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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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New York Times:
NYT Exec Editor Dean Baquet and Managing Editor Joe Kahn say bylines have not appeared above stories in paper's app or mobile UI for some time — Our executive editor, Dean Baquet, and managing editor, Joe Kahn, explain our thinking regarding bylines on our home page.
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@shelbygrad, @ericacbarnett, @mattblaze, @hannaingber, @brianjameswalsh, @gregorydjohnsen and @lfung
Washington Post:
How National Enquirer essentially became a research arm of the Trump campaign and bought the silence of women, based on Cohen case documents — In August 2015, David Pecker and Michael Cohen hatched a plan to help a mutual friend in need. — Donald Trump had launched his improbable presidential campaign just two months earlier.
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Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
CNN suspends contributor Paris Dennard following a WaPo story that said he was fired from Arizona State University after sexual harassment allegations — “We are suspending Paris, effective immediately, while we look into the allegations," a CNN spokesperson said.
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Washington Post, The Wrap, @brianstelter, Contemptor, @repcohen, The Daily Beast, @umairh, @charlesmblow, @mehdirhasan, @iamgmjohnson, @breznican, @goldietaylor, @tgreene319, @trancewithme, @byaaroncdavis, Mediaite, Contemptor, @talkingnewmedia, @yamiche, @yashar, @jeremymbarr, @bluechoochoo and Mediaite
Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
The Lenfest Institute has created the Lenfest Local Lab, a team of news technologists tasked with testing and building products to aid local news — In the local news space, what's missing? (Don't say money.) — What about rigorous — maybe even fun — product development and testing?
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The Lenfest Institute … and @burtherman
Laura Wagner / Deadspin:
Sources: The Athletic is struggling to hire reporters for its new D.C. operation, with seven journalists at WaPo's sports desk rejecting offers to move — The Athletic, the venture capital-backed digital sports media venture that's plundering sportswriters from news organizations …
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@dcsportsbog and @ngreenberg
Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
UK opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn said a Labour govt may give journalists the right to elect their editors, create journalism fund paid for by tech giants — Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn today floated a number of ideas, some “radical” by his own admission, about how to “set free” …
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TechCrunch
CNN:
Ex-NSA contractor Reality Winner has accepted a plea deal and been sentenced to five years in prison for leaking information to The Intercept — (CNN)A former government contractor accused of leaking confidential information to the media has been sentenced to more than five years in prison.
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The Intercept and Law & Crime
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, Variety, Silicon Valley Business …, @dseetharaman, Variety, CNBC, TechCrunch and Axios, more at Techmeme »
Soutik Biswas / BBC:
To combat fake news on WhatsApp, the South Indian state of Kerala is running 40-minute classes in 150 schools to educate kids in spotting viral hoaxes — Mobs have lynched at least 25 people across India after reading false rumours spread on WhatsApp. Now the authorities in one Indian state …
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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TVNewser, Washington Post, @budkennedy, @brendannyhan, @kellymcb, @indira_l, University of Michigan, @poynter, @mike_hixenbaugh and @indira_l
Marcela Kunova / Journalism.co.uk:
Publiq, a planned online content platform based on blockchain, would allow users to avoid censorship but would rely on users to weed out misinformation — Thanks to new ways of using blockchain technology in publishing, authors can bypass authorities when reporting uncomfortable truth.
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