Mediagazer: Nonprofit publication Rewire.News to restructure due to funding shortfalls, laying off five employees, and the EIC is stepping down in the fall (Jodi Jacobson/Rewire.News)

6:15 PM ET, July 30, 2019

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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

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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”.

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Marisa Peryer / Columbia Journalism Review:

Native Hawaiians comment on the national coverage of their resistance to telescope construction on Mauna Kea, which has downplayed Hawaiians' range of concerns — In 2009, an international consortium of scientists set their sights on Hawai'i's Mauna Kea volcano as its preferred location for a massive, cutting-edge telescope.

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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 — 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.

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Brian Stelter / CNN:

The Fox News distortions behind Trump's attack on Baltimore and its congressman — New York (CNN)President Trump is getting a distorted view of the country from what he sees on the conservative talk show “Fox & Friends.” — Don't believe me? Look at what happened on Saturday.

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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

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