Mediagazer: Twitter's followable topics may open big new audiences for the company, as well as polarize them; Twitter still thinks its “trending” section can be fixed (Casey Newton/The Interface)

Oliver Darcy / CNN:

Inside The New York Times as it debates its coverage of Trump's racism and the well intentioned but ineffective desire to “show and not tell” — New York (CNN Business)Last Friday, employees at The New York Times (NYT) received an email from Dean Baquet, the newspaper's executive editor.

Discussion: @alexanderrusso, @son_of_a_thomp, Politico, @sjdemas, @laurahelmuth, @oliverdarcy, @ericboehlert, @goldengateblond, @prof_gabriele, @brianbeutler, @thedailybeast, The Daily Caller, @marcatracy, Mediaite, @tracybeanz, Talking Biz News, @andrewperezdc and Jezebel

Michael Calderone / Politico:

Behind Nate Silver's persistent criticism of his ex-employer NYT, for its 2020 polling analysis and Trump coverage, that he denies is due to a personal grudge — Nate Silver made his name as The New York Times' data guru, creating the methodology that predicted Barack Obama's reelection.

Discussion: @mlcalderone, @alxthomp, @politico, @jayrosen_nyu and New York Post

James Walker / Press Gazette:

Financial Times has bought a minority stake in paywalled B2B news website The Business of Fashion, which says it has 35,000 paying members and over 100 staff — The Financial Times has bought a minority stake in B2B news website The Business of Fashion, which sits behind a paywall.

Discussion: Talking Biz News and Financial Times

Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal:

More advertisers are preventing ads from appearing on political content online; out of 2,637 advertisers, 560 blocked the word “Trump”, 1,085 blocked “shooting” — ‘Bomb,’ ‘immigration,’ ‘racism’ and ‘Trump’ are among keywords marketers insist should not appear near their ads

Discussion: Beet.TV, @patiencehaggin and @patiencehaggin, Thanks:@beet_tv

Rachel Glickhouse / ProPublica:

ProPublica releases a guide on how newsrooms can collaborate around large datasets, announces it is open-sourcing its software and making it available this fall — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica's Big Story newsletter …

Discussion: The Keyword

Miranda Green / The Hill:

New policy rolled out by the US Interior Department's inspector general puts strict limits on the office's interactions with reporters — A new policy rolled out by the Interior Department's inspector general puts strict limits on the office's interactions with reporters.

Discussion: @susanpage and The Rural Blog

Middle East Eye:

UK admits that This Is Woke, a “media/news company” that engages in “critical discussions around Muslim identity” is in fact a covert counterterrorism programme — This glitzy, youthful ‘news company’ warns of the dangers of fake news. In fact, it's part of the Home Office's Prevent strategy

Discussion: @markdistef, @mikestuchbery_, @stefsimanowitz, @rasmus_kleis, @markdistef, @hichamyezza, @joshajhall, @are_eb, @ilyas_nagdee and @middleeasteye

Alex Sherman / CNBC:

Charter and Disney reach a multiyear carriage deal; Charter plans to offer Disney streaming services via set-top boxes and will carry the ESPN-owned ACC Network — KEY POINTS — Charter and Disney reach multiyear carriage deal, avoiding a blackout of networks including ESPN and ABC.

Discussion: Variety, Multichannel News, MediaPost, Awful Announcing, @xpangler, Radio & Television … and Seeking Alpha

The Information:

Ben Kaufman is stepping down as BuzzFeed CMO at the end of 2019; sources: company expects to break even this year, partly due to revenue from commerce business — BuzzFeed Chief Marketing Officer and commerce leader Ben Kaufman is stepping down from his position at the end of the year …

Discussion: Variety, @benkaufman, @amir and @jtoonkel

Annie Palmer / CNBC:

Interview with ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish, who says the combined company's “unmatched scale” in content will give it an advantage against streaming rivals — KEY POINTS — ViacomCBS chief Bob Bakish says the newly formed company's vast content library should help it fight off rivals in the TV streaming wars.

Discussion: Hollywood Reporter, Light Reading, TVWeek.com, Multichannel News, @benmullin and Variety

Discussion: Variety, Wall Street Journal, @kennethturan, @matthewstoller, @bloombergtv, @jbflint, @wsj and TVWeek.com

James West / Mother Jones:

Sources: FBI agents began investigating American Media earlier this year, at the direction of prosecutors from the SDNY, over possible Saudi influence peddling — Earlier this year, federal investigators began requesting corporate documents and questioning staff at American Media Inc. …

Patrick Strudwick / BuzzFeed:

A transgender employee of The Guardian resigned last month accusing it of being “an incredibly transphobic organisation”; a second employee quit weeks later — “It suddenly became real,” one trans staff member told BuzzFeed News. “I'm entering this building with people who are denying my humanity.”

Discussion: @mynameisjro, @kathy__odonnell, @markdistef, @supernowoczesna, @buzzfeeduk, @natachakennedy, @tessstenson, @_emilyoram and @transscribe

Casey Newton / The Interface:

Twitter's followable topics may open big new audiences for the company, as well as polarize them; Twitter still thinks its “trending” section can be fixed — On Wednesday, Twitter invited reporters to its headquarters in San Francisco for an update on improvements to the product.

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