Mediagazer: Moscow court ordered opposition magazine The New Times to pay $338K under “foreign agents” law, which may cause it to shutter, with additional fine for EIC (Committee to Protect Journalists)

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Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:

Facebook pulls Trump campaign's anti-immigration ad saying it violates advertising policy against “sensational content,” though the video can be posted — Washington DC (CNN)Facebook has stopped the Trump campaign from running its racist anti-immigration commercial as an ad on the site.

Discussion: CNN, Variety, Gizmodo, @mikeisaac, Mashable, The Daily Beast, @slpng_giants, @xeni, @raju, The Daily Caller and TV Tattle

Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:

Fox News Joins NBC in Pulling Trump-Backed Anti-Migrant Ad — CNN refused to run the commercial, saying it was racist — NBC faced backlash, including outrage from Hollywood notables — Fox News joined NBC in pulling a controversial TV commercial about the migrant caravan …

Discussion: Fast Company, New York Post, The Daily Beast, TVWeek.com, @qjurecic, Axios and Splinter, more at Techmeme »

New York Times:

NBC aired an anti-immigration ad, approved by Trump, which CNN had refused to broadcast because it was racist, before deciding to remove it — NBC, Fox News and Facebook have pulled a controversial Trump campaign advertisement that CNN had previously refused to run after deeming it “racist.”

Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:

NBC News pulls Trump's “migrant caravan” ad which aired during Sunday Night Football; NFL's media committee, chaired by Trump donor, could have vetoed the ad — The move comes after the ad aired during ‘Sunday Night Football’ and received swift backlash.

Discussion: Mediaite, Engadget, New Republic, @dylanbyers, @marisaguthrie, The A.V. Club and @juddapatow

Ashley Carman / The Verge:

Oath CEO Guru Gowrappan says the company will be rebranded as the Verizon Media Group, starting in 2019 — We roasted Verizon last year when it brought it merged its AOL and Yahoo purchases into a new group called Oath. Today, the company's CEO Guru Gowrappan announced that Oath is no more …

Discussion: Adweek, Multichannel News, TechCrunch, Associated Press, Verizon Fios & Custom TV, CNBC, BetaNews, @johnlegere, Telecompaper, campaignlive.co.uk, The Drum, @modestproposal1 and FierceVideo, more at Techmeme »

Jelani Cobb / Columbia Journalism Review:

79% of people working in the media industry are white, meaning the US press frequently misses big stories, like the rise of Trump — Five years ago, I came across an article in The New York Times about a spate of robberies in the Bronx. It was the kind of story that has been a staple …

Committee to Protect Journalists:

Moscow court ordered opposition magazine The New Times to pay $338K under “foreign agents” law, which may cause it to shutter, with additional fine for EIC — The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned an exorbitant fine imposed on the independent news outlet The New Times.

Discussion: France 24

The New York Times Company:

NYMag columnist Cristian Farias joins NYT Editorial Board as interim member while Jesse Wegman is on book leave, Alex Kingsbury joins as senior editor — Cristian Farias, who has been a columnist at New York magazine, will help fill Jesse Wegman's role while he's on book leave …

Richard Sandomir / New York Times:

Longtime Sports Illustrated football writer Paul Zimmerman, known as Dr. Z, dies at 86 — Paul Zimmerman, a pro football writer whose deep understanding of the game informed his work at Sports Illustrated and influenced the way other reporters covered the sport, died on Thursday in Noblesville, Ind. Also known as Dr. Z, he was 86.

Discussion: Sports Illustrated, Official Site … and @grantwahl

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:

Study: abusive comments hurt the credibility of journalists and news organizations for other readers; no difference in abuse toward male and female reporters — Newsrooms: When you let your readers attack your reporters in the comments — U R SO BIAS YOU STUPID LIBTARD #FAKENEWS …

The Guardian:

Guardian US journalists respond to a Guardian editorial, say it advanced transphobic views, including gender assertions being used to eliminate trans rights — A recent editorial on the Gender Recognition Act in the UK was met with dismay by Guardian US journalists who believe …

Discussion: @samtlevin, @mercurialblonde, @travisalabanza, @bethanyrutter, @ri_mcd, @sabrinasiddiqui, @transmediawatch, @misselliemae, @shonfaye and @owenjones84

Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:

The Guardian has received donations from 1M+ readers since March 2016, with two-thirds coming from outside the UK — The Guardian has received “financial support” from more than 1m readers since March 2016, editor Kath Viner has revealed, but she insists the newspaper is “not a charity”.