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Nathan Francis / The Inquisitr:
Canadian political cartoonist Michael de Adder dropped from a series of newspapers after his cartoon depicting Donald Trump and dead migrants went viral — Political cartoonist Michael de Adder has been dropped from a series of newspapers after his cartoon depicting Donald Trump stepping …
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Connor Mannion / Mediaite:
Quillette editor Andy Ngo beaten, “milkshaked” by Antifa protestors during a rally in Portland — Quillette editor Andy Ngo was beaten up and had milkshakes thrown at him by Antifa protestors during a rally in Portland. … The video from Oregonian reporter Jim Ryan appears …
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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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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
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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Tiffany Stevens / Poynter:
A history of The Washington Blade, the oldest surviving LGBTQ newspaper in the US, as it celebrates its 50th anniversary — This year, The Washington Blade is celebrating its golden anniversary not just during pride month, but throughout the entire year. Just 10 years ago, however …
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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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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@bristei
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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Better News:
With Sports Pass, the Miami Herald offers a $30 yearly subscription to coverage of the city's sports, with 80% of subscribers located outside of South Florida — Here's an idea to steal and adapt: The Miami Herald in August 2018 created Sports Pass, a sports-only digital subscription plan …
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@raju
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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@niemanlab, @jbenton, @newsbyschmidt and Associated Press
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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The Daily Cartoonist, @raju, @gitagovinda, @nadia_shammas_, Bleeding Cool and The A.V. Club
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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@richantoniello and @pia_frey
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