Top News:
Aaron Rupar / Vox:
White House counselor Kellyanne Conway grilled a Jewish reporter about his ethnicity while defending Trump's racist statements about four congresswomen of color — When the quiet part becomes very loud. — White House counselor Kellyanne Conway went as far as to grill a Jewish reporter …
RELATED:
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
In her promising debut as the CBS Evening News anchor, Norah O'Donnell called out Trump's racist tweets as she attempts to restore trust in the network — Yesterday, the news cycle threw a test at Norah O'Donnell as she anchored her first broadcast as host of CBS Evening News.
Discussion:
@brianstelter, The Atlantic, @jayrosen_nyu, @cjr, The Guardian, Mediaite, Variety, David Hume Kennerly, Mediaite and Media Matters for America
Brian Stelter / CNN:
When covering Trump's tweets telling freshman congresswomen to “go back” to their countries, major media outlets relied on critics to label them as racist — New York (CNN Business)A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here.
Discussion:
New Yorker, Poynter, New York Times, The Wrap, @nbcnews, New York Post, @existentialfish, @juddlegum, @joyannreid, Media Matters for America, Washington Post, @maggienyt, @jonathanweisman, @brianstelter, Charlotte Observer, @clintsmithiii, @drewharwell, @poniewozik, @adrienneelrod, @tedlieu, @anildash, @eugene_scott, @connieschultz, @clydehaberman, @anhaiphung, @natesilver538, @owillis, @alexazura, @jayrosen_nyu, @jayrosen_nyu, @mlcalderone, @juddapatow, @maggienyt, @kashanacauley, @sewellchan, @gabrielsherman, @anhaiphung, @nytimes, @revrrlewis, @jayrosen_nyu, @tb_times, @brianstelter, @ewarren, @drfitz, Nieman Lab, @jamilsmith, @joyannreid, @mehdirhasan, Columbia Journalism Review, @brianstelter, Media Matters for America, Washington Post, Washington Post and Boing Boing
Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
Twitter says Trump's racist tweets attacking four congresswomen don't break its rules and will not be labeled with a disclaimer
Discussion:
@realdonaldtrump, @dellcam, Deadline, CBS News, Washington Post, Reason, FOX2now.com, @penamerican, The Guardian, @dangillmor, @nickstatt, @ericgeller, @dellcam, @mcnees, @ericajoy, @dellcam, @lfdodds, @brofax, @bcmerchant, @cbouzy, @lam_barrett, @cnn, @dellcam, @dellcam, @dellcam, @donie and Gizmodo, more at Techmeme »
Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple plans to fund original, exclusive podcasts and has reached out to media companies, in a bid to compete with Spotify — - Tech giant looks to use exclusives to compete with Spotify — Company has recently added new Podcasts Mac app, web interface
Discussion:
Nieman Lab, MacRumors, CNBC, TechCrunch, Music Business Worldwide, @karissabe, @laurengoode, The A.V. Club, @ow, @thurrott, @anthonyirwinla, @lucas_shaw, Variety, Engadget, Tubefilter, VentureBeat, @pkafka, @pkafka, Gizmodo, The Verge, @marcoarment, @markgurman, 9to5Mac and CNET, more at Techmeme »
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Newsletter platform Substack raises $15.3M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, says Substack newsletters now have 50,000 paying subscribers — Andreessen Horowitz is betting that there's still a big opportunity in newsletters — the venture capital firm is leading a $15.3 million Series A in Substack.
Discussion:
Nieman Lab, Fortune, @juddlegum, @rafat, @niubi, @josephflaherty, @andrewchen, MediaPost and Substack Blog, more at Techmeme »
The Daily Beast:
David Barstow, who reportedly alienated co-authors on the NYT team that probed Trump's taxes by planning a book with a source, is leaving to join UC-Berkeley — David Barstow joins Berkeley journalism school after winning a fourth Pulitzer and alienating his teammates by trying to ghostwrite a book with a top-secret source.
Discussion:
Mediaite, @davidbarstow and Talking Biz News
Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
Netflix alters the graphic suicide scene from the season one finale of 13 Reasons Why, with support from the medical community, after two years of controversy — The nearly three-minute-long scene has been altered two years after its debut — and ahead of the YA drama's forthcoming return.
Discussion:
@netflix, @13reasonswhy, @afspnational, @barbarabot, @skg_18, @13reasonswhy, The Playlist, @shauniedarko, Tubefilter, @artifishly, @lisabritton, @annabroges, @nimhdirector, /Film, Vox, Fortune, Consequence of Sound, The Verge, VICE, The Daily Caller, Polygon, The A.V. Club, CNET, MTV, New York Times, New York Post, Vanity Fair, Decider, Washington Post, USA Today, BBC, TechCrunch, Variety, Engadget, 89.3 KPCC and Fox News
Nicholas Quah / Nieman Lab:
Southern California Public Radio announces a new podcast division called LAist Studios, aiming to be the West Coast equivalent of WNYC Studios — Welcome to Hot Pod, a newsletter about podcasts. This is issue 218, dated July 16, 2019. — California dreamin'.
Discussion:
LAist, Apple Podcasts and RAIN News
Poynter:
Kansas City TV station criticized for editing the audio a woman secretly recorded of her conversation with an NFL player accused of child abuse — A clash of journalism values was on display last week when a Kansas City news director went on the air to defend his station. — The background
Discussion:
610 Sports Radio
Times of Malta:
Three men accused of murdering journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia will stand trial after prosecutors in Malta issued a formal bill of indictment — Vincent Muscat and Degiorgio brothers Alfred and George were arrested in December 2017 and have spent the past 19 months in and out of court …
Discussion:
BBC and Agence France-Presse
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
As part of its Daily Essentials section, Quibi to launch a twice-daily news show in partnership with NBC, a multiyear, eight-figure deal, sources say — Short-form video company founded by Jeffrey Katzenberg plans to launch slate of daily shows including news, sports and weather
Discussion:
Variety, @laurenjohnson, @kerrymflynn, @kerrymflynn, @jbenton, TVNewser, MediaPost, Hollywood Reporter and Deadline
Jessica Davies / Digiday:
Washington Post introduces Zeus Insights, an ad-targeting tool that isn't reliant on third-party cookies, for its Zeus ad tech platform — The Washington Post has developed a first-party data ad targeting tool called Zeus Insights that offers detailed contextual targeting capabilities along with user-intent predictions for marketers.
Discussion:
@jarroddicker and Washington Post
Output Producer, CA — 
China Markets Correspondent, Shanghai — 
Senior Assignment Editor, DC — 
Breaking News Editor, Tokyo — 
Senior Correspondent - Wealth, NY — 
Reporter - Ottawa Bureau — 
Local Government Reporter, IA — 
Research Director, CA — 
Immigration Enforcement Reporter — 
Presque Island Reporter, ME — 
Contributing Parks Ed. - SW, CA — 
AI Content Editor, WA — 
Legislative Reporter, TN — 
Editorial Assistant, Remote US — 
Elon Musk Reporter, NY or CA — 
Government & Politics Editor, WA — 
Business & GA Reporter. VT — 
Sports Reporter, WA — 
Energy Reporter, TX — 
Senior Reporter, SC — 
Trade & Climate Correspondent, DC — 
Reporter, WI — 
Political Newsletter Writer, CO — 
Jackson Reporter, MS — 
Music Editor, AZ — 
Breaking News Reporter, NV — 
Fearless Reporter/Producer, IA — 
Reporter II - Technology, Remote — 
Editor, Remote US — 
City Reporter, WA — 
Executive Editor, OR — 
Education & Budget Reporter, CA — 
Senior Writer/Editor, FL — 
Media Editor, Remote — 
