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9:35 AM ET, September 14, 2018

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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Abusive media moguls shaped a misogynistic culture with damage far beyond specific cases of sexual harassment  —  Two moments on Wednesday.  Both startling, both telling.  —  Jericka Duncan, live on the CBS Evening News, looked unflinchingly into the camera as she explained how the story …
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CBS News:
Jeff Fager warned CBS correspondent Jericka Duncan in a text about reporting on claims against him: “There are people who lost their jobs trying to harm me”
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Memo: 60 Minutes Executive Producer Jeff Fager is leaving CBS amid allegations of inappropriate conduct; CBS News president says Fager violated company policy
Alexios Mantzarlis / Poynter:
A dispute between ThinkProgress and The Weekly Standard Fact Check shows weaknesses in Facebook guidelines for fact checking and dangers of partisan biases  —  Despite its global user base, Facebook's actions against misinformation keep being informed by and analyzed with a narrowly American viewpoint.
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Antonia Woodford / Facebook:
Facebook expands fact-checking efforts to photos and videos, targeting those that are manipulated, out of context, or presented with false audio or text
Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review:
Why The Outline, which announced it had raised $5M in May and appeared healthy, suddenly laid off writers this month after aggressive early expansion  —  Photo via Adobe Stock.  —  It began, as so many similar stories do, with a series of tweets.  On September 4th, a writer at The Outline …
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Nicholas Quah / Hot Pod News:
Panoply won't produce new podcasts and is laying off its editorial staff, though some existing shows will move to Slate, as it focuses on ad tech and hosting
Lydia DePillis / CNNMoney:
During a talk, Jeff Bezos says, “it's a mistake for any elected official to attack media and journalists” and that demonizing the media is dangerous  —  Jeff Bezos defends the press against Trump  —  Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who typically tries to stay out of the political fray …
Discussion: Mediaite and @postroz
Pete Vernon / Columbia Journalism Review:
In “Fear”, Woodward's easily identified sources are cast in a positive light and relied on for scoops despite the fact that they're not known for their honesty  —  Bob Woodward's new book, Fear, a devastating portrait of a presidency lurching from crisis to crisis, is a certified blockbuster.
Discussion: Observer and @froomkin
Committee to Protect Journalists:
Killings of journalists in Pakistan decline, but so does press freedom under military restrictions; reporters who push back are attacked, threatened, arrested  —  As killings of journalists in Pakistan decline so too does press freedom, as the country's powerful military quietly, but effectively …
Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
Sources: Jim Nelson, EIC of GQ, is leaving the Condé Nast magazine he has led since 2003 and will be replaced by Will Welch, EIC of GQ Style  —  Jim Nelson, the editor-in-chief of GQ, is leaving the magazine he helmed since 2003, The Post has learned.
Lars Brandle / Billboard:
A trade group for Australian music labels says total music sales rose 6% to A$195.6M in 2018's first half, with the digital sector rising 14.2% to A$162.5M  —  Australia's music industry is on the up, with labels trade body ARIA and authors' rights society APRA both reporting strong gains.
Discussion: RAIN News
Cherie Hu / Billboard:
MusicWatch: paid music streaming subscribers surpass 50M in US, nearly double end of 2016 numbers, with ~20M separate users sharing but not paying for access  —  An estimated 51 million people in the U.S. are now paying monthly subscriptions for music streaming services …
Wall Street Journal:
In interview, AT&T's Randall Stephenson says he wants to shift resources to HBO and that consumer data should help inform content decisions  —  Randall Stephenson wants to use customer data to help WarnerMedia pick projects, challenge internet giants  —  AT&T Inc.'s T 2.30% boss …
Rob Wijnberg / The Correspondent:
Co-founder and editor in chief of De Correspondent Rob Wijnberg on the problems surrounding “real news”, as his team prepares to expand to the US  —  Forget fake news, a poisonous term.  Real news is an even bigger problem.  —  This realization is what inspired me to found …
 
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Rebecca Stewart / The Drum:
YouTube will now allow vertical ads, which take up the entire screen, and let brands buy ad space based on users' personalized recommendations
Discussion: Tubefilter and Engadget
Eugene Scott / Washington Post:
Quinnipiac poll: 30% of US adults and 72% of Republicans trust Trump more than the media
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Comparing The News & Observer's coverage of Hurricane Floyd in 1999 with staff of 250 to its coverage of Florence with staff of 65 and 7 nearby sister papers