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3:10 PM ET, August 13, 2018

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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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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Social media pressure is here to stay as a tactic against advertisers and platforms that support shows like Infowars, because it works, as Sleeping Giants shows  —  Shortly before the 2016 presidential election, Matt Rivitz stumbled upon the Breitbart News website, which once called itself the “home of the alt-right.”
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Dealing with the likes of Infowars on internet platforms is not a binary choice to keep or ban them; many other options exist, and they should all be explored
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Report: Facebook exec Campbell Brown told Australian media execs Mark Zuckerberg doesn't care about publishers, implied papers would die “in hospice” without FB  —  The Australian — the Murdoch-owned national paper — has an interesting (and aggressively paywalled) …
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 …
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.
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:
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 …
Discussion: Observer, Politico and The Daily Caller
Kaitor Kay / WANE-TV:
Fort Wayne newspaper News-Sentinel lays 7 of its 8 remaining staff off, almost a year after going digital  —  FORT WAYNE - Almost a year after the News Sentinel announced it would halt newspaper production for an all-digital product, the paper is laying off almost all of its staff.
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
Discussion: New York Post, Politico and Contemptor
Maureen Ryan / Hollywood Reporter:
HBO says 57% of its show directors are women or men of color or white women, up from 23% in 2014-2015 season; six of 11 of 2018 pilots were directed by women  —  HBO programming president Casey Bloys talks with THR about his network's “Because of Her” campaign, which highlights female talent …
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Analysis of 16K stories from news outlets in 100 communities with 20K-300K residents finds only 17% of stories were local, or about news in the communities  —  “Sometimes a story was literally just a YouTube video that they were linking to.”  —  We know that local journalism is suffering.
 
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