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3:25 PM ET, July 9, 2017

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April Glaser / Recode:
Google's Digital News Initiative awards $805K to Radar, a project building software to automate the writing of 30K local stories a month  —  Journalists, beware!  —  Google is awarding the Press Association, a large British news agency, $805,000 to build software to automate the writing of 30,000 local stories a month.
Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Interview with Mark Aldam, president of Hearst Newspaper Group, which now seeks acquisitions and is focusing on local news, marketing, and events  —  Because it's privately held, Hearst isn't as big a part of industry conversations around the future of newspapers as its publicly traded peers.
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Rachel Maddow warns other media that her show received a tip with a bogus document about Trump-Russia, in what she thinks was an effort to discredit her  —  It wouldn't have been the first time that a major media organization had reported a stunning development that turned out to be untrue.
Catherine V. Moore / Columbia Journalism Review:
As an antidote to parachute journalism, Appalachian news outlets like 100 Days tell their region's story from the inside out  —  After the 2016 election, the calls and emails rolled into West Virginia, as the press scrambled to make sense of a place that hadn't occupied this much space …
Hunter Walk:
Interview with The Verge's Casey Newton on managing friendships and sources in the industry he covers  —  My friendship with The Verge's Casey Newton started where 90% of his relationships do: on Twitter.  Casey's coverage of tech is opinionated, but not cavalier, and even empathetic when appropriate.
Discussion: @btrpkc, @dannygroner and @hunterwalk
Patrick Hipes / Deadline:
WGAW 2017 report: total number of writers and total salaries down YoY; TV writers earnings down 1.7% YoY to $860.9M, film writers earnings down 6.45% to $359.8M  —  The WGA West has unveiled its annual report, which shows the total number of member writers working in the industry fell compared with a year ago as did total salaries.
Michael Kinsley / Slate:
Journalism's ethics police needlessly worry about expensive New York Times travel packages  —  The Washington Post published a piece earlier this week raising questions about the New York Times' latest desperation attempt to raise a few pennies: around-the-world cruises with New York Times reporters and columnists.
Discussion: Washington Post
Gwyneth Doland / Columbia Journalism Review:
Alternative weeklies are trying to stay afloat by launching their own nonprofits and partnering with advocacy groups that have a direct interest in coverage  —  JULIE ANN GRIMM was at an annual convention of alternative news organizations last year when it struck her: Why not start a nonprofit?
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
TV networks misspell show names to trick Nielsen's automated rating system into ignoring broadcasts on nights with few viewers  —  In a game largely sanctioned by TV-ratings firm Nielsen, television networks try to hide shows' poor performances on any given night by forgetting how to spell.
Discussion: Vanity Fair
Associated Press:
Milo Yiannopoulos says he is suing Simon & Schuster for breach of contract after publisher canceled book deal; publisher dismisses suit as publicity stunt  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Polarizing right-wing writer Milo Yiannopoulos filed a $10 million lawsuit against a New York publishing company on Friday over a canceled book deal.
 
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BuzzFeed EIC Ben Smith criticizes CNN for not defending Andrew Kaczynski, says along with recent resignations of three reporters, it sends a “terrible signal”
 

 
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Emma Roth / The Verge:
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Financial Times:
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