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Rob Beschizza / Boing Boing:
Readers object after The New York Times drops bylines from stories on its homepage as part of a redesign — They're still on the stories' own URLs, but are gone from the homepage. Eric Lipton, an investigative reporter at the Times, points out: “But names of OP-ED writers still there.”
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
In a divided, disbelieving nation, Trump's years-long campaign to undermine the media and truth itself could pay off now amid the Manafort and Cohen cases — Don't believe your eyes and ears. Believe only me. — That has been President Trump's message to the public for the past two years …
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Variety:
John Lithgow will play Roger Ailes in movie about the ex-Fox News chief while Russell Crowe takes on same role in Showtime's adaptation of Gabe Sherman's book — John Lithgow will play Roger Ailes, the Fox News chief who masterfully exploited the country's political divisions to rise …
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Business Insider, CinemaBlend, TVNewser, The Wrap, The A.V. Club and Consequence of Sound
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Dan Rose, Facebook's VP of partnerships who led deals such as its Instagram buy, leaving in Feb.; sources: Facebook has likely identified replacement internally — It's the second big-deal Facebook departure this summer. — Dan Rose, a top Facebook executive who oversaw …
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Dan Rose, TechCrunch, Variety, CNBC, Silicon Valley Business …, @dseetharaman and Axios
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
From 2010 to 2018, The Seattle Times raised $4M+ through a mix of funding and donations from foundations, corporations, and non-profits — This piece originally appeared in Local Edition, our newsletter following the digital transformation of local news. Want to be part of the conversation?
Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
Warner Bros. TV has poached Jessica Jones creator and showrunner Melissa Rosenberg from Netflix with an eight-figure deal — Melissa Rosenberg will depart the Netflix Marvel drama after season three to create and develop new projects for the indie studio. — Melissa Rosenberg is on the move.
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/Film, ScreenRant, CinemaBlend and The Wrap
Shirley Halperin / Variety:
Steven Tyler of Aerosmith tells Trump to stop playing his songs at rallies, citing the Lanham Act affecting trademarks; he first told Trump to stop in 2015 — Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler is demanding President Donald Trump stop using the band's songs at rallies, like the one held …
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Facebook:
Facebook removes 652 Pages, groups, and accounts on Facebook and Instagram after a FireEye tip led it to investigate inauthentic behavior out of Iran and Russia — Today we removed multiple Pages, groups and accounts for coordinated inauthentic behavior on Facebook and Instagram.
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Floyd Abrams on American Media: “If Mr. Pecker and his company acted as is alleged, there should and very likely would be no viable First Amendment defense” — WSJ: National Enquirer subpoenaed in Cohen probe — The National Enquirer's partnership with the Trump campaign was even more extensive than previously reported.
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Justin Miller / The Daily Beast:
Documents in Michael Cohen's case give more details of the role of American Media CEO David Pecker and National Enquirer EIC Dylan Howard in stifling stories
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Poynter:
Survey: 76% in US trust local TV news, 73% trust local newspapers vs. 59% for national newspapers, 55% trust national networks, 47% trust online-only outlets — This is a summary of the study with commentary from other experts on media trust issues and background on other similar studies.
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@brendannyhan, University of Michigan and @indira_l
Eric Johnson / Recode:
Senator Ron Wyden says there should be “consequences” for social networks that fail to remove people like Alex Jones — Jones and his conspiracy-minded site Infowars have long since “blown past the bounds of common decency,” Wyden says. — Since 2016, everything …
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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Memo: Business Insider's politics, news, and military/defense teams being moved to Insider team, as Business Insider refocuses on business beat — Business Insider has over the past three years expanded outside of its core business coverage to general interest news, and now it's reorganizing to reflect that shift.
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