Mediagazer: A look at The Fourth Estate, Showtime's documentary on The New York Times during Trump's first year, directed by Liz Garbus and premiering May 27 (Michael Calderone/Politico)

12:10 PM ET, May 13, 2018

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Paris Martineau / The Outline:

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Michael Calderone / Politico:

A look at The Fourth Estate, Showtime's documentary on The New York Times during Trump's first year, directed by Liz Garbus and premiering May 27 — When New York Times reporter Jeremy Peters meets attendees at the Conservative Political Action Conference, in the first episode …

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Freia Nahser / Global Editors Network:

Q&A with The Guardian's Anna Bateson, chief customer officer, on asking readers for funding, the importance of Google and Facebook, and preparing for the GDPR — In a conversation with the Global Editors Network, Anna Bateson, chief customer officer at the Guardian talks about the Guardian's reader …

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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:

Luminary Media raises $40M; sources say it plans to launch subscription service for premium podcasts, has begun to strike licensing deals with podcast creators — The newly created venture has raised $40 million from New Enterprise Associates and others to enter the rapidly expanding realm of podcasting and audio. SL

Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:

Zetland, a Danish subscription news outlet with 10K members, has been testing news via audio and found 60% of members prefer listening over reading — “We're definitely not a short-form news outlet. When we launched, we thought it would be late evening media, something where you would crash on the sofa and read our stories."

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Stella Bugbee / The Cut:

Anna Wintour's effort to rehabilitate the reputation of Harvey Weinstein's estranged wife, designer Georgina Chapman, is a way to seek forgiveness for herself — Anna Wintour is our Fashion Pope, the infallible ruler of Vogue, fashion's Vatican. Both because of her reputation …

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Amy X. Wang / Rolling Stone:

Apple Music says it removed R. Kelly's music from featured playlists weeks ago while Pandora currently does not promote the singer's music — Three streaming services have now removed the R&B singer's music from curated playlists — Spotify caused a mighty stir yesterday when it announced that …

Discussion: The Ringer, Fortune, The Verge, Engadget and 9to5Mac, more at Techmeme »

Ann-Christine Diaz / Creativity Online:

HBO joins The Atlantic's Question Your Answers series, a collection of short films designed to foster civil discourse and help expand the magazine's reach — The campaign broadens with support and talent from the broadcaster — Editor's Pick — Actor Jeffrey Wright ("The Hunger Games" …

Carol Morello / Washington Post:

One of only two reporters on Mike Pompeo's mission to North Korea gives a behind-the-scenes account of the trip to bring three prisoners home — The State Department normally craves elaborate planning and procedures for everything. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's 13-hour visit to North Korea had little of that.

Discussion: @nktpnd, Columbia Journalism Review, @yashar, @davidnakamura and @cfishman

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