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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci suggests return of televised press briefings, tweeting “The TV cameras are back On” — After weeks of the White House briefings being off-camera and journalists complaining about it, new White House Communications Director …
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@scaramucci, @brianklaas, Washington Post, Media Matters for America, Fortune and The Wrap
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Daniel Funke / Poynter:
Fact-checking website Snopes publishes an appeal for donations to help it avoid shutting down, amid its legal dispute with digital services company Proper Media — It seems that the ongoing legal battle between Snopes and one of its former contractors is beginning to take a toll.
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Snopes, Nieman Lab, Washington Post, Motherboard, Newser, The Atlantic, The Daily Caller, TechCrunch, The Wrap, @digiphile, @dpfunke, ZDNet, Fast Company and @myhlee
Brian Flood / The Wrap:
MSNBC was the most-watched cable network during weekday primetime last week, beating Fox News, for the first time in the company's 21-year history — MSNBC finished ahead of Fox News as the most-watched cable network during weekday primetime last week, averaging 2.34 million viewers from July 17-21.
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NBC Universal, Mediaite, TVNewser and Fortune
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Guardian Media Group reports £214.5M revenue, up 2.4% YoY, says paid memberships up from 50K to 230K in last financial year — Publisher of the Guardian and Observer says paid membership numbers more than quadrupled in the last financial year … The parent company of the Guardian …
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Press Gazette, The Guardian, @raju and campaignlive.co.uk
Anastasia Valeeva / Nieman Lab:
Editors of popular Russian Telegram channels on how news orgs use the service, and the difference in audience compared with other social and messaging platforms — Meduza, Snob, TV Rain, BBC Russian, and RT weigh in on their publishing and promotion strategies on the platform …
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
‘Fox & Friends’ issues ‘update’ on New York Times-ISIS flap. No apology. — “Fox & Friends” co-host Steve Doocy on Monday morning issued an “update” to a bizarre fight that flared up over the weekend between the program and the New York Times. At issue was the role of the newspaper …
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Rolling Stone, The Daily Caller and Mediaite
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New York Times:
New owner of Chicago Sun-Times pledges to cover the working class and labor unions, which now share ownership of the paper — CHICAGO — At a Christmas party in December, Edwin Eisendrath, a former Chicago alderman, bumped into Jorge Ramirez, a labor leader.
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@felixgillette, @ennisnyt and @melbournecoal
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Profile of Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, on their off-camera romance, their tempestuous relationship with Donald Trump, and more — Joe, Mika, and their star-crossed relationship with the president. — It was Joe Scarborough's 53rd birthday, April 9, 2016, and his youngest child …
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Newser, The Wrap, Mediaite, @ebruenig, @olivianuzzi, @olivianuzzi, @feministabulous, @cillizzacnn, @brianstelter, @jpressler, @bilgeebiri, @kaitlancollins and @elongreen
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Hulu hires Kelly Campbell, the current head of Global Growth Marketing for Google Cloud, as CMO — Hulu announced this morning the appointment of Kelly Campbell, the current head of Global Growth Marketing for Google Cloud, as its new chief marketing officer.
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Broadcasting & Cable, Variety and The Wrap
David Sharman / HoldtheFrontPage:
Johnston Press says up to 128 jobs, 15% of sales force, could be cut as part of restructure — A regional publisher could make up to 128 staff redundant as part of a restructure of its sales and customer service operations. — Johnston Press could lose up to 15pc of its total sales force …
Emily Steel / New York Times:
If AT&T's $85.4B bid for Time Warner is approved by regulators, CEO Jeff Bewkes is expected to leave, with the Time Warner brand being eliminated — Jeffrey L. Bewkes championed acclaimed series like “The Sopranos” and “Sex and the City” at HBO, salvaged Time Warner from its disastrous merger …
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FierceCable, @dylanbyers, TVNewser, @sherman4949 and @gerryfsmith
Ross Benes / Digiday:
Profile of Julia Beizer, HuffPost's head of product who oversaw the site's recent redesign and who, prior to that role, spent 11 years at the Washington Post — After HuffPost released its redesigned website in April, Julia Beizer went to a tiny midtown Manhattan karaoke bar with a dozen or so colleagues to celebrate.
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@raju, @emilyingram and @digiday
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