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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: as financial pressures rise, Mic Network is considering an acquisition offer from a media company, among other strategic options — Mic Network board met last week to consider offer, as financial pressures mount — Digital publisher Mic Network is considering an acquisition offer …
David Beard / Poynter:
After BuzzFeed's cuts to its audio team and Panoply's exit from podcast content, creators re-evaluate podcast revenue potential and audience measurement — Moving from one shiny object to another: “Everybody wants a ‘Serial,’ but nobody wants to spend ‘Serial’ money,” says one veteran podcast editor.
David Beard / Poynter:
How Golf Digest helped to free a wrongfully convicted man who spent 27 years in prison after he wrote the magazine about his collection of golf course drawings — The Poynter Institute's Morning Mediawire breaks down and delivers the most important stories you need to start your day.
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The Daily Caller, Golf Digest, The Guardian and Mental Floss
Isobel Asher Hamilton / Business Insider:
Investigation finds that Instagram's IGTV recommended disturbing and potentially illegal videos in UK; Instagram took five days to remove some of the videos — - Exclusive: Instagram's new TV service, IGTV, recommended videos of what appeared to be child exploitation and genital mutilation during …
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The Wrap, @amtomchak, Gizmodo and @digitalshields, more at Techmeme »
Veronica Villafañe / Media Moves:
Cox Media Group announces the sale of Mundo Hispánico to Mundo Hispano Digital Network, a tech-focused media company created to target the US Latino community — Mundo Hispánico has new owners. Cox Media Group sold the Atlanta-based Spanish language weekly paper …
Discussion:
Cox Media Group and Editor & Publisher
Allison Jackson / Agence France-Presse:
Thirteen journalists have been killed in Afghanistan in 2018, the highest number killed in the country in a single year since the start of the war — Moments after Afghan journalist Samim Faramarz wrapped up his live report on the latest suicide attack in Kabul, a car bomb exploded just metres away …
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@jerometaylor
Motherboard:
Facebook says it is reviewing its policies on white supremacy, white nationalism, and white separatism after a backlash from civil rights groups — “Facebook ignores centuries of history, legal precedent, and expert scholarship that all establish that white nationalism and white separatism are white supremacy."
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@carnage4life, The Verge, @qirex, @egavactip, @colorofchange and Gizmodo, more at Techmeme »
Howard R. Gold / Columbia Journalism Review:
Ten years after the Recession, journalists acknowledge missing the big story tying subprime housing loans to complex derivatives, but say they learned lessons — Lehman Brothers headquarters on September 15, 2008. Photo: Robert Scoble via flickr. — Ten years ago, Lehman Brothers …
Jordan Cohen / The New York Times Company:
The New York Times hires Kirsten Danis, who has been the managing editor of The Marshall Project since 2015, as the deputy Metro editor for investigations — Kirsten Danis, who has been managing editor of The Marshall Project since 2015, is becoming deputy Metro editor for investigations.
Russell Brandom / The Verge:
PayPal says it has banned all Infowars-related sites for promoting hate or discriminatory intolerance against certain communities and religions — PayPal will no longer do business with Infowars, according to a post on the conspiracy theory site this morning.
Discussion:
The Wrap, ThinkProgress, Joe.My.God., Gizmodo, Boing Boing and Engadget, more at Techmeme »
Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
Report on how France handled misinformation and document leaks ahead of its 2017 election offers recommendations to governments, media, and civic organizations — If France could stop misinformation, could the U.S.? — A newly-translated-to-English report reflects on how the country handled misinformation …
Associated Press:
A three-judge panel of the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals appears ready to reinstate a defamation lawsuit Sarah Palin brought against The New York Times — NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals panel seems poised to reinstate a defamation lawsuit Sarah Palin brought against The New York Times.
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Law & Crime, Hollywood Reporter, @eriqgardner and @eriqgardner
Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
ESPN says it has signed up more than 1M paying subscribers for ESPN+, its $4.99 a month streaming service launched in April — For $4.99 per month, ESPN+ offers a range of sports programming; doesn't offer live ESPN channels — ESPN said it has signed up more than one million paying subscribers …
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Recode, ESPN MediaZone U.S., @adviserdavid, SportsBusiness Daily, The Wrap, Fortune, @davidamoyal, Awful Announcing, /Film, FierceVideo, Multichannel News, Vanity Fair and MediaPost
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Matthew Belloni / Hollywood Reporter:
Interview with Disney CEO Bob Iger about Disney's upcoming streaming service, ESPN's politics problem, and how #MeToo changed the company
Interview with Disney CEO Bob Iger about Disney's upcoming streaming service, ESPN's politics problem, and how #MeToo changed the company
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Forbes, Vox, Fortune, Vanity Fair, @cc_the_martian, The Guardian, Business Insider, @kimmasters, @aaroncouch, @thrmattbelloni, @joeovies, @markwillard85, /Film, BGR, CNNMoney, Awful Announcing, TVWeek.com, The Verge, Gizmodo, Mediaite, The A.V. Club, Polygon, The Week, The Playlist, KAJ-TV, TV Tattle and Just Jared