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10:00 PM ET, August 4, 2019

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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Journalists must change how they report on mass shootings by shining a light on solutions, insisting on more accountability from officials, and taking a side  —  Sadly, we in the news media know just how to do it.  —  When a mass shooting happens, even when it happens twice in a 24-hour period …
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Fox Corp. to buy a 67% stake in Credible Labs, a marketplace for consumer-lending info, for $265M and add up to $75M in growth capital over about two years  —  Deal for Credible, a marketplace for consumer-lending information, is part of Fox's digital strategy
Discussion: PR Newswire
Pak Yiu / AFP Correspondent:
A first-hand account of reporting in Xinjiang, China: suspicious people filming and following journalists, a fake car crash, roadblocks, and more  —  Kashgar, China — You expect to have problems when reporting on sensitive stories in China.  People following you, thugs blocking your way …
Maddy Myers / Kotaku:
E3 website leaks personal info, including addresses and phone numbers, of 2,000+ reporters and content creators; E3 has removed file but data still circulates  —  A spreadsheet containing the contact information and personal addresses of over 2,000 games journalists, editors …
Elizabeth Nolan Brown / Reason:
Section 230 of the CDA is the internet's First Amendment; repealing it would hurt online speech and marginalized groups more than it would hurt Big Tech  —  From Josh Hawley to Kamala Harris, online free speech is under attack.  —  Imagine, for a moment, the following series of online exchanges.
Discussion: Technology & … and Techdirt
Richard Fausset / New York Times:
A look at The Warroad Pioneer's 121-year history, the Minnesota paper's role in the community, and its last days, “a death by familiar cuts”  —  The Warroad Pioneer, a pillar of its small Minnesota town, ended its 121-year run with bloody marys, bold type and gloom about the void it would leave behind.
Jessica Bennett / New York Times:
Playboy after the Hefner family: a young, socially conscious staff taps female interviewers and photographers for its recently relaunched ad-free quarterly  —  The Hefners are gone, and so is the magazine's short-lived ban on nudity — as well as virtually anyone on the staff over 35.
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
CNN analyst and Playboy correspondent Brian Karem says the White House suspended his press pass for 30 days; CNN says WH cited Karem's dispute with Seb Gorka  —  Playboy White House correspondent and CNN political analyst Brian Karem said today the White House has suspended his press pass for 30 days.
Daniela Flamini / Poynter:
Internet shutdowns, which are on the rise by governments who say they're necessary to curb misinformation, can bar the dissemination of accurate information  —  In July of 2016, the young militant commander Burhan Wani was shot dead by government forces in the northern Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
How Ron Howard and Brian Grazer's Imagine is responding to the streaming age: splitting with Universal, raising money to branch out into new forms of content  —  BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — “So this is a blow gun,” Brian Grazer said during an interview in his office.  “It shoots a very sharp dart.”
 
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Luis Gomez / Medium:
Survey of 160 former journalists finds 58% left in the last 3 years, 18% in 2019; 45% had worked in the field for 10+ years; 87% worked in print at one point
AAJA Voices:
Data collected from ~150 interns who worked at seven top news orgs shows 65% went to the most selective four-year colleges; NYT, WaPo, WSJ recruited from top 1%
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: CBS and Viacom reach working agreement; CBS acting chief Joe Ianniello to oversee CBS's branded assets, Bob Bakish to become CEO of combined company
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Colin Dixon / nScreenMedia:
Parks Associates: 39% of US broadband homes own a streaming media player, up 1% since 2018; Roku and Amazon Fire TV own 39% and 30% of the market, respectively
Discussion: MediaPost
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Vimeo launches Vimeo Enterprise, a tool to allow companies to host, share, and manage video content internally, as it continues its pivot away from content
Discussion: Advanced Television
Laura Wagner / Deadspin:
G/O employees discuss Jim Spanfeller's dubious hiring practices, apparent disregard for C-suite diversity, micromanagement, and editorial interference