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Tiffany Hsu / New York Times:
After Epstein got out of jail, Forbes, HuffPost, and National Review ran puff pieces about him, not mentioning his conviction, largely via outside contributors — After Jeffrey Epstein got out of the Palm Beach County jail in 2009, having served 13 months of an 18-month sentence resulting …
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Nieman Lab, American Press Institute, @opdeatheatersus, @gadyepstein, @markseibel, @cleucl, @cleucl, @cleucl, @nytimes, @cleucl, Talking Biz News and @jonswaine
Knight Foundation:
Knight Foundation invests $50M at 11 American universities and research institutions to better understand how technology is transforming democracy — Cross-disciplinary research centers and projects will fill knowledge gaps on how society is informed in the digital age
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Kevin Poulsen / The Daily Beast:
Kristian Rouz, an on-air reporter for the Trump-endorsed One America News Network, has been writing simultaneously for Russian propaganda outlet Sputnik — Kristian Rouz appears on segments for One America News Network—ironic given he is working for a Russian outlet fingered in the 2016 election attack.
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@jayrosen_nyu, @padresj, @theplumlinegs, @patbagley, @brianstelter, @dangillmor and @katestarbird
Wudan Yan:
Freelance journalist documents the frustrations encountered and energy spent trying to hold three late-paying publications accountable for $5000+ they owed her — In late May, I returned home after four weeks on the road. I spent two of those weeks on vacation, and another two on the East Coast, visiting family and friends.
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@wudanyan, Nicole Knows, @evepeyser, @nicole_cliffe, @erinbiba, @akilahobviously, @jwsthomson, @tessajeanmiller, @wudanyan, @steverousseau, @wudanyan, @jessica_roy, @nicole_rifkin, @diandramae, @bigmommascott, @crystalsully, @wudanyan, @wudanyan, @sulliview, @grimkim, @alicialutes, @mekosoff, @grumplovesyou, @nickmartin, @coelasquid, @wudanyan and @simonowens
Max Willens / Digiday:
The publishing platform war between Vox Media's Chorus and The Washington Post's Arc is heating up, as both companies invest heavily in fight for market share — In the spring of 2019, shortly after joining This Old House as chief operating officer, Evan Silverman set out to find a new digital publishing platform.
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@ftrain, AdExchanger and @seangriffey, more at Techmeme »
Emma Graham-Harrison / The Guardian:
Brexit funder Arron Banks issues legal threats against Netflix and journalist Carole Cadwalladr over The Great Hack documentary, which comes out this week — Legal threat comes as campaigners warn UK government that courts are being used to intimidate journalists
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The Guardian, @stilldelvingh, @carolecadwalla, @carolecadwalla and Digital TV Europe
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The Guardian:
Observer editor, press freedom nonprofits, and others pen open letter concerning rising use of SLAPP litigation in the UK to silence journalists
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Press Gazette, @carolecadwalla, @caoilfhionnanna, @justinbbarthet, @pcaruanagalizia, @scottishpen, @carolecadwalla and @peterjukes
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
After taking AG Barr's characterization of the Mueller report at face value, the media has another chance to get it right when Mueller testifies before Congress — In political media, as in love, there aren't many chances to correct a serious wrong. — But the news media …
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The Week, @rachellarris, @jayrosen_nyu, @ericschultz, New York Times, The Week and CNN
Brian Stelter / CNN:
A look at the work of Puerto Rican news nonprofit CPI, whose publication of texts sent by the governor has partly sparked protests demanding his resignation — New York (CNN Business)Puerto Rico's Center for Investigative Journalism has broken many, many stories in the past eleven years.
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@julito77
Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
Newly profitable, Axel Springer and Samsung's news aggregator app Upday plans to launch on other platforms and introduce a podcast aggregator this year — Axel Springer's line of defense against the duopoly, news aggregator app Upday, is now profitable and gearing up to scale further and drive more revenue.
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@upday_press
David Bauder / Associated Press:
ESPN reasserts policy to avoid politics after radio talk show host Dan Le Batard criticized Trump and his recent racist comments, and ESPN itself, on air — NEW YORK (AP) — ESPN is making sure that its employees know there is not change in the network's policy to avoid talking about politics unless …
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Poynter, New York Post, New York Post, @leslieannewade, @jayrosen_nyu, Talking Points Memo, @andrewmarchand, CNN, Deadspin and Politico
Michael Calderone / Politico:
Nearly every Democratic presidential candidate has pledged to bring back daily press briefings at the White House and the Pentagon in 2021 — Joe Biden said in a speech that he would bring back the televised sessions, and 21 Democratic campaigns said in response to a survey by POLITICO that they would do the same.
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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
CBS News says Maria Salinas, who left Univision in 2017 after 30 years, will contribute to reports across broadcasts and appear during 2020 election coverage — Longtime former Univision anchor Maria Elena Salinas is set to become a contributor to CBS News.
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CBS Press Express, TVNewser, AllAccess.com, @mariaesalinas, Variety, Los Angeles Times and Broadcasting & Cable
Hayley Miller / HuffPost:
Cumulus Media blocks country radio stations from airing Blair Garner's interview with Pete Buttigieg, citing the FCC's equal-time rule — Nash FM's Blair Garner recorded an interview with the Democratic presidential candidate last week, but the broadcasting company spiked it.
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USA Today, Poynter, Billboard, @blairgarner, Rolling Stone, @dankennedy_nu, @kurtbardella, The Hill, @dabeard, @kurtbardella, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo, CNN, HillReporter.com, SoundCloud and Washington Post
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Study of 4M+ tweets during 2017 elections: the ratio of links to professional news sources vs. “junk news” was 7:1 in France, 5:1 in UK, and 4:1 in Germany — In the EU, junk is replacing news from the government, not news from the mainstream media.
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