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Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
Behind the Baltimore Sun's widely-read editorial written in response to Trump's tweets attacking the city, which drove atypical traffic and subscriptions — The paper of the city that President Trump attacked didn't mince words. — “Better to have a few rats than to be one,” the Baltimore Sun's editorial declared in its headline.
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
The Fox News distortions behind Trump's attack on Baltimore and its congressman
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Breitbart, @cnnnewsroom, Common Dreams, @sduncovered, @kimkbaltimore, @buddystone, The Week and The Independent
Associated Press:
Jair Bolsonaro raises the possibility of jail for Glenn Greenwald after The Intercept Brazil reports on the contents of a minister's hacked phone conversations — RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil's president renewed his attacks on journalist Glenn Greenwald on Saturday, raising the possibility …
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@theintercept, South China Morning Post, Mediaite, @postbaron, @jaketapper, France 24, @terrence_mccoy, @ggreenwald and @ggreenwald
Ira Boudway / Bloomberg:
Aggressively expanding sports news site The Athletic says it hit 500K paying subscribers in June and expects to nearly double that number by the end of the year — The Athletic, a sports-news subscription service launched in 2016, said it has reached more than 500,000 subscribers and expects to nearly double that total by year-end.
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
EU's top court rules that sites with embedded Facebook Like buttons are responsible for data collected, must obtain user consent before data is sent to Facebook — Europe's top court has made a ruling that could affect scores of websites that embed the Facebook ‘Like’ button and receive visitors from the region.
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@jason_kint and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
Emily Bell / The Guardian:
In covering Boris Johnson's premiership, UK press should heed lessons from the US, where media largely normalized Trump over the past three years — British journalists faced with Boris Johnson should examine the American experience — If one wanted a metaphor for the perils and trials …
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Poynter, American Press Institute, @lawrence, @sianberry, @liseinthecity, @greenslader, @churumuri, @emilybell, Editor & Publisher and The Independent
Robert Eliason:
Local reporter in Gilroy, CA, describes national news media swarming in to cover the aftermath of the Garlic Festival shooting, crowding out local press — Thinking this will be the last post I do on this craziness. — I was decompressing from a long couple of days when my friend Issac called to see if I was at the Festival.
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@lizflock, @tomnamako, @jackischechner, @mattserweketv, @elenaiswriting, @cjbsc, @wyshynski, @jon_allsop, @dangillmor, @cwarzel, @ehernandez, @brianstelter, @kronayne and @soledadobrien
Lauren Johnson / Business Insider:
Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke says it won't report viewership data; the company's co-head of TV says Amazon doesn't share absolute numbers with creators — - Amazon head of studios Jennifer Salke said that unlike Netflix, the company doesn't plan to offer viewership data to creators.
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The Wrap and Hollywood Reporter
Jason Gurwin / The Streamable:
YouTube TV reaches a deal to carry any PBS member station that chooses to participate later this year; it is the first live TV streaming partnership for PBS — The Streamable is reader-supported and may earn an affiliate commission when you sign up with our links.
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The Wrap, Broadcasting & Cable, TechCrunch, The Wrap, @robpegoraro, Engadget, 9to5Google, Appleosophy and @youtubetv
Kelly McBride / Poynter:
Editor of independent news organization The Christian Chronicle calls out Fox News reporter for aggregating his scoop with scant credit — Bobby Ross Jr. is a veteran religion reporter and a man of faith. He edits The Christian Chronicle, an independent news organization serving the Church of Christ community.
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@bobbyross, Fox News, The Christian Chronicle, @jackmjenkins and @kellymcb
Emiliano Mellino / WIRED UK:
Former staffers describe a fear-driven workplace at Culture Trip, a fast-growing UK media startup, which has raised $100M and claims 18M monthly uniques — Culture Trip has raised $100 million and claims millions of visitors a month. Former staff members paint a less than perfect picture …
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@traveleditornik, @nthnashma, @jessicabateman, @ankaman616 and @rafat
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
NewsWhip data suggests publisher engagement on Facebook is rising with a dramatic increase in the number of native videos, but live video is in decline — It's not easy to get Facebook strategy straight when the only constant for publishers at the company is change, and a new report …
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@niemanlab
Kara Swisher / Vox:
Q&A with Reddit CEO Steve Huffman on quarantining /r/The_Donald, a decision he says was intended to give the community a chance to change — /r/The_Donald was punished for hosting “violent content,” and Huffman isn't convinced the community's moderators are taking that problem seriously enough.
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@michaelrgallas and @voxdotcom
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