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Jake Sherman / Politico:
WH director of rapid response Andy Hemming, who was paid to spot and distribute positive stories from the mainstream media, left his job on Monday — DRIVING THE DAY — Happy Thursday. AN INTERESTING DATAPOINT — TONY FABRIZIO, whom the Trump campaign paid $1.29 million last year …
Luke O'Neil / Esquire:
Current and former Village Voice staffers, including food critic Robert Sietsema and film editor Alan Scherstuhl, reflect on their time at the paper — On Tuesday morning, Peter Barbey, owner of the Village Voice, assembled the staff of the storied but turbulent New York City alt-weekly for a meeting.
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Nieman Lab, @lukeoneil47, @tejalrao, @anildash, @max_read, The Nation, @rafat and New York Times
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Michael Calderone / HuffPost:
Trump follows long autocratic tradition by saying journalists “don't like our country” and are “trying to take away our history and heritage” — “This was incitement, plain and simple” ABC News correspondent Cecilia Vega said following Trump's Phoenix rally.
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New York Times, Mediaite, Washington Post, New York Times, CNN, @jamesfallows, @jimrutenberg, @nytmedia, @wexler, Code Words, @spj_tweets, CNNMoney, The Daily Caller and HuffPost
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
In late-night emails, Wall Street Journal Editor Gerard Baker criticized staff for coverage of Trump rally, describing story as commentary, not reporting — Gerard Baker, the editor in chief of The Wall Street Journal, has faced unease and frustration in his newsroom over his stewardship …
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Newser, The Daily Caller, Washington Post, Daily Wire, The Wrap, CNNMoney, @adamnagourney, @markberman, Memex 1.1, Wall Street Journal, Mediaite, @justinjm1, @mikeisaac, @erikwemple, @ezraklein, @emilykdrewry, @lorettachao, @markberman, @katierosman, @jmartnyt, @jamessurowiecki, @stevedaniels27, @addiestan, @ewerickson, @margarita, @grynbaum, @dangillmor, @morningmoneyben, @tamerelg and @jeffjarvis
John Shinal / CNBC:
Facebook CSO Alex Stamos says the company shuts down 1M accounts per day to combat spam, hate speech, more — - Facebook closes more than 1 million accounts every day, with most of those created by spammers and fraudsters, security chief Alex Stamos says. — Its ability to enforce …
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@mattrosoff and @mattnavarra
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Washington Post creates Own, an ad product for distributing branded content, which works by automation, and should result in 80-90% profit margins — Publishers are running into a wall with so-called native ads. Once seen as the panacea for declining digital ad rates …
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@benmullin, @lmoses and @digiday
Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge:
Apple adds feature to Safari in iOS11 that strips out Google AMP URLs when a story is shared or copy and pasted — Apple is adding a subtle new feature to Safari in iOS 11 that will automatically strip out Google AMP URLs when a webpage is shared or copy and pasted, as spotted by MacStories editor Federico Viticci.
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TechCrunch, SlashGear, AppAdvice.com, MacRumors, The Loop and 9to5Mac, more at Techmeme »
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
TPM may add a morning email newsletter to its $50-per-year Prime membership program — Earlier this summer, we spoke with Talking Points Memo founder Josh Marshall about ways he was thinking about adding value to its $50-a-year Prime membership program:
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Talking Points Memo
Sam Roberts / New York Times:
Jack Rosenthal, a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist who also worked as a government official and civic leader, has died at 82 — Jack Rosenthal, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, government official and civic leader who was the principal editor of a landmark 1968 federal report …
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@annepasternak, @hirokotabuchi, @sangernyt, @pulitzerprize and @nickkristof
Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
Left-leaning news website The Canary joins Impress to become the UK alternative press regulator's 66th member — Left-leaning news website The Canary has joined Royal Charter-backed press regulator Impress, describing the move as a “no-brainer”. — The website was launched in October 2015 …
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@leftoutside and @pressgazette
Jerusalem Post:
Jay Solomon, recently fired from the WSJ, joins the Washington Institute for Near East Policy to research North Korea's weapons proliferation in the Middle East — Jay Solomon, recently fired from the Wall Street Journal, will join the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
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@eliclifton, @jacobkornbluh, @mawilner and @robsatloff
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
New report finds that decentralization and other factors could protect speech online as “mega-platforms” amass greater gatekeeping powers — While platforms like Facebook have empowered users around the world to publish and browse the web and convene with friends online without …
Discussion:
MediaShift and Marketplace
Brandon Shulleeta / Poynter:
SEC filing: Ross Levinsohn, new CEO and publisher of LA Times, will get starting salary of $1M, Tronc stock, and potential bonuses — The new CEO and publisher of the Los Angeles Times will have a starting salary of $1 million, and he's positioned to make much more depending on the financial success …
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TheStreet and LA Observed
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