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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 …
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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.
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Medium, @dangillmor, @buzzfeedben, @oliverdarcy and The Wrap
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 …
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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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Greg Dool / Folio:
London-based Future acquires online publisher and B2B newsletter specialist SmartBrief for $45M and up to $20M in deferred payments — Future plc has acquired online publisher and B2B newsletter specialist SmartBrief, the latest move in a string of purchases aimed at expanding …
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Press Gazette, MediaPost, Future, Business Times and Radio World
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 …
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Etan Vlessing / Hollywood Reporter:
Drake partners with LeBron James to expand Uninterrupted, a video network that allows pro athletes to speak directly to fans, to Canada — The deal marks the first international expansion for the NBA star's video network as its allows pro athletes to speak directly to fans.
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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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Prolific London, @jamie_wareham and @louiseridley
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 …
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Saritha Rai / Bloomberg:
Pocket Aces, a small digital studio shaking up Bollywood, raises $14.7M in venture capital and strikes a deal to stream its most popular show on Netflix — - Digital studio Pocket Aces' Little Things now streams globally — The Mumbai-based content creator snagged $15 million funding
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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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@theintercept and @rebeccahogue
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
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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