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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, @cnnnewsroom, @buddystone, @sduncovered, @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.


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, @sally_hubbard, @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


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


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


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


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.

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


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