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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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The Fox News distortions behind Trump's attack on Baltimore and its congressman
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Breitbart, @sduncovered, @cnnnewsroom, @buddystone, @kimkbaltimore, The Week and The Independent

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, @cwarzel, @jackischechner, @elenaiswriting, @ehernandez, @cjbsc, @jon_allsop, @wyshynski, @brianstelter, @kronayne, @soledadobrien, @dangillmor and @mattserweketv


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.


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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MediaPost, @jason_kint and The Verge, more at Techmeme »


Inside Trump's voracious media diet, made up of major newspapers and printouts of online articles, which staffers use to try to influence him — His newspaper habit is a tool for the president to reward allies and punish foes — and a weapon for those trying to influence him.
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@politico, @doinachiacu, @jonlemire, @anniekarni, @jdawsey1, @oriana0214, @sirajahashmi, @dandrezner and @peterbakernyt


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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Broadcasting & Cable, Broadcasting & Cable, The Wrap, The Wrap, Appleosophy, @robpegoraro, @youtubetv, TechCrunch and Engadget


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


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

A farewell column by The Lowell Sun's laid off sports editor, taken down by management, is republished, criticizing cost-cutting at the hedge fund-owned paper — Note: The hedge fund-owned newspaper chain MediaNews Group recently laid off several people at its Massachusetts papers …
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@dawhitton, @dankennedy_nu, @tomecurran, @dawhitton, @bosbizdon, @joncouture and Dan Kennedy


Inside Media Matters, the 15-year-old, left-leaning news watchdog undertaking a 24/7 fight against Fox News — On the front lines with Media Matters — the conservative network's worst nightmare — If you believe former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly, Media Matters for America is the nation's …
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@hiattb, @brennansuen and @brianstelter


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


Amid AT&T/DirecTV blackout, CBS reaches a multi-year content carriage deal with Altice — CBS and Optimum parent company Altice have reached a comprehensive, multi-year content carriage agreement, the two companies announced on Monday. — The new deal covers retransmission consent …
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Deadline, Multichannel News, Hollywood Reporter, Broadcasting & Cable and TVWeek.com