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9:35 AM ET, July 30, 2019

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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.
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
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  —  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.
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  —  His newspaper habit is a tool for the president to reward allies and punish foes — and a weapon for those trying to influence him.
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.
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.
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Cloud movie locker UltraViolet is shutting down on July 31, requires customers to link their accounts to a partner to save their digital purchases  —  Cloud movie locker UltraViolet is shutting down this coming Wednesday (7/31), putting an end to one of Hollywood's more ambitious efforts to promote the ownership of digital content.
Discussion: @jsnell, Engadget, KitGuru, CNET and The Verge
A.J. Katz / TVNewser:
HuffPost editor-at-large and former Vanity Fair contributing editor Vicky Ward is joining CNN as senior reporter  —  HuffPost editor at large Vicky Ward is joining CNN today as senior reporter, based in New York.  —  Ward is a best-selling author, investigative reporter and magazine columnist …
CNN:
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.
Jason Gurwin / The Streamable:
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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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
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Kelly McBride / Poynter:
Editor of independent news organization The Christian Chronicle calls out Fox News reporter for aggregating his scoop with scant credit
Dan Kennedy / Media Nation:
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
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Emiliano Mellino / WIRED UK:
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
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
Dozens of journalists targeted by a group of Neo-Nazi swatters, who maintain a Deep Web database with the personal info of people who threaten their views
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