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During a rally in Phoenix, Arizona, Trump had harsher criticisms for the press than he did for the Neo-Nazis at Charlottesville but praised Fox News and Hannity — Trump accused the media “of trying to take away the history and our heritage.” — President Donald Trump went after journalists during …
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
ESPN faces criticism over decision to remove announcer Robert Lee from commentating on a University of Virginia game because of his name — University of Virginia holds vigil — By trying to avoid an embarrassing ordeal, ESPN has embarrassed itself. — On Tuesday night …
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Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
The Village Voice is ending its print edition, will focus on digital operation — The company is doubling down on its digital operation. — Peter Barbey, who purchased the legendary alt-weekly The Village Voice in 2015, has decided to no longer produce a print edition.
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Jan M. Olsen / Associated Press:
Body found on Copenhagen beach identified as that of missing journalist Kim Wall — COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A headless torso found on a beach off Copenhagen has been identified as that of missing Swedish journalist Kim Wall, who is believed to have died on an amateur-built submarine earlier this month …
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CNNMoney:
Breitbart EIC Alex Marlow pledges to do dirty work for Bannon to attack WH “globalists”, in response to email prankster, now says emails were “tongue in cheek” — A self-described “email prankster” seemingly fooled top editors at Breitbart over the weekend into believing …
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Facebook enables publishers to upload logos to appear beside posts in Trending and Search now and elsewhere later — A common complaint from publishers who use Facebook is that every story looks the same. Whether it's from CNN, The New York Times or BuzzFeed, they all have the same basic elements: Photo, headline, blurb and source.
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Variety:
Sources: departure of LA Times' top four editors came after a reporter complained a story on an ex-USC dean was delayed due to editors “cozy” relations with USC — The ouster of four top editors at the L.A. Times on Monday was the result of a month of newsroom turmoil following …
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Sarah Betancourt / Columbia Journalism Review:
Boston authorities failed to protect media's right to cover a newsworthy event by keeping reporters up to 50 yards away from right-wing rally speakers — A small crowd gathered for the “Free Speech” rally at Boston Common as thousands of counter protesters surround the park on Saturday, August 19, 2017, in Boston.
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John Eggerton / Multichannel News:
In a filing on Tuesday, Sinclair responded to critics of its proposed merger with Tribune, claiming the deal would “save” free, over-the-air TV — Makes case for Tribune purchase at FCC; says opponents are trying to stifle competition — Sinclair is vigorously defending …
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Adrianne Jeffries / The Outline:
Profile of Mic and how it exploited social justice for clicks, and then abandoned a staff that believed in it, according to current and former staffers — For about five years, Mic.com was a place where readers could go to get moral clarity. In the Mic universe, heroes fought for equality against villains who tried to take it away.
Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
Senate intel committee bill would label WikiLeaks a “non-state hostile intelligence service”; Sen. Wyden opposed move, says label could be used on journalists — If the Senate intelligence committee gets its way, America's spy agencies will have to release a flood of information …
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Brittany A. Roston / SlashGear:
Hulu expands Live TV beta to Xbox 360, says it will unify its two iOS apps into a single app, but still no support for Roku yet — The Xbox 360 may be a thoroughly dated device at this point, but it is long from being forgotten. The previous-generation Microsoft console just got support …
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