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Ellie Bufkin / Washington Examiner:
The New Republic has taken down an article by Dale Peck about Pete Buttigieg that included speculation about his sex life and repeatedly called him “Mary Pete” — The New Republic published and then deleted an opinion article on Friday that offered shocking and incendiary commentary …
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Maddie Stone / Gizmodo:
Gizmodo says The New Republic is withdrawing from a September climate change forum after some partners leave in response to TNR's offensive Pete Buttigieg post — On Friday, The New Republic published an an offensive, homophobic attack on Democratic candidate Pete Buttigieg.
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CNN, Slate, @forlibrarians and @brianstelter
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with Ching-Ching Ni, EIC of NYT's free Chinese language site, on its function as a public service, its WeChat presence, VPN access for users in China, more — “Censorship is a way of life in China right now. Everybody knows that whatever they say and share is controlled by the government.
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South China Morning Post:
Sources: China's government is in talks to take a minority stake with super voting power in financial news aggregator wallstreet.cn, which it suspended in June — China's internet regulator is in talks to take up a stake in wallstreet.cn, whose financial news aggregation service …
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@alecolarizi and @sunchartist
Michael Holden / Reuters:
After the leak of UK ambassador's Trump memo, police warn media they may violate the law if further docs leak, provoking anger among journalists, politicians — LONDON (Reuters) - Senior British politicians, including both contenders to be the next prime minister, joined journalists on Saturday …
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Scott Roxborough / Hollywood Reporter:
Ampere Analysis: in Q1 2019, 80% of US internet users and 70%+ of users in the UK and Nordic territories were subscribed to at least one SVOD service — Young audiences are driving growth in demand for subscription video services, with the U.S. market reviving and Europe quickly catching up, a report from Ampere Analysis finds.
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Bloomberg:
Source: James Murdoch has invested $20M in The Void, a startup that has launched immersive, interactive VR venues in 11 cities around the world — - Mogul is building diverse portfolio after leaving Fox empire — James Murdoch, heir to billionaire media magnate Rupert Murdoch …
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Anna Jean Kaiser / Associated Press:
Weeks after reporting leaks about a key member of Brazil's far-right government, Glenn Greenwald has become the focus of Brazil's press freedom debate — RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Several weeks after publishing explosive reports about a key member of Brazil's far-right government …
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@markamesexiled, @fabiochiusi and @sulliview
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Q&A with Glenn Reedus, former Chicago Defender executive editor, on the paper's role in the Great Migration, its politics, its presence in the black community — This week, the Chicago Defender, one of the most renowned black newspapers in America, will cease to produce a print edition.
Camille Bromley / Columbia Journalism Review:
How magazines like A Magazine, Banana, Giant Robot, and others helped shape Asian American identity — One day in the summer of 2001, when I was fifteen, I sat at the kitchen counter of my family's home, flipping through magazines. If my parents had been subscribers to Vanity Fair …
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@nicole_soojung, @giantroboteric, @taylorweik, @rtajima, @kenli729 and @fluffysharp
Jacqui Banaszynski / Storyboard Posts Archive:
A look at how an LAT story on efforts to revive a Native American language came together using a central character, a visual poem, and an interactive map — The story on the Tongva language was part of the revived Column One feature in The Los Angeles Times.
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@tcurwen, @seangreene89 and @niemanfdn
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
StreamElements: Twitch viewers live streamed 2.72B+ hours in Q2, compared with 735.54M hours on YouTube Live, 197.76M on Facebook Gaming, and 112.29M on Mixer — Twitch continues to lead rivals including YouTube Live, Facebook Gaming, and Microsoft's Mixer when it comes to live streaming video.