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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Report: Facebook's Campbell Brown told The Australian that Zuckerberg doesn't care about publishers, Facebook not interested in discussing traffic and referrals — The Australian — the Murdoch-owned national paper — has an interesting (and aggressively paywalled) scoop about Facebook today …
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Jackie Wattles / CNNMoney:
NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio says Trump would not have won election if it was not for Murdoch-run businesses like Fox News and The New York Post — Bill de Blasio speaks out against Murdoch — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio thinks America would be better off if Rupert Murdoch left the news business.
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New York Post reporter Kevin Sheehan was physically manhandled by a member of Bill De Blasio's NYPD security detail after asking the mayor a question on Sunday — Mayor Bill de Blasio is a such a big believer in the free press that he let two bodyguards physically remove a credentialed Post reporter …
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Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
A look at the clash between journalist Barrett Brown and WikiLeaks' Julian Assange which has led to a split in whistleblowers advocacy group Courage — A botched power play by Julian Assange has led to a split within a key organization supporting whistleblowers and leaves the WikiLeaks founder …
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Naomi Colvin:
Courage Foundation director Naomi Colvin resigns after trustees try to remove Barrett Brown as a beneficiary over his “adversarial” remarks about WikiLeaks — On Thursday afternoon three of Courage's trustees wrote to me demanding that I inform Barrett Brown that he could no longer …
Cale Guthrie Weissman / Fast Company:
Thrillist staff on strike today have had their work Slack accounts and email addresses deactivated, in apparent act of retaliation by Group Nine Media — Today, staff at the website Thrillist didn't go to work. This planned action was a protest over the company's failed collective bargaining attempts …
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Washington Post:
Sources: when Trump expressed worries that Bill Shine could be at risk because of investigation into Ailes conduct, Rupert Murdoch rang Trump to reassure him — The revolving door between Fox News and Republican political figures has turned steadily for years, with failed GOP candidates finding a home at the network.
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Emilia Petrarca / The Cut:
The New York Post's front and back pages on Monday had an ad from skate brand Supreme instead of the usual news and headlines — As part of Supreme's fall 2018 drop, which was revealed today and hits stores August 16, the New York skate brand collaborated with the New York Post on a special-edition promotional cover.
Julian Borger / The Guardian:
Outgoing UN human rights commissioner Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein says Trump's anti-press rhetoric is “very close to incitement to violence” — Exclusive: Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, who steps down this month, says US president's rhetoric echoes that of the worst eras of the 20th century
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New York Post, Politico and Contemptor
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix says its CFO David Wells, who led the service's international expansion to 190 countries, is leaving the company after 14 years — Exec says he plans to focus on philanthropy after exiting streaming-video company — David Wells, a 14-year veteran of Netflix who has guided …
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Tanya Dua / Business Insider:
Vimeo has joined YouTube and others in removing InfoWars from its platform; sources say removal came after employee dissatisfaction that it hadn't been banned — - Vimeo is the latest platform to removed InfoWars' account from its platform, following Facebook and YouTube.
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TechCrunch, Variety, The Wrap, Engadget, @toestringrd, Gizmodo, @kylegriffin1, @b52malmet, The Hill and New York Post, more at Techmeme »
Abid Rahman / Hollywood Reporter:
Appearing on AMC's “The Walking Dead” aftershow, host Chris Hardwick vaguely addressed abuse allegations made against him and thanked viewers for support — Hardwick was reinstated as host of the ‘The Walking Dead’ aftershow following an AMC investigation.
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Deadline, EW.com, The A.V. Club and @deadlinedominic
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Former Gateway Pundit White House correspondent Lucian Wintrich has exited the blog after appearing on a white nationalist's podcast — Former Gateway Pundit White House correspondent Lucian Wintrich, once heralded as the Trump movement's scourge of the mainstream media's press corps, is now out at the popular right-wing blog.
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