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Gabe Cohn / New York Times:
Trump's ex-Chief Strategist Steve Bannon will headline The New Yorker festival next month — Readers of The New Yorker prize the magazine for its wide-ranging collection of perspectives. From Oct. 5 to 7, The New Yorker Festival, now in its 19th year, will bring some of these voices to venues around New York City.
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Reuters:
Myanmar judge finds Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo guilty of breaching the colonial-era law on state secrets, sentences them to seven years in prison — YANGON (Reuters) - A Myanmar judge on Monday found two Reuters journalists guilty of breaching a law on state secrets and sentenced …
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Reuters EIC Stephen J. Adler says the company is weighing whether to “seek relief in an international forum” over reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo's sentences — Reuters President and Editor-in-Chief, Stephen J. Adler, issued the following statement today after a Myanmar court delivered …
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Wall Street Journal:
Source: Dorsey has weighed in on Twitter's content decisions, overruling staff to keep Alex Jones and reinstate Richard Spencer's account; Twitter refutes story — Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has personally weighed in on high-profile decisions, frustrating some employees
Poppy McPherson / Reuters:
A new book by Myanmar's army, meant to relate its narrative of the Rohingya crisis, misrepresents at least three archival images — (Reuters) - The grainy black-and-white photo, printed in a new book on the Rohingya crisis authored by Myanmar's army, shows a man standing over two bodies, wielding a farming tool.
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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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The Detail:
Northern Ireland's police force raided and searched the newsroom of investigative news site The Detail, in connection with the arrest of its two reporters — EDITORIAL: Today it is business as usual at The Detail, Below The Radar and Fine Point Films. As always, we will continue to leave …
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Wil S. Hylton / Highline:
Q&A with Glenn Greenwald on Russia's involvement in the 2016 US election, social media's role, and what Facebook should do now — “What are these grave differences that the rest of the world is suffering under Donald Trump which they wouldn't have been suffering under Hillary Clinton?"
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Alan Rusbridger / The Guardian:
Former EIC of the Guardian on the role of profits, the evolution of the relationships among newspapers, and journalism's duty to serve the public interest — By early 2017 the world had woken up to a problem that, with a mixture of impotence, incomprehension and dread, journalists had seen coming for some time.
Lauren Johnson / Business Insider:
Interview with The Atlantic's president, Bob Cohn, on Alex Hardiman's role and finding a medium between a premium subscription model and an ad-supported model — - The Atlantic has hired Alex Hardiman, head of news products at Facebook, as chief business and product officer.
Nick Kostov / Wall Street Journal:
Ad giant WPP taps company veteran Mark Read as new CEO and is expected to announce the news early this week, after Mr. Sorrell's resignation in April — Read succeeds Martin Sorrell and inherits an ad firm challenged by Facebook, Google — WPP WPP -.26% PLC has chosen Mark Read …
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