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New York Times:
Sources: Facebook has alerted Congress to new coordinated political influence campaign, with dozens of inauthentic accounts and pages, ahead of midterms — WASHINGTON — Facebook is preparing to announce that it has identified a coordinated political influence campaign …
Heloise Wood / The Bookseller:
Simon & Schuster US CEO Carolyn Reidy releases statement of support for Leslie Moonves, saying description of him in New Yorker story is “not recognisable” — Simon & Schuster US president and c.e.o. Carolyn Reidy has spoken out in support of CBS head Leslie Moonves following …
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New York Times, Slate, Reuters and @davidenrich
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Megan Garber / The Atlantic:
When accused of sexual misconduct or harassment, men from Les Moonves to Tom Brokaw and Al Franken have been backed by women that “know them”
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@monicahesse, @kellysue, @lainnafader, @theferocity, IndieWire, TVWeek.com and The A.V. Club
The Wrap:
Les Moonves to remain CEO of CBS while outside counsel investigates accusations of sexual misconduct; board postpones August 10 stockholder meeting
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Patrick Shanley / Hollywood Reporter:
Colbert reacts to Moonves news: “Accountability is meaningless, unless it's for everybody, whether it's the leader of a network or the leader of the free world”
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The Wrap, Variety, CNNMoney, Vulture, The Week, @pshanley88, Variety, @frankpallotta and @frankpallotta
Axios:
Sources: Yahoo Finance is launching a full-day live video streaming network by the end of the year, that will include market and global financial news updates — Yahoo Finance is launching a full-day live video streaming network by the end of the year, three sources familiar with the plans tell Axios.
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@stevekovach and @jasonabbruzzese, more at Techmeme »
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Blockchain journalism startup Civil and Splice Newsroom launch $1M fund with aim of creating 100 media startups in Asia over the next three years — Here's some news about tangible money. — Civil, the earnestly hopeful, sometimes scorned, promise-filled blockchain-crypto journalism startup that's managed …
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Splice, TechCrunch, Civil, @kixes, @gijn, @megclement, @robertsonholly and @rishadist
Jason Schwartz / Politico:
Press freedom organizations say Trump's rhetoric on “fake news” has been adopted by dictators globally and led to a bigger clampdown on journalists — Press freedom advocates highlighted fresh examples on Monday showing how they believe President Donald Trump's anti-media rhetoric …
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@kirschenbaumj, BuzzFeed News and Mediaite
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Manuel Roig-Franzia / Washington Post:
For the past 19 months, renowned investigative journalist Bob Woodward has been quietly working on a book about Trump, due to be released on September 11 — In the worldwide capital of leaks and anonymous dishing that is Washington, secrets can be almost impossible to keep.
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Simon & Schuster, Washingtonian, @swin24, @dlstoke, @metroadlib, @markberman, @mrdanzak, @chrisgeidner, @costareports, @jaketapper, @philiprucker, @mlcalderone, Fortune, Newser and Deadline
Ian Burrell / The Drum:
“We see no potential” in competing against Facebook or Google, says Monocle editor Andrew Tuck as he explains the magazine's policy of shunning social media — As media strategies go, declaring “we do no social media whatsoever” is about as unorthodox as, say …
Trey Williams / The Wrap:
MoviePass raises its monthly subscription fee to $15 and will limit access to blockbuster films during their first two weeks in theaters — As MoviePass faces an uphill battle to stay afloat, the subscription moviegoing service on Tuesday announced that it would raise its monthly price …
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Variety, /Film, MediaPost, The Mary Sue and IndieWire
David Beard / Poynter:
Following its national tour last year, HuffPost is hosting events in six cities, including Boise, Reno, and San Diego, ahead of the November elections — The Poynter Institute's Morning Mediawire breaks down and delivers the most important stories you need to start your day.
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@hilella, @williamsjon, @fridaghitis, @timobrien, @aterkel, @lpolgreen, @carloslozadawp, @carloslozadawp, @hilella and Washington Post
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani had a series of bizarre cable appearances on Monday, in a bid to play down a coming NYT story; he later claimed he “shut it down” — Throughout Monday, President Donald Trump's lawyer and former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani went on a chaotic media tour …
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The Wrap, @jayrosen_nyu, @calvinstowell, The Week, @samstein, @asharangappa_, @mkraju, @asteadwesley, Contemptor, @sahilkapur, @kylegriffin1, @philippereines and Vanity Fair
Vulture:
truTV orders an unscripted weekly series from New York Magazine's Vulture website, a comedic awards show that “honors the week in pop culture” — It seems like forever since someone got an award for acting or directing a live-action short or narrating an audiobook.
Daniel Funke / Poynter:
Snopes Managing Editor Brooke Binkowski has been fired from the site, but she isn't sure why, after conflicting explanations from CEO David Mikkelson — First, Brooke Binkowski was burned out. — Then, she was told that she had been fired because of some unspecified complaints.
Paul Demko / Politico:
How Mike Lacey and Jim Larkin went from being the owners of alternative weeklies to the creators of Backpage.com and the First Amendment's role in their journey — How a couple of crusading journalists made a fortune selling adult escort ads and in the process became unlikely and widely reviled First Amendment advocates.
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