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Jason Schwartz / Politico:
The New Yorker has faced criticism, mainly from Fox News and other conservative news outlets, over its story on Judge Kavanaugh's latest accuser — The magazine faced questions from conservative and mainstream outlets about the lack of corroborating eye-witnesses to support a new claim about Kavanaugh's college behavior.
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Washington Post, KXAN-TV, New York Times, The Daily Beast and Denver Westword
Stewart Clarke / Variety:
Comcast has bought 30%+ shares in European pay-TV service Sky and says it is seeking to buy more before its takeover deadline — Comcast said Tuesday it had snapped up more than 30% of the shares in Sky, the European pay-TV service that it is in the process of buying.
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Bloomberg and New York Times
John Williams / New York Times:
New York Review of Books publisher Rea Hederman says Ghomeshi essay appeared to “downplay” experience of victims and that editorial processes were not followed — The New York Review of Books issued a statement on Monday addressing the sudden departure of its editor last week …
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Hollywood Reporter:
Source: CBS News management intends to select Jeff Fager's replacement at “60 Minutes” by the end of September; Exec Editor Bill Owens is favorite among staff — The internal bake-off to succeed the newsmagazine chief is heating up, with Bill Owens and Susan Zirinsky eyed as candidates for the exec producer role.
Ronnie Ramos / Indianapolis Star:
Ronnie Ramos, Editor of The Indianapolis Star, apologizes for a cartoon in Sunday's print edition which mocked Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford — An editorial cartoon we published Sunday in the print edition of The Indianapolis Star offended many readers, and I want to address those concerns.
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The Wrap and Washington Post
John Leland / New York Times:
Seven ways the Village Voice, which laboriously covered local news in NYC, made a difference, from uncovering corruption to giving voice to feminists — When The Voice folded after more than 60 years, the city lost a contrarian, muckraking spirit that can never be replaced. Here, a few of its greatest hits.
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@rachelholliday
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
The News Media Association, which represents British newspapers including The Guardian, has called on the UK govt to levy a tax on tech giants to fund the press — News Media Association says Google and Facebook should fund the journalism from which they profit
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@davidshepardson, @justinhendrix, @netopiaforum, @redlightvoices, @nikhewitt, @jimwaterson, Mashable and Engadget
Aisha Hassan / Quartz:
Spotify and Ancestry.com team up to offer users playlists based on DNA test results; generator to select tracks from ancestral cultures and listening habits — “What is the sound of you?” — This was a question Ancestry, the world's largest for-profit genealogy company, recently asked its users.
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Complex, @chris__richards, @halalcoholism, @deray, The Next Web, Loudwire, Your EDM, The Source, campaignlive.com, HYPEBEAST, Engadget, Pitchfork and The Drum
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Opinion: pro-Trump analysts are important for CNN to avoid partisan presentation but it has had a difficult time keeping them due to their indefensible behavior — But some of their behavior is indefensible — CNN's shows regularly feature people who like to defend the administration of President Donald Trump.
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TVWeek.com
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
The 10" HD screen Echo Show will offer support for Hulu when it ships next month, and Amazon says the first gen Echo Show will also support Hulu live streaming — Amazon's Echo Show will apparently also work like a little TV, not just a visual interface for Alexa and her many apps.
Komal Gupta / Livemint:
WhatsApp has appointed Komal Lahiri as grievance officer to help curb the spread of misinformation and rumors in India, Lahiri will be based in the US — WhatsApp India's grievance officer, Komal Lahiri, who was appointed last month, will be based in the US
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Mashable, TechCrunch and The Next Web
Julianne Escobedo Shepherd / Jezebel:
Five women describe emotional abuse, manipulation, and gaslighting by Mic writer Jack Smith IV; Mic says it found no evidence of improper behavior by him at Mic — As we near the one-year mark of the public accusations against Harvey Weinstein—that he serially assaulted women …
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