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Tara Bitran / Variety:
USC School of Cinematic Arts suspends Les Moonves from its board of councilors and says it will discuss further action in October — In light of the recent allegations against Leslie Moonves, the USC School of Cinematic Arts has released a statement announcing its decision to suspend the CBS CEO from their Board of Councilors.
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Ad Age, Deadline, Fortune, Hollywood Reporter, Broadcasting & Cable, The Wrap, Variety, @dylanbyers, HuffPost, KTLA, Los Angeles Times, Mediaite and Deadline
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Joanna Tan / CNBC:
CBS says it is hiring two law firms to investigate allegations in the media against Leslie Moonves, CBS News, and cultural issues at all levels of the company
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Hollywood Reporter, Variety, BuzzFeed News and Reuters
Campbell Brown / Facebook Media:
Facebook extends its Local News Accelerator through the end of the year, launches a $3.5M Membership Accelerator program to help outlets with membership models — Today, we're excited to announce an additional $4.5 million investment in programs that support news publishers.
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Teresa Gorman / Local News Lab:
NC Local News Lab Fund announces $500K in grants to support 10 local independent journalism, reporting, and collaboration projects — How can we help local news survive, transform, and thrive? This question will not be answered by one person, one organization, or one innovation.
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Raleigh News & Observer, @jcstearns, @centercoopmedia, Word on the Street and @gteresa
New York Times:
Sources: Condé Nast plans to put Brides, Golf Digest, and W up for sale after losing $120M in 2017 due to a sharp decline in ad revenue from print — Anna Wintour is staying, but the once-plush company behind Vogue and The New Yorker lost $120 million last year.
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New York Post, @nytimesbusiness, Ad Age, Adweek, Fashionista, @tomgara, @edmundlee, @nbj914, The Wrap, @sapna and The Business of Fashion
Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Spotify has removed some episodes of “The Alex Jones Show” for violating policies around hate speech, but the podcast is still available on the service — The music streaming service has been the target of public outrage for carrying Jones's show.
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Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
The family of Sandy Hook victim Noah Pozner say they are unable to visit his grave due to harassment from InfoWars fans
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Boing Boing, @nymag, The A.V. Club, The FADER, Observer, The Wrap, Fox News Insider, Mediaite, @mikeisaac, The Week, @mikedelmoro, @steventurous, Reuters, @danpfeiffer, @mehdirhasan, @dgardner, @chrisinsilico, @noahshachtman, @rafsanchez, @michaelskolnik, @anildash, @jillfilipovic, @evan_rosenfeld, @shannoncoulter, @smenor, @slpng_giants, @davidfrum and @spacekatgal
The Information:
Sources: Google is developing a news aggregation app for use in China that will comply with the country's strict censorship laws — Google is developing a news-aggregation app for use in China that will comply with the country's strict censorship laws, part of a plan to re-enter …
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Bloomberg, TechCrunch, MediaNama, New York Times, Fortune, Vanity Fair, @amir, Beyond Search, TechNode, Entrackr, Techdirt and The Intercept, more at Techmeme »
Washington Post:
Activists accuse Facebook of suppressing free speech when it removed an event listing it said was part of a disinformation campaign with possible ties to Russia — SAN FRANCISCO — Left-leaning political activists accused Facebook of suppressing free speech when the social media giant removed …
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The emergence of the gun-loving QAnon conspiracy theorists at a Trump rally is dangerous; Trump should stop the anti-media rhetoric at these rallies — Hostility toward the media at Donald Trump's rallies is nothing new. It infected the presidential campaign and has marred every raucous gathering of supporters since the election.
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Washington Post, HuffPost, The Hill, The Federalist, RealClearPolitics, NPR, New York Times, @danrather, Washington Post, The Wrap, @ennisnyt, @michaelskolnik, @theplumlinegs, @armandodkos, @mkraju, @theplumlinegs, Axios, @karaswisher, @theplumlinegs, @nycsouthpaw, @jayrosen_nyu, @johnrobinson, @swin24, @jamilsmith, @dabeard, @tcbrown88, @publishorperish, @johnbridges and @sulliview
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders used a debunked story about the hunt for bin Laden to disparage media accuracy in Wednesday's press briefing — White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders just accused the media of hindering the American government's pursuit of Osama bin Laden just a few years before 9/11.
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CNN, Mediaite, Multichannel News, @presssec, @jimlaporta and The Daily Caller
Justin Kroll / Variety:
Source: Nicole Kidman is in talks to play Gretchen Carlson in upcoming movie about disgraced ex-Fox News Chief Roger Ailes — Nicole Kidman is in talks to play former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson in “Fair and Balanced,” Annapurna's upcoming movie about disgraced Fox News Chief Roger Ailes.
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Hollywood Reporter, @nycsouthpaw, Deadline, /Film, Mashable, The Wrap, ScreenRant, The Playlist, Business Insider, IndieWire, Collider, TVNewser, @mrsamherbst, The Daily Caller, @thrmattbelloni and Just Jared
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Vizio launches WatchFree, a free, ad-supported streaming service powered by Pluto TV that offers access to over 100 channels — Think there are too many streaming services? How about one more? Today, Vizio says it's launching its own streaming service called WatchFree that will be available …
Nick Statt / The Verge:
Apple's plans to cut apps out of its affiliate program may shut down independent iOS news sites like TouchArcade and AppShopper — Sites like TouchArcade and AppShopper may take big hits — Today, Apple announced that it plans to remove apps and in-app purchases from its iTunes Affiliate Program by October 1st.
Discussion:
Engadget, @markgurman, SlashGear, @toucharcade, @markgurman and 9to5Mac, more at Techmeme »
Shara Tibken / CNET:
During earnings call, Apple's Tim Cook says the new TV execs the company hired last year are working on a secret project but wouldn't share details — Apple's definitely working on something when it come to TV — but it's still not ready to tell us about it.
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FierceVideo, The Loop, CNBC and @cnet
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