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Apple has removed the entire libraries of five of InfoWars' six podcasts from iTunes, saying they violated its hate speech guidelines — Apple has removed the entire library for five of Infowars' six podcasts from its iTunes and Podcast apps, BuzzFeed News has learned.
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Alex Hern / The Guardian:
Facebook has banned four pages run by Alex Jones for “repeated violations of Community Standards”; Spotify removes all episodes of The Alex Jones Show podcast — Crackdown on US conspiracy theorist for promoting violence and hate speech — Facebook has banned four pages run …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The crisis in local news, with newspaper newsrooms half the size they were in 2008, is destroying our ability to find an agreed-upon set of facts — Ken Doctor saw it coming. A few years ago, the media analyst looked at the trend lines and predicted that by 2017 or so, American newsrooms would reach a shocking point.
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Megan Garber / The Atlantic:
Filter bubbles and echo chambers seem quaint in the new misinformation age, as systems that have typically arbitrated truth in America are failing — This week, the new york times reported that Alex Jones, InfoWars founder and professional peddler of lies, is seeking more than $100,000 …
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Peter Dobrin / Philly.com:
H. F. “Gerry” Lenfest, cable TV entrepreneur, philanthropist, and founder of the Lenfest Institute for Journalism, has died at 88 — The philanthropist and civic leader died Sunday, August 5, at 88. He made a fortune in cable television; then, he and his wife decided to give …
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WashPostPR / Washington Post:
The Washington Post is partnering with HarperCollins imprint Custom House to release a book on Russian interference written by nat sec reporter Greg Miller — The Washington Post today announced plans to release a book detailing Russian interference in the 2016 election and the subsequent political, legal and diplomatic fallout.
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
CBS says 60 Minutes head Jeff Fager will not return to work on Monday, extending his vacation while he waits for conclusion of the probe into harassment at CBS — The executive producer of “60 Minutes,” Jeff Fager, will not return to work on Monday, as an internal investigation into alleged misconduct at CBS News continues.
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Justin Baragona / Contemptor:
A Trump supporter who called C-SPAN's daily call-in show Washington Journal threatened to shoot CNN anchors Brian Stelter and Don Lemon — During his Sunday morning broadcast, Reliable Sources host Brian Stelter played a clip of a C-SPAN caller making an overt death threat to him and CNN anchor Don Lemon.
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
NYT adds Your Feed section to its iOS app that lets users choose from 24 channels and includes tweet-length exclusive content pulled from NYT's Slack channel — In user research, The New York Times found that “following” topics and specific journalists was a top request. So it built “Your Feed.”
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Concepción de León / New York Times:
“BookTubers”, or YouTube creators who focus on reading and books, are building audiences, connecting with publishers, and reaching younger audiences — When Christine Riccio was a teenager growing up in New Jersey, she and her sister would upload videos to YouTube of the two of them being silly …
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@nytimesbooks and @ytcreators
Daniel Funke / Poynter:
After fierce criticism, the Newseum apologizes, removes “You Are Very Fake News” t-shirts from store, will continue to sell items with presidential slogans — If you're looking to stock up on the famous red hats that bear Donald Trump's favorite slogan, look no further than the Newseum's gift shop.
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Kerry Flynn / Digiday:
comScore says it will launch Campaign Ratings to measure unduplicated audiences across platforms and devices like TV, OTT, and mobile, in beta in September — ComScore announced on July 31 a new product to measure actual viewers — not the number of screens — across multiple platforms like linear TV, OTT and mobile.
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