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Jay Rosen / PressThink:
Why Trump's campaign to discredit the press is a permanent feature of his political style: display of dominance, the need for an enemy, his base loves it — Donald Trump's so-called “war with the media” is a good example of what philosophers mean by an over-determined effect: multiple causes …
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@kensmith, @milesgrant, @pomeranian99 and @jayrosen_nyu
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Even after Trump Jr.'s emails, President Trump's fake-news defense will persist because it works among Trump's base — Shouldn't President Trump's “fake news” defense be dead by now? — For months, he has relentlessly branded the possible Russian-collusion story a hoax and denigrated the reporters who dig into it.
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@newhousesu, @dabeard and @demfromct
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Memo: Sinclair's VP of News Scott Livingston lambasts recent coverage of the company and accuses the NYT and WaPo of bias — An executive at local broadcast TV giant Sinclair defended the company and lashed out against what he called “biased” news organizations that have …
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Media Matters for America, @owillis, @jayrosen_nyu, @timkarr, @brucebartlett, @brianstelter, @neeratanden, @hadas_gold, @shoq, @adamblickstein, TVSpy and @blackamazon
Eva Dou / Wall Street Journal:
China's censors ramp up filtering of photo and video messages, disrupting apps like WhatsApp and WeChat following the death of political dissident Liu Xiaobo — Internet police step up their ability to filter photos — BEIJING—China's already formidable internet censors have demonstrated a new strength …
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New York Times, Ad Age, The Verge, CNET, Shanghaiist, SiliconBeat, Ubergizmo, AP News, Ubergizmo, Gizmodo, @emilydparker and Engadget, more at Techmeme »
Ross Barkan / The Guardian:
The closure of the Baltimore City Paper is a reminder that declining revenues pose a far greater threat to the news industry than Donald Trump — mid the litany of laments over how Donald Trump's nearly-there or full-blown fascist White House is ending the free press as we know it …
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Washington Post, @dabeard, Media Nation and @janebsinger
Mark Arsenault / BostonGlobe.com:
Boston Globe CEO Doug Franklin quits after seven months, cites strategic differences with publisher; exec VP, CFO Vinay Mehra becomes president, remains CFO — Boston Globe chief executive officer Doug Franklin stepped down Tuesday morning, less than seven months into the job …
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Boston Herald, Union-News, Boston Business Journal, WBUR, Media Nation, WGBH News and Dan Kennedy, Thanks:@curtwoodward
Mike Allen / Axios:
Bob Woodward has confirmed he's working on a Watergate-themed movie with actor Robert Redford who portrayed him in All The President's Men — Robert Redford (age 80) and Bob Woodward emerged last night from Avra Madison on 60th Street in New York City. Redford played Woodward in the 1976 movie, “All the President's Men.”
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@mccanner
The Atlantic:
The Atlantic promotes Deputy Editor Matt Thompson to executive editor; staff writer Adrienne LaFrance appointed editor of the magazine's site — The Atlantic announced today the promotions of Matt Thompson and Adrienne LaFrance to two of the company's top editorial positions.
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Adweek, @jcstearns, @bourreelam, @ferenstein, @nprmonkeysee, @ericmgarcia, Mediawire, @aeisman, @sophiegg, @edyong209 and @megangarber
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix stock hits record highs on Tuesday, up 13%, even though company says it will be cash flow negative for many years as it focuses on growth over profit — For the next few years, at least, Netflix says it's going to keep burning cash and raising debt as it focuses on content acquisition …
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Barry Meier / New York Times:
Antiquities dealer Hicham Aboutaam sues the Wall Street Journal over May article alleging he was under investigation for trafficking items looted by ISIS — A leading antiquities dealer sued The Wall Street Journal on Monday, asserting he had been damaged by an article in May that said he …
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The New York Observer and Mediawire
Radiotopia:
Ear Hustle, a podcast from Radiotopia co-created by San Quentin inmates Earlonne Woods and Antwan Williams, exceeds 1.5M downloads in its first month — Since launching June 14th, Ear Hustle has doubled the number of advertisers — Radiotopia, the award-winning podcast network from PRX …
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Nieman Lab and @radiotopia
Tim Peterson / Marketing Land:
Snapchat launches its Snap Publisher self-serve ad creation tool, which can convert horizontal videos and websites into vertical video ads — Snap Publisher enables brands to edit a horizontal video into a vertical one or to have have Snapchat's computer vision technology do the work.
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Street Fight, Tubefilter, Tamebay, socialbarrel.com and Business Insider
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Megyn Kelly's Sunday news magazine show draws its lowest ratings since its premiere peak of 6.2M on June 4, dropping to 3.1M viewers last Sunday — Megyn Kelly's Sunday news magazine this week registered its lowest ratings since its debut on June 4, according to Nielsen Research.
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Variety, @deray, @theanalogkid74, @ericgarland, @shannonrwatts, @fleshandbrand and The Wrap
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