Mediagazer: McClatchy Q2 earnings signal continued tough times for newspapers: loss of $20.4M on revenue of $204M, ad revenue falls to $107M from $125M last year (Rick Edmonds/Poynter)

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 …

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” — The CBS chief's associates have been offering a common defense: that the man they know simply wouldn't do the things he is alleged to have done.

Discussion: USA Today, The Wrap, Reuters, Slate, @monicahesse, @kellysue, @lainnafader and @theferocity

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 …

Discussion: New York Times, NBC News, New York Post, Multichannel News and @davidenrich

Deadline:

Filing in NAI suit accuses CBS CEO Les Moonves and others of destroying evidence by using TigerText messaging; CBS says execs followed security team's advice — Less than 24 hours after the CBS Board of Directors let Les Moonves stay in his job despite sexual misconduct allegations …

Discussion: The Wrap, Bloomberg, Ad Age, Variety, TVWeek.com, The Wrap, Hollywood Reporter and Delaware Chancery Court

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”

Discussion: Variety, The Wrap, CNNMoney, Vulture, The Week, @pshanley88, Variety, @frankpallotta, @frankpallotta and The Wrap

Washington Post:

A profile of New York Times Publisher A.G. Sulzberger, following his tussle with Trump over the President's characterization of their July 20 meeting — The new reporter was sharp, humble and eager to learn. Arthur had snazzier shoes than his colleagues at the Oregonian …

Discussion: @caseyparks, @sophiekleeman, @redsteeze, @jpodhoretz, @taffyakner, @mrdanzak, @caseyjohnston, @samdolnick and @mrdanzak

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 …

Discussion: @kirschenbaumj and BuzzFeed News

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 …

Discussion: Splice, TechCrunch, @kixes, @gijn, @megclement, @robertsonholly, @rishadist and Civil

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Google says it's working with news organizations, including ProPublica, to surface data from data journalism projects in search results — Google today announced that it is working with a number of news organizations to surface more data from their data journalism projects in its search results.

Discussion: The Keyword, MediaPost and 9to5Google

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.

Discussion: @stevekovach and @jasonabbruzzese, more at Techmeme »

Booth Moore / Hollywood Reporter:

Condé Nast CEO Bob Sauerberg says Anna Wintour is staying at the company, despite rumors she would retire amid company restructuring — The speculation is over, at least for now. — Will she or won't she? The fashion industry has been waiting with baited breath to see if Anna Wintour …

Discussion: @condenast

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.

Discussion: Simon & Schuster, Washingtonian, @dlstoke, @metroadlib, @markberman, @swin24, @mrdanzak, @chrisgeidner, @mlcalderone, @costareports, @jaketapper, @philiprucker, Fortune, Newser and Deadline

Rick Edmonds / Poynter:

McClatchy Q2 earnings signal continued tough times for newspapers: loss of $20.4M on revenue of $204M, ad revenue falls to $107M from $125M last year — Unsurprisingly, McClatchy added a new chapter to the hard-luck story of the company and the legacy newspaper industry with its second quarter financial results, announced Friday.

Discussion: Nieman Lab and McClatchy

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.

Discussion: @rogueepastaff

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 …

Discussion: Variety, MediaPost, /Film, IndieWire and The Mary Sue