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Jane Lytvynenko / BuzzFeed News:
Detailed post about Epstein's death was on 4Chan 38 minutes before officials announced it; NYC Fire Department investigating if a first responder is responsible — The New York City Fire Department is investigating whether a first responder posted about Jeffrey Epstein's death …
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@profcarroll, New York Post and New York Times
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The Twitter-fed misinformation disaster following Epstein's death makes a case for slow news consumption, where readers disengage from breaking news — If, by some crazy chance, you wanted to be well-informed these past few days about the sudden death of Jeffrey Epstein, there was a way.
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@tefomohapi, VICE, The Atlantic, Fox News and The Daily Beast
CNN:
Washington Post executive editor responds to Bernie Sanders' suggestion that Bezos influences coverage, calling it a “conspiracy theory” — (CNN)The executive editor of The Washington Post hit back at Sen. Bernie Sanders' suggestion that the paper's coverage of the presidential candidate …
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The Daily Beast, Politico, Fox News, Poynter, @b_fung, @rmc031 and @sulliview
Axios:
WordPress.com owner Automattic says it will buy Tumblr from Verizon, take on ~200 staffers, and keep the porn ban; source says Automattic paid less than $10M — Verizon is set to sell the social network Tumblr to Automattic Inc, the owner of online publishing tool Wordpress.
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@danprimack, @danprimack, Tumblr, American Press Institute, The Verge, TechCrunch, @marcoarment, TechCrunch, The Guardian, Know Your Meme Blog, Ad Age, @ericajoy, BetaNews, @beigeshiba, The Next Web, Marketing Land, @brooklynmarie, @mcmansionhell, The Week, @nycsouthpaw, @mathewi, @yashar, @mmasnick, @__apf__, @numbersmuncher, @hello_tailor, @dansinker, @workforfood, @jacknicas, @juliaferraioli, @blackamazon, @danprimack, @jnadeau, @loudmouthjulia, @reckless, @chillmage, @whatthebit, @chronotope, @alicegoldfuss, @hunterwalk, @mathewi, @gaberivera, @photomatt, @mikeisaac, @anthony, @karlbode, @markarms, @bluechoochoo, @stevekovach, @stevekovach, @shiraovide, @stephgwhiteside, @danprimack, Silicon Republic, Fortune, Engadget, Adweek, The Wrap, Fast Company, Boing Boing, Variety, Consequence of Sound, Mashable, Business Insider, 9to5Mac, CNET and Wall Street Journal, more at Techmeme »
Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
Report: UK to give Ofcom new legal powers to penalize video-sharing platforms that fail to establish robust age verification checks and parental controls — European politicians have been tightening the screws on U.S. tech platforms on multiple fronts. Now, a European-wide directive …
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Press Gazette, Telegraph, @hadas_gold, @joshajhall, BBC, The Independent and CNET
Peter Kafka / Vox:
A combined CBS and Viacom will still not be big enough to compete with Netflix, Apple, and Disney, and will have to become a buyer of smaller companies — Shari Redstone controls both Viacom and CBS, and has wanted to merge them for years. Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Viacom — CBS and Viacom are merging.
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Wall Street Journal, @ranimolla, Bloomberg, Washington Post, @taralach, @pkafka and CNN
New York Times:
How some of Kashmir's journalists keep publishing despite India's lockdown of online communications and imposition of travel restrictions — SRINAGAR, Kashmir — Ever since Kashmir's autonomy was suddenly revoked last week, Raja Mohi-ud-din, an editor at one of the few Kashmiri newspapers still operating …
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Columbia Journalism Review, Foreign Policy, @cjr, @gbahadur and @mayalau
Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Spotify for Podcasters comes out of beta, giving podcasters valuable listener data like age, gender, location, music taste, and episode listening duration — Spotify for Podcasters comes out of beta today — Spotify is going to give podcasters listener data they can't get anywhere else.
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Spotify, @ashleyrcarman and @mims, more at Techmeme »
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
In Australia, after recent raids on media organizations, new government directive adds some protections for journalists, but not for sources and whistleblowers — Back in June, Australian Federal Police (AFP) raided the headquarters of the country's main public broadcaster, the ABC …
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Associated Press, The Conversation and The Conversation
Jessica Davies / Digiday:
Content compensation company Sourcepoint releases a consent-authentication tool that eliminates the need for pubs to use third-party cookies — Some publishers, anxious to reduce their reliance on third-party cookies while still meeting data-privacy law requirements, are considering …
Lily Kuo / The Guardian:
Chinese state media outlets went from near silence and blanket censorship on the protests in Hong Kong to actively pushing propaganda, over the past two months — China's media used to ignore the turmoil. Now the state is waging a campaign that could pave the way for intervention
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Politico and PEN America
Tom Ley / Deadspin:
The editorial staff of The Ringer announces it has formed a union with WGA East and seeks voluntary recognition from management — Your browser does not support HTML5 video tag.Click here to view original GIF — The editorial staff of The Ringer announced this morning that they have formed a union with the WGA East.
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Nieman Lab, digitalwritersunion.org, @ringerunion, @ringerunion, @kevinmdraper, @rodger, @jasonschreier, @yourmandevine, @jbenton, @latguild, @onlxn, @haleymlotek and bookforum.com
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