Mediagazer: Q&A with NYT movie reviewer AO Scott on how online publishing has changed film reviewing, attending screenings, and social media spoilers (A. O. Scott/New York Times)

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Julia Reinstein / BuzzFeed News:

CNN pulls three episodes of Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown from CNN Go, two featuring Asia Argento and one directed by her, following sexual harassment claims — CNN has pulled episodes of Parts Unknown that featured Asia Argento from its streaming service following allegations …

Discussion: HuffPost, Variety, Slate, The Wrap, TMZ.com, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, The Hill, Daily Mail, Jezebel, Newsweek, Deadline, Vulture, The Guardian, The Daily Beast, Page Six, Complex and Fortune

Jay Rosen / FAZ.NET:

An American's thoughts about “pressthink”, the common sense of the journalism profession, in Germany, based on 53 interviews with members of the German media — I have been circulating among you since the first day of June, asking strange questions. This is what I learned.

Discussion: @venohr and @jayrosen_nyu

Renee DiResta / Wired:

As politicians accuse search and social media firms of censorship, the real focus should be on opaque algorithms and reckless amplification of harmful content — THE ALGORITHMS THAT govern how we find information online are once again in the news—but you have to squint to find them.

Discussion: @ellgood, @nytopinion, @karaswisher, @nxthompson, @johnamdg, @fbonacci and New York Times

Austin Smith / Nieman Lab:

Overview of progress in digital growth and direct reader support at newspapers owned by civic-minded billionaires, including WaPo, Star Tribune, Boston Globe — In the post-disaggregation era of local news, several individual newspapers have been purchased by very wealthy men …

Discussion: @tom_winter

Jeff Horwitz / Associated Press:

Documents show American Media lost $72M for year ending in March; NJ investment firm Chatham Asset Management owns over 80% of AMI and is backstopping its debt — WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Enquirer has long explained its support for Donald Trump as a business decision based on the president's popularity among its readers.

Committee to Protect Journalists:

Iranian courts sentenced at least seven journalists to long prison sentences, public flogging, exile, and more for covering protests by a religious order — The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned the harsh sentences Iranian authorities imposed on at least seven journalists …

Discussion: Voice of America and Iran HRM

A. O. Scott / New York Times:

Q&A with NYT movie reviewer AO Scott on how online publishing has changed film reviewing, attending screenings, and social media spoilers — How do New York Times journalists use technology in their jobs and in their personal lives? A. O. Scott, a chief film critic of The Times, discussed the tech he's using.

Paul Tadich / Canadaland:

Inside Canadian network Global's cost-cutting “multi-market content” model, where local news for 12+ markets is produced in Toronto using green screens — Global's late-night local newscasts, from Saskatoon to Halifax, are all produced in a Toronto green-screen studio.

Discussion: @canadaland and @goldsbie

Nic Fildes / Financial Times:

BBC, Sky, ITV, Channel 4, BT, and TalkTalk call for UK government to introduce independent regulatory oversight of the content carried over social networks — The heads of Britain's largest media and telecoms companies have called for the government to introduce independent regulatory oversight …

Discussion: Telegraph

Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:

A look at Liker, a social networking site from the founder of Occupy Democrats Facebook page, which is now filled with inaccurate claims about Trump — In the world of the anti-Trump Facebook #Resistance, no one has a bigger soapbox than Omar Rivero, the founder of the Occupy Democrats Facebook page.

Discussion: @id4ro

Hunter Walk:

Q&A with The Atlantic's Taylor Lorenz on covering internet culture, validating online tips, and why women are doing so well covering tech, culture, and society — I love anthropology even more than I love algorithms. Watching people use my products like Second Life and YouTube …

Discussion: @hunterwalk and @loudmouthjulia

Daniel Funke / Poynter:

A look at harassment campaigns and death threats Italian fact-checkers like David Puente face after debunking high profile viral hoaxes — David Puente has been a debunker for years. — From his home in Udine, Italy, he has investigated misinformation — its origins, authors and distribution methods — in his free time since 2014.