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Julian Borger / The Guardian:
Putin tells Trump that he, too, has the “problem” of “fake news” in Russia; CPJ says 26 journalists have been murdered in Russia since Putin became president — US president voices disdain for ‘fake news’ at G20 and makes light of election meddling — Play Video
J. Breen Mitchell / WFMJ-TV:
Days after its 150th birthday, The Vindicator in Youngstown, Ohio, announces it will stop production; sources say the paper's final issue will be in mid-August — After more than a century, The Vindicator will permanently cease production. — According to sources, the paper's final issue will be published in mid-August.
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Juli Clover / MacRumors:
Report: multiple publishers have been unimpressed with revenue from Apple News+; one said revenue has been one twentieth of what Apple said it would be — Apple News+ seems to be floundering just months after its launch, according to new details from participating magazine publishers shared by Business Insider.
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Dominic Patten / Deadline:
NBC's second Democratic candidate debate attracted 18.1M viewers, topping 2015's Clinton-Sanders debate by 2.6M and attracting 9M streaming viewers — UPDATE, 12:01 PM: Looks like the viewership estimations for the second Democratic debate were as conservative as frontrunner Joe Biden.
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Pew Research Center:
Pew survey: 70% of Republicans say fact-checkers tend to favor one side, compared with 29% of Democrats, a 41 percentage point difference — As fact-checking organizations are increasingly being tapped to fight against misinformation, Republicans appear to have serious concerns about the fairness of these groups.
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Cristina Tardáguila / Poynter:
Why US fact-checkers don't collaborate as one organization: Trump could target a single group, multiple fact-checkers can validate each other's work, more — It's been a week since U.S. President Donald Trump officially launched his reelection campaign at a rally in Orlando, Florida, and heated up the path toward 2020.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Profile of Dan Abrams, A&E's Live P.D. host and CEO of Abrams Media, which publishes Mediaite and is working on an OTT network offering live trial coverage — Each weekday at 2 p.m., Dan Abrams talks to America for an hour about the law, politics and media. He's been working steadily to expand the conversation.
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Local newspapers find themselves 36 hours behind on the news due to 6pm deadlines, designed to save money on evening shifts and accommodate outsourced printing — When journalists wants to argue that print has a long life ahead of it, one common move is to point to the enormous demand …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Pierre Omidyar's First Look Media ends funding for political cartoon site The Nib and shuts down Topic Magazine, its nonfiction storytelling digital publication — In a pair of cost-cutting moves, Pierre Omidyar's First Look Media is shuttering the Topic Magazine digital publication dedicated …
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Andrew Curry / Columbia Journalism Review:
How Axel Springer's CEO is restoring profit by transforming the company into a digital business, as its last two dailies are a shrinking part of the business — Axel Springer found a digital identity. Will journalism remain part of it? — In February, Germany's Bild …
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Julia Alexander / The Verge:
YouTube's use of demonetization as a form of punishment is not the same as moderation and does not work on major creators who have other sources of revenue — Steven Crowder's case is a perfect example — When YouTube wanted to punish political pundit Steven Crowder amid widespread outcry …
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Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
How NYT is testing personalization in its iOS app, with a new tab called For You; further testing is planned before an Android or browser version rolls out — The Times knows its editors' judgment of what's important is one of its critical selling points. But in order to surface …
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