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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, @buddystone, @sduncovered, @kimkbaltimore, The Week 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.
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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MediaPost, @sally_hubbard, @jason_kint and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
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
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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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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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
Brian Hiattt / Rolling Stone:
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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CNN:
In the last month, four big-budget Chinese films have been pulled shortly before release with tenuous explanations, sparking censorship concerns — Four seemingly innocuous big-budget movies have been abruptly pulled from Chinese cinemas in one month, sparking suspicion they fell afoul of the country's strict censors.
Dan Kennedy / Media Nation:
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
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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