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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Journalist Julie K. Brown, whose work revealed Jeffrey Epstein's wildly lenient sentence for sex trafficking, on the importance of perseverance in investigation — New York (CNN Business)In the past year the Jeffrey Epstein case was catapulted onto the national news radar by one newspaper …
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Washington Post, Miami Herald, Poynter, Columbia Journalism Review, New York Times, Bloomberg and Associated Press
Meaghan Beatley / Columbia Journalism Review:
Following two high-profile cases, Spanish journalists and activists discuss identifying victims of sexual violence as it both humanizes them and engenders abuse — In late May, a 32-year-old woman living outside Madrid killed herself after a sex video she'd taken of herself five years earlier resurfaced.
BuzzFeed News:
Disney is dominating Hollywood after devouring 20th Century Fox, forcing other studios to change and shaping Hollywood's future for a generation — Between its army of beloved franchises and purchase of 20th Century Fox, Disney controls more of the movie business than any studio in generations.
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Mark Kleinman / Sky News:
UK's JPI Media sets Monday deadline for bids on titles like The Scotsman and the i; CEO previously told staff JPI was not engaged in a “formal sales process” — The owners of JPIMedia have set a Monday deadline for bids for The Scotsman publisher, Sky News learns. — Created with Sketch.
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Motoko Rich / New York Times:
Profile of Isoko Mochizuki, a female Japanese reporter whose persistent questioning style stands out among a compliant media culture and male-dominated politics — TOKYO — Isoko Mochizuki, a reporter for Tokyo's largest regional newspaper, walks into a government news conference pulling …
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@jincoll, @motokorich, @iamdenio, @andreasharsono and @motokorich
Telegraph:
Heather Mills says she and 90 others received a record media libel settlement for her News Group phone hacking claim, though Mills' was a privacy suit — Heather Mills has claimed she has received a ‘record payout’ after settling her phone hacking claim against News Group Newspapers (NGN).
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Committee to Protect Journalists:
Moroccan journalists discuss digital surveillance, wiretapping, and harassment by the government, driving some to leave the country or the profession — In March 2015, Hicham Mansouri emailed an anti-malware company, suspicious of possible signs that someone was able to access his device remotely, without permission.
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@allisonlmcmanus, @pressfreedom and @aaschapiro
Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
The Economist made 59% of its £333.4M in revenue from subscriptions and circulation in 2018; in May, newsletter referral traffic overtook Twitter referrals — When it comes to content, The Economist takes the view that value trumps volume, a view that extends to its email newsletters.
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Priyanka Borpujari / Columbia Journalism Review:
Problems local reporters face when dealing with Western news orgs, who often see them merely as “fixers”, could be addressed by crediting them with a co-byline — In April, Neha Dixit, a journalist in India, received an email from a professor at Northwestern University.
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@ellenbarrynyt, @dickinsonbeth, @mehreenzahra, @francescam63 and @meghara
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Mozilla teases $5/month news subscription service offering ad-free browsing, audio readouts, cross-platform article syncing, in apparent partnership with Scroll — Mozilla has started teasing an ad-free news subscription service, which, for $5 per month, would offer ad-free browsing …
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What's New in Publishing, TechCrunch, Engadget, @c_senst, @mkarolian, BetaNews and SlashGear
Elisa Shearer / Pew Research Center:
A look at the challenges underlying how the Pew Research Center has phrased questions about Americans' online news habits since 1999 — Elisa Shearer in Pew Research Center: Decoded — At Pew Research Center, we've been asking Americans about their online news habits since the mid-1990s.
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Nieman Lab, @gijn, @johngramlich and @elisashearer
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
A look at Telemundo's growth since NBCU acquired it in 2011, with more investment in journalism, sports, and edgier shows, as well as its rivalry with Univision — MIAMI — Twenty miles west of Miami's glittering oceanfront, closer to the Everglades than to the Fontainebleau hotel …
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@luisfemiami, @nytimesbusiness and @nytimesbusiness
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