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Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Coverage of Donald Trump has become part of the media's business model in 2018, leaving too little room for coverage of issues like the opiod crisis — We in the commentariat complain about President Trump, but we're locked in a symbiotic relationship with him.
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@katrinanation, @nrowthorniu, @ayresalyssa, @sunnyright, @paulkrugman, @brianstelter and @mlcalderone
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Jacqueline Alemany / CBS News:
Sources: Trump personally booked his first TV interview in months, on Fox News show “Fox and Friends”, in an unusual move for a President — Last week, on his wife's birthday, President Donald Trump appeared on Fox News' “Fox and Friends” for a freewheeling phone interview …
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@saradannerdukic, @aynrandpaulryan, Mediaite and TV Tattle
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Tronc agrees to recognize journalists' unions at its Chicago-area publications, including The Chicago Tribune, suburban outlets, and design/print center — The troubled Tronc media company agreed Sunday evening to recognize unions to represent journalists in negotiations at its Chicago-area publications …
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@ctguild, @hopnotes, @whatthebit, @davidfolkenflik, @walldo, @davidfolkenflik, @ctguild, @latguild and @davidfolkenflik
New York Times:
Writer Zinzi Clemmons accuses novelist Junot Díaz of forcibly kissing her and of writing an autobiographical essay in the New Yorker to pre-empt accusations — The novelist Junot Díaz was in a relaxed and playful mood on a panel at a writers festival in Australia on Friday …
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The Guardian, CNN, Crikey, Washington Post, Vanity Fair, The Root, PAPER and Monica Byrne
Reah Bravo / The New York Review of Books:
Essay by former Charlie Rose intern and producer on why she put up with sexual harassment from Rose despite advance knowledge that his behavior was well-known — Of all my assignments for Charlie Rose, the one that came with the oddest sense of happiness was when he asked that I unclog …
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Poynter, TVNewser, @amyjbrittain, @thatamelia, CNNMoney, Vanity Fair, Reuters, Hollywood Reporter, New York Times, USA Today, The Cut, BuzzFeed and USA Today
New York Daily News:
A New York Post police reporter was fired after admitting a “brief personal relationship” with a prostitute who was a source for his story on police corruption — The New York Post's police bureau chief was axed after admitting he had an affair with a hooker who's the star witness …
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Daily Mail
Financial Times:
Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent are investing heavily in short videos as the format explodes in China; analyst says the top four apps had 582M users last quarter — The rapid growth of short-video start-ups has prompted China's biggest technology groups to plough funds into the sector, as Baidu …
Omaha World-Herald:
Warren Buffett says only perhaps the New York Times, WSJ, and Washington Post have a digital product with robust enough revenue to be viable over the long-term — Warren Buffett, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, walks the convention floor during the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting …
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@qhardy, @barbarasoderlin, @barbarasoderlin, Wall Street Journal and @lexalexander
Carlotta Gall / New York Times:
A look at Turkey's Cumhuriyet newspaper, targeted by President Erdogan, with some staffers jailed for months and others still reporting and publishing — ISTANBUL — After sharing a prison cell for more than a year, the top executives of Turkey's oldest newspaper were convicted in April and given heavy sentences for aiding terrorism.
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@meslackman, @arrestedlawyers, BelfastTelegraph.co.uk and @differenceday16
EU vs DISINFORMATION:
Before five Swedish publishers were able to launch a site for their announced fact-checking initiative Faktiskt, a pro-Kremlin, “ethnic rights” copycat appeared — Copycat site to the left, original fact-checking initiative to the right. — Last week, five Swedish publishers started …
Pete Vernon / Columbia Journalism Review:
Profile of CNN's Brian Stelter, who says his job has changed from reporting facts to taking a stand and giving reported analysis in the Trump era — Screenshot via CNN. — On a recent Sunday morning, 20 minutes before his show goes live, Brian Stelter is multitasking.
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@jswatz, @cjr, @kfunder, @virginiahughes, @realsaavedra and @megdalts
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
As GDPR enactment approaches, news publishers worry about properly interpreting the law, making consent user-friendly, organizing data, and Google's attitude — What is it? Why is it happening? Who does it affect? Who does it benefit? What work does becoming compliant with this law involve?
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