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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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Indira Lakshmanan / Poynter:
Lack of public audits on recent editorial failures by CNN and Fox News erode viewers' trust and raises questions about their processes — In a nondescript training room above the newsroom in the old New York Times building, five reporters, two researchers and two editors labored around …
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@katiehawk, @ombudsman and @indira_l
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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@maggienyt, @jmartnyt, @ritholtz, @jayrosen_nyu, @ahmed, @lizrosej, @tripgabriel and Editor & Publisher
Lisa de Moraes / Deadline:
Actress Melissa McCarthy won an Emmy on Sunday night for her portrayal of ex-White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer on Saturday Night Live — Here's hoping President Donald Trump tweets about Melissa McCarthy being a no-show at tonight's Creative Arts Emmy Awards, when she won her second Emmy …
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Business Insider, Variety and Refinery29
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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@albertfong98
Yahoo:
The FBI is investigating Sputnik News Agency for violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act; the agency questioned the site's former White House corr — WASHINGTON — The FBI recently questioned a former White House correspondent for Sputnik, the Russian-government-funded news agency …
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@agfhome, @agfhome, Business Insider, The Daily Caller, @inteloperator, @ericgarland, @natashabertrand and The Week
Katie Roof / TechCrunch:
Uber's new CEO Dara Khosrowshahi is stepping down from the New York Times' board of directors, citing his new role as the reason — Dara Khosrowshahi, the recently named CEO of Uber, is leaving the New York Times Company's board of directors. — According to a government filing …
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Fast Company
James Warren / Poynter:
WaPo's aggressive investment in video journalism, with video chief Micah Gelman's staff growing from 40 to 60 this year, is paying off in hurricane coverage — Video and radar ruled media coverage of Hurricane Irma on Sunday, with the Washington Post providing a tidy case study …
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Vanity Fair
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 …
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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@jczamora
Stewart Clarke / Variety:
European pay TV operator Sky rolls out low-cost streaming service in Spain; it will feature US cable and network shows like The Walking Dead — European pay-TV giant Sky has moved into the Spanish market, rolling out a low-cost streaming service that will have U.S. network and cable shows including “The Walking Dead.”
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
UK regulator Ofcom says Channel 4 seriously breached the broadcasting code by identifying the wrong man as the Westminster terror attacker — Media regulator forces programme to broadcast finding that it breached code by identifying Abu Izzadeen as terrorist
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