the site serves as a platform for hateful views — Breitbart employees expressed strong displeasure on Sunday with two of their colleagues for inflammatory comments posted to Twitter …
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Corinne Grinapol / Adweek:
The Economist signs a video licensing deal with Bloomberg Media Distribution for short-form series Daily Watch — Bloomberg Media Distribution will distribute The Economist's Daily Watch series — The Economist is the latest publication to partner with Bloomberg Media Distribution …
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Interview with Phil Corbett, the New York Times associate managing editor for standards, on the paper's editing process and streamlining — The Erik Wemple Blog checked in with several sources at the New York Times for input on the newspaper's storied and multilayered editing process.
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@becket and @ericliptonnyt
Liz Spayd / New York Times:
In her final column, Liz Spayd says NYT's elimination of public editor position sends “ambiguous signal” and wonders if the paper is growing weary of criticism — There probably hasn't been a time in recent American history when the role of the media was more important than now.
Nick Vivarelli / Variety:
Interview with Nader Sobhan of iflix, which recently raised $90M to take on Netflix in emerging markets, on producing an original show in Arabic and censorship — After launching in Asia in 2015, streaming service iflix is positioning itself as a low-cost alternative to Netflix in emerging markets.
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
The $5.7B defamation lawsuit brought by Beef Products Inc. against ABC over “pink slime” reports goes to trial in South Dakota on Monday — A journey to South Dakota to hear arguments whether preconceived negative spin in the media should result in massive punishments.
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