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Sources: Anthony Scaramucci has told associates he plans to dramatically pare back his interactions with journalists following his comments to The New Yorker — Incoming White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci has told associates he plans to dramatically pare back his interactions …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Scaramucci's comments suggest he doesn't know or doesn't care about the basic rules of communicating with the press — In every job, there are firing offenses. — For the White House communications czar — the biggest gig in the world for a spokesperson — here's one that ought to qualify …
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Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Emerson Collective, founded by Laurene Powell Jobs, agrees to acquire a majority stake in The Atlantic, with full ownership possible in the coming years — Emerson Collective, the organization founded by Laurene Powell Jobs, has agreed to acquire a majority stake in The Atlantic magazine …
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Sources: Mikhail Lesin, Putin's former media czar who founded Russia Today, was murdered in DC just before a planned meeting with US Justice Department — Vladimir Putin's former media czar was murdered in Washington, DC on the eve of a planned meeting with the U.S. Justice Department …
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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
Sources: Choire Sicha will be the next editor of The New York Times Styles section — After a prolonged search, the former Gawker and Awl editor ascends. — Choire Sicha will be the next editor of The New York Times Styles section, multiple sources familiar with the matter confirmed to Vanity Fair.
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Michael Calderone / HuffPost:
Pulitzer-winning reporter James Risen is taking a buyout from The New York Times after nearly two decades
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@irastoll, @attackerman, @nytimescomm and @mlcalderone
Sara Fischer / Axios:
The Information is launching an incubator that will support subscription news startups — Former Wall Street Journal reporter Jessica Lessin has already launched her own subscription news company, The Information. Now, she wants to help others do the same, Axios has learned.
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The Information, Nieman Lab, @jcstearns, @jason_pontin, @kuenglucy, The New York Observer, @jayrosen_nyu, TechCrunch, @fmanjoo, @mathewi, @rafat, @anthony, @sarafischer and @raju
Kara Swisher / Recode:
Katie Couric is ending her Yahoo show and departing Oath, but will work with Oath case-by-case for projects — But the longtime TV news star will still work with the company on a project basis. — Katie Couric is ending her flagship Web interview show for Yahoo, as well as a range …
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Business Insider, Hollywood Reporter, TVNewser, The Wrap, Variety and Fortune
Tuvan Gumrukcu / Reuters:
Turkish court frees seven Cumhuriyet newspaper journalists from jail, continues to detain four others pending September trial — ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish court ruled on Friday that four prominent members of an opposition newspaper must remain in detention but freed seven others …
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The Guardian, Associated Press, DW.COM and Al Jazeera English
Kathy Frankovic / YouGov US Opinion Center News:
Economist/YouGov Poll shows a third of US public is willing to have courts fine news outlets for bias or error; 45% of Republicans approve of closing outlets — 53% of U.S Adults disapprove of how Donald Trump is handling the media — As President Donald Trump continues to attack what he calls …
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New York Magazine, Washington Examiner, New York Post, The Daily Dot, Vox, Talking New Media and The Hill
Max Willens / Digiday:
The New York Times' pop-up Game of Thrones newsletter has garnered more than 61K subscribers in three weeks — In just three weeks, a pop-up newsletter The New York Times launched around “Game of Thrones” has already garnered over 61,000 subscribers, the company said.
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@shafqatislam, @lauraewilson, @shansquared and @jorcohen
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Twitter is testing a subscription service that automatically promotes advertisers' profiles and up to first 10 tweets a day for $99 per month — Twitter is testing an advertising subscription service that automatically promotes advertisers' tweets and profiles for $99 per month.
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Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Companies are increasingly paying Facebook to promote positive press, steering ad dollars away from publishers — When the workplace gossip app Blind expanded its product's availability earlier this summer, it got the word out via an age-old tactic: advertising.
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