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5:30 AM ET, July 31, 2019

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Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
Bustle Digital Group, which had planned to relaunch Gawker in September, has laid off Gawker's staff and postponed the relaunch  —  A planned relaunch of snarky news and gossip web site Gawker is on hold indefinitely, The Post has learned.  —  Bustle Digital Group, which owns Gawker …
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Deadspin, owned by G/O Media, is planning a story on company CEO Jim Spanfeller; Spanfeller reacts publicly with plans for an outside editor to review the story  —  A friendly piece of advice for whomever ends up buying the former Gawker Media sites: Don't try to tell them what to write.
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Journalists John Heilemann and John Battelle launch The Recount, a politics-focused media outlet, which will feature short videos summarizing the news  —  New York (CNN Business)Journalists John Heilemann and John Battelle have launched a new politics-focused media outlet ahead of the 2020 elections.
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 …
Jodi Jacobson / Rewire.News:
Nonprofit publication Rewire.News to restructure due to funding shortfalls, laying off five employees, and the EIC is stepping down in the fall  —  Rewire.News is restructuring in an attempt to maintain our capacity for long-term sustainability, including making painful cuts in staff.  —  TRENDING
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 …
Tim Peterson / Digiday:
Streaming service BritBox focuses on older audiences with its content as 60% of its 650K subscribers are 45+, which has helped keep churn low, says president  —  Traditional TV has clung to older audiences as younger viewers increasingly switch to streaming.
Kristina Monllos / Digiday:
In a new era of political polarization, ad agencies like Ogilvy, which remains committed to its CBP contract, face internal turmoil over controversial clients  —  The internal turmoil at Ogilvy over its contract with the Customs and Border Protection has meant new questions for agencies …
 
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Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Newsmax CEO Michael Clemente is stepping down after 15 months; he will remain CEO as he transitions to a consultancy role
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Chronicle of Higher Education:
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Robert Eliason:
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
The Fox News distortions behind Trump's attack on Baltimore and its congressman