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6:50 AM ET, July 26, 2019

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Kyle Blaine / CNN:
CNN will hold a climate town hall for Democratic presidential candidates on September 4 in New York City  —  (CNN)CNN will host a Democratic presidential town hall in September focused on the climate crisis.  —  The event will take place on Wednesday, September 4, in New York City.
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Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
MSNBC, Georgetown, and Our Daily Planet plan to host a climate forum September 19-20, inviting all presidential candidates, which will stream on NBC News Now  —  A portion of the event will be televised on Chris Hayes' primetime MSNBC show.  —  The 2020 Democrats are set …
Brent Cunningham / Pacific Standard:
A look at the relationship between the Charleston Gazette and WV's coal and natural gas industries, and whether its new owner will support its watchdog role  —  The Charleston Gazette-Mail, known for its dogged accountability journalism, survived a merger and bankruptcy.
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
NBCUniversal to launch its ad-supported streaming platform in April 2020 with the same infrastructure as Sky's, will develop originals tied to its content  —  Comcast units are double down on the content and streaming wars as NBCUniversal plans to launch its advertising-supported streaming platform …
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Comcast Q2 earnings beat estimates with Sky accounting for a 23.6% YoY revenue spike; NBCU revenue fell 0.8% to $8.2B, but earnings grew 8.1% YoY to $2.3B  —  Comcast's second quarter earnings beat analysts estimates but total revenue came in just shy of expectations.
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Source: CNN wants a $300K commitment in advertising before a sponsor can purchase ads during Democratic debate telecasts; spots during debates start at ~$110K  —  TV's latest emerging hit takes all the thrills of a traditional reality competition program and mixes in an awful lot of drama.
Jemele Hill / The Atlantic:
ESPN's naive rule against political commentary forces commentators to ignore the real world, an untenable approach for a journalistic operation and for staff  —  Late last week, the ESPN host Dan Le Batard veered outside the sports network's hard-line stance on avoiding politics on the air.
Kevin Draper / New York Times:
Twitter signs an agreement with NBC for 2020 Olympics, to show limited live event coverage, highlights, and a daily 20-minute show  —  Twitter will show some live coverage, highlights and a daily studio show from the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.  —  If you cannot find a television …
Matthew Rosenberg / New York Times:
Facebook's ad library is so plagued by bugs and technical constraints that researchers say it is effectively useless to adequately track political advertising  —  The social network's new ad library is so flawed, researchers say, that it is effectively useless as a way to track political messaging.
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Parliament members weigh extending UK's Freedom of Information Act to cover private contractors performing public services  —  A Lib Dem peer has pledged to introduce a Private Member's Bill designed to “update and improve” the Freedom of Information Act 2000 if Boris Johnson's government fails …
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Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
Ebony's photo archives are sold for $30M to a group of foundations led by J. Paul Getty Trust; photos will go to Smithsonian, Getty Research Institute, others  —  A consortium of foundations led by the J. Paul Getty Trust is buying the historic Ebony photo archives for $30 million …
 
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Maria Bustillos / Columbia Journalism Review:
After Mueller's testimony, NBC's Chuck Todd showed a basic misunderstanding of the requirements of his job, critiquing “optics” of the testimony, not substance