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Joseph Lawler / Washington Examiner:
Eric Bolling's 19-year-old son, Eric Chase Bolling, dies hours after Fox News announced it was parting ways with his father — The son of Eric Bolling, the former Fox News host released this week amid allegations of sexual harassment, died Friday night at the age of 19.
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Sopan Deb / New York Times:
Amid Irma, some question the value of TV reporters broadcasting in hurricanes; others say visuals are essential to persuade people to take threats seriously — Early Sunday morning, Bill Weir, a veteran CNN correspondent, was talking to the anchor Chris Cuomo in the middle of a live shot in Key Largo …
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Karen K. Ho / Columbia Journalism Review:
Univision goes on lockdown ahead of Hurricane Irma — The Univision newsroom in Miami. Courtesy photo. — As hurricanes pummel Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, many news organizations are struggling to keep their audiences up to date on a dizzying range of other stories.
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Lucia Graves / The Guardian:
Continuing Wall Street Journal newsroom leaks show editors keep pushing reporters to moderate criticism of President Trump — Dozens have left the paper in the past year and interviews with current and ex-staffers show outrage over pressure from management to normalize Trump
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Meg Dalton / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at Politico's media team and coverage, which is returning to its roots by hiring HuffPost's Michael Calderone after several high-profile departures — Politico's Morning Media newsletter bills itself as “your guide to the media circus.” Every weekday morning, the newsletter delivers …
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John Patrick Pullen / Fortune:
How Oregon-based amateur photographer Kristi McCluer captured golfers playing in front of the Eagle Creek wildfire — For days, a photo of three golfers putting near what appears to be the setting of Dante's Inferno in Oregon has been making its rounds on the Internet …
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Jeff Bezos mandates shift in programming at Amazon Studios toward high-end drama series with global appeal, like HBO's Game of Thrones — New series from Wong Kar-wai, Seth Rogen, Fred Armisen, Maya Rudolph reflect focus on buzzy shows with global appeal — The mandate from Jeff Bezos is clear: Bring me “Game of Thrones.”
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Dylan Matthews / Vox:
Study uses a complex model to estimate Fox News boosted GOP vote share by 0.46 percentage points in 2000, 3.59 points in 2004, and 6.34 points in 2008 — It could even be flipping elections. — Fox News is, by far, America's dominant TV news channel; in the second quarter of 2017 …
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
After settling with songwriters over mechanical rights, Spotify is now challenging the applicability of this copyright to its business in another lawsuit — Hold on tight: we're going to get down into the weeds a bit on a copyright issue. In early 2016, we wrote about the …
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Mike Shields / Business Insider:
After bringing in more than $500M in 2016, Vevo says it expects 130% growth this year and has locked in nearly $200M in upfront ad buys — - Vevo - the so-called Hulu for music videos - is seeing a surge in audience, thanks to artists like Taylor Swift. — Since embracing a TV-like selling model …
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Jack Nicas / Wall Street Journal:
A look at the two Burning Man newspapers, the Black Rock Beacon and the BRC Weekly, and their ongoing rivalry — ‘Burnalists’ at the offline counterculture festival battle heat, dust, distractions—and competition. — BLACK ROCK CITY, Nev.—The Black Rock Beacon's morning news meeting started an hour late one day last week.
Mădălina Ciobanu / Journalism.co.uk:
Inside Chicago's City Bureau, a nonprofit that offers 10-week paid fellowships, a program to train locals in journalism, and free weekly workshops — The Chicago-based non-profit organisation collaborates with locals through fellowships, the ‘documenters’ programme, and its public newsroom