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12:56 PM ET, September 1, 2017

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Kashmir Hill / Gizmodo:
Reporter recounts being pressured by Google and her bosses to take down a Forbes piece in 2011 criticizing Google's monopolistic practices with Plus and search  —  The story in the New York Times this week was unsettling: The New America Foundation, a major think tank, was getting rid …
Detroit Free Press:
Peter Bhatia, formerly of The Cincinnati Enquirer and the Portland Oregonian, is named editor of The Detroit Free Press, starting September 19  —  Peter Bhatia, a multiple Pulitzer Prize-winning editor who has led several large news organizations across the country, was named editor of the Detroit Free Press on Thursday.
Discussion: @davidshepardson and @michpoligal
Financial Times:
Sources: Apple is in talks to move its original content division to The Culver Studios, the iconic Hollywood studio where Gone With The Wind was filmed  —  Apple is eyeing the studio where films from Gone With The Wind to The Matrix were shot, as the base for its big push into Hollywood production.
Bryan Lowry / Kansas City Star:
Breitbart has hired Kris Kobach, the Kansas secretary of state, candidate for governor, and vice chair of Trump's election commission, as a columnist  —  Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is now a regular columnist on the far-right news site run by President Donald Trump's former chief strategist.
Washpostpr / Washington Post:
The Washington Post expands its use of Heliograf, its in-house automated storytelling technology, to cover all DC-area high school football games every week  —  The Washington Post is expanding its use of Heliograf, its in-house automated storytelling technology, enabling The Post to cover all Washington …
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Profile of The Cipher Brief, launched two years ago by a former CNN executive producer and focusing on national security with a staff of 20, plus contributors  —  “Imagine a newsroom where half of the room is analysts and half is reporters.  You combine what each of them is so good at doing and deliver that every day to the reader."
Discussion: The Cipher Brief and @rafat
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Spotify's head of original video and podcasting, Tom Calderone, is leaving as firm rethinks its video strategy, tying it more closely to music  —  Streaming company says videos will focus around music  —  Spotify Ltd. is parting ways with Tom Calderone, the head of original video and podcasts …
Matthew Haag / New York Times:
Alan Butterfield and Ruaridh Connellan, the two Daily Mail journalists stranded for 18 hours covering Harvey, are in stable condition at a hospital in Houston  —  Clinging to a tree branch in torrential rain and howling winds, Ruaridh Connellan fought against the ferocious current of Houston's Greens Bayou.
Discussion: Houston Chronicle and @matthewhaag
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Glenn Beck announces layoffs for 20% of staff at TheBlaze and Mercury Radio Arts; source estimates number at about 50  —  The host announced that 20 percent of his staff was dismissed on Thursday.  —  Despite an uptick of interest in political news and the ascendant trajectory …
 
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Sheila Dang / Reuters:
Time Inc. will stream a cooking show on Facebook later this year, and plans to produce about 40 hours of TV programming that will be licensed to 12 networks
Michael Blanding / Nieman Reports:
How some news outlets are covering climate change well, amid a dearth of coverage from networks, uneven newspaper coverage, and issues with false balance
Alison Weissbrot / AdExchanger:
HowStuffWorks is spinning off from parent company System1 as an independent podcast network with a $15M Series A investment from The Raine Group
Discussion: Recode
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Casey Newton / The Verge:
How YouTube started using Google Brain's AI to improve video recommendations in 2015, which now drive 70% of videos' watch time
Discussion: Beyond Search
Jacksonville Journal Courier / Journal Courier:
Hearst acquires The Journal-Courier, the oldest continuously published paper in Illinois, and its sister publication, The Telegraph of Alton, from Civitas Media
Jazmine Hughes / New York Times:
Profile of Elaine Welteroth, EIC of Teen Vogue, which is monetizing its progressiveness with a coming TV integration, a reader convention, a line of merchandise
Discussion: Jezebel