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Katie Sullivan / Media Matters for America:
NYT, WSJ, Chicago Tribune, and LAT left the report of sexual assault of E. Jean Carroll by Trump off their front pages; WaPo placed it below the fold — A new report of sexual assault committed by President Donald Trump has come to light, but several major newspapers didn't find …
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Amanda Meade / The Guardian:
News Corp tabloid the Herald Sun offers journalists cash bonuses between $10 and $50 for driving digital subscriptions and traffic through their own stories — Reporters to be financially rewarded if readers subscribe to site and reach certain number of page views
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The Drum, @chrismsutcliffe, @earleyedition, @mmasnick, @jayrosen_nyu, @bencubby, @jo_tovey and @reckless
Samira Sadeque / The Daily Dot:
Ravelry, a social networking site for knitting with ~829K MAUs, bans all posts supportive of the Trump administration, which it claims supports white supremacy — Ravelry, the leading social networking website for knitting activities, banned posts that are supportive of President Donald Trump and his administration.
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Ravelry, Fast Company, @jessesingal, Business Insider, Jezebel, @joycewhitevance and Vickie Howell, more at Techmeme »
Lane Sainty / BuzzFeed:
Australian judge allows man to sue media companies for defamation over Facebook comments written by their readers — Former youth detainee Dylan Voller is suing News Corp, Fairfax Media and Sky News. — BuzzFeed News Reporter, Australia — Dylan Voller, the Aboriginal man …
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The Guardian, @mmasnick, The Daily Dot, @kismith, Gizmodo, Techdirt, Sydney Morning Herald, ABC, @joshgnosis and @daphnehk
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
ThinkProgress editor Joe Romm and ex-Fox News reporter Carl Cameron team up to launch FrontPageLive.com, pitched as a liberal antidote to the Drudge Report — When folks leave Fox News, they quite often pursue projects that align with the worldview of their former employer.
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Mediaite, @erikwemple, Talking Points Memo, @fairmediawatch, @authorkimberley and @badfoxgraphics
CNN:
NYPD arrested 66 people who were protesting the NYT's coverage of climate change; protesters were calling for greater urgency and daily headlines on the topic — (CNN)Sixty-six people were arrested outside of The New York Times building in Manhattan on Saturday, according …
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USA Today:
Supreme Court rules against Argus Leader newspaper, limiting media access to government records through FOIA by expanding what can be deemed “confidential” — WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court limited public and media access to government records Monday by expanding a federal law's definition …
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New York Times, Politico, The Supreme Court, CNN, Reason, @bradheath, @timothy_cama, @lukebrussel, courthousenews.com and The Hill
David Streitfeld / New York Times:
A look at some egregious cases of counterfeit books sold on Amazon; this year Amazon began listing sales of counterfeit goods as a material risk in SEC filings — SPERRYVILLE, Va. — “The Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy” is a medical handbook that recommends the right amount …
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@mobylives, @nytimesbusiness, @garybernhardt, @danitrussoni, @amazonnews and @bubbaprog, more at Techmeme »
Allison P. Davis / The Cut:
Inside Babe.net, which rose to prominence by publishing sexual assault allegations against Aziz Ansari and closed this year amid dramatic internal conflict — In the spring of 2018, I visited the offices of the millennial/Gen-Z-oriented website babe.net, a sunny loft space in Williamsburg, just around the corner from Vice.
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Stephanie Sengwe / The Streamable:
Ad-supported TV streaming service Tubi says it has 20M monthly active users, surpassing Pluto TV, which said last month that it had 16M MAUs — The Streamable is reader-supported and may earn an affiliate commission when you sign up with our links. — Tubi announced today …
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The Wrap, Variety, Multichannel News, Broadcasting & Cable, Deadline and FierceVideo
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Gawker editor Ben Barna has left ahead of its fall relaunch and been replaced by a Time editor; the site's only two full-time writers quit in January — In the latest sign of editorial turbulence, the number two editor at the yet-to-relaunch Gawker is returning to Interview …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Public support and donations sought to build a memorial in Washington DC for journalists who died doing their jobs — (CNN)A new coalition is seeking public support and donations for a Fallen Journalists Memorial in Washington, D.C. — The initiative is being announced ahead …
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Capital Gazette, @brianstelter, @mccarrennews, @cnnbusiness, Fallen Journalists and @jayrosen_nyu