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Ashley Feinberg / Slate:
Transcript of NYT's recent staff meeting, in which execs grappled with queries about a front-page headline on Trump and avoided deep criticisms of NYT's role — In a transcript of the newspaper's crisis town-hall meeting, executive editor Dean Baquet grapples with a restive staff and outside scrutiny.
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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.
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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.
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Jessica Toonkel / The Information:
Sources: Axios is beta testing software to help companies create newsletters for employees and hopes to sell companies the software on a subscription basis — Digital media publisher Axios is planning to enter a new business that includes selling software for helping companies create newsletters for their employees.
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Cristina Tardáguila / Poynter:
Facebook is expanding its third-party fact checking program to Instagram, starting with US, and will downplay posts deemed fake on its Explore and Hashtag pages — Starting today, Instagram users can report false content and expect certified fact-checkers to analyze its veracity.
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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.
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Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News:
The Drudge Report has changed its ad partner, dropping Intermarkets in favor of a new company, Granite Cubed, owned by longtime Drudge associate Margaret Otto — The Drudge Report, with its Web 1.0 design offering a single page of links, is one of the enduring internet media business success stories.
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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
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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 …
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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.
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Jennifer Duke / Sydney Morning Herald:
Seven West Media says its CEO Tim Worner has resigned, appoints James Warburton, who worked at Seven until 2011 before leaving for rival Channel Ten, as new CEO — Seven West Media has appointed James Warburton to be its new chief executive. He replaces Tim Worner effective immediately.
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Bryan Pietsch / Reuters:
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, an education group, urges DOJ to block the merger of textbook publishers Cengage and McGraw-Hill — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An education group seeking to increase access to college textbooks and research materials on Wednesday asked …