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1:20 PM ET, July 30, 2019

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Michael Calderone / Politico:
Black journalists, weighed down by the psychological and emotional toll of Trump's racism, push media to cover race in politics head-on  —  The Associated Press earlier this year shifted a national race and ethnicity reporter to its 2020 election team, an acknowledgment that race has become …
Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
CNN and Jeff Zucker plot 2020 election coverage and promise things will be different; CNN won't air any rallies live, as it did repeatedly for Trump in 2016  —  “Side shot!  Side shot!  Side shot!”  —  It's Mueller Day in Washington, and the man calling out instructions in the darkened control room …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
AT&T will rebrand DirecTV Now as AT&T TV Now, as it plans to test AT&T TV, a new and separate streaming TV service, in select markets  —  Say goodbye to the “DirecTV Now” name.  —  Later this summer, AT&T will retire the name of the over-the-top TV service, first launched in December 2016 …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Netflix is investing $520M+ to make three big-budget films, including at least $173M in The Irishman, a financially risky adult drama  —  Streaming giant spends $200 million on an action flick and makes the most expensive drama in recent years  —  Netflix Inc. is spending hundreds …
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.
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Newsmax CEO Michael Clemente is stepping down after 15 months; he will remain CEO as he transitions to a consultancy role  —  Michael Clemente, a veteran executive of ABC and Fox News who last year joined Newsmax TV as chief executive officer, is out of his position at the conservative TV outlet — 15 months after taking the job.
Discussion: TVNewser
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
London-based LGBT news website Gay Star News has closed suddenly due to insolvency, resulting in the loss of about 20 jobs  —  LGBT news website Gay Star News has closed suddenly, resulting in the loss of about 20 jobs, with one rival declaring it a “great shame”.
Discussion: @jamie_wareham and Prolific London
Will Thorne / Variety:
PBS president and CEO Paula Kerger, who has been in the role since 2006, renews her contract for five more years  —  PBS president and CEO Paula Kerger has signed a 5-year contract extension with the company.  —  Kerger made the announcement at the network's summer Television Critics Association press tour.
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
Chronicle of Higher Education:
Corbin Gwaltney, founder and editor of The Chronicle of Higher Education and The Chronicle of Philanthropy, has died at 97  —  Corbin Gwaltney, the pioneering editor who founded The Chronicle of Higher Education in 1966 and later The Chronicle of Philanthropy, died on July 29.
 
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A.J. Katz / TVNewser:
HuffPost editor-at-large and former Vanity Fair contributing editor Vicky Ward is joining CNN as senior reporter
CNN:
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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
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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
Discussion: The Wrap
Kelly McBride / Poynter:
Editor of independent news organization The Christian Chronicle calls out Fox News reporter for aggregating his scoop with scant credit
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
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