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Megan Greenwell / Deadspin:
On her last day, Deadspin EIC Megan Greenwell describes the tragedy of digital media, where execs know less about making money than do ignored employees — There is a version of the story of this company in which idealistic journalists, unconcerned with profit, are posed against ruthless business-doers …
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Jesselyn Cook / HuffPost:
Sites like Newsbuzzr leech media outlet content for ad revenue by copying and reposting articles after running them through an automated synonym generator — Scammers have cooked up a truly strange scheme to leech traffic from journalists. — Something odd caught my eye on Twitter the other day.
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@ca_bobby77, @justgregthings, @ryanjreilly, @martinsfp and Boing Boing
Matthew Ball / New York Times:
The goal of most streaming services is to lock audiences into their ecosystem and sell their more profitable products: shoes, cruises, wireless subscribers — As media monoliths bundle their offerings, consumers will once again have to pay for a bunch of shows they don't want.
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@c_garthwaite, @sameepa, @morroweric, @dkthomp, @newanddigital, @edmundlee, @alecstapp and @ballmatthew
David Folkenflik / NPR:
How Vanity Fair, ABC News, and NYT fell short in Epstein coverage; sources: ex-NYT financial reporter Landon Thomas solicited $30K from Epstein for a charity — Toggle more options — Hear Part 1 — Toggle more options — Hear Part 2 — Toggle more options — A coterie of intimidating lawyers.
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Sinclair CEO says he's interested in four AT&T-owned regional sports networks, as his company closes on a deal to buy 21 regional sports networks from Disney — CEO Chris Ripley said properties Sinclair is interested in include four AT&T-owned regional sports outlets
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The Wrap, Awful Announcing, TVNewser, PR Newswire, Deadline and @wsj
Al Tompkins / Poynter:
Profile of Kentucky's Adair County Community Voice newspaper, whose owner, Sharon Burton, doesn't shy away from covering the impact of the opioid epidemic — The lead stories in the Adair County (Kentucky) Community Voice newspaper's website so far this week include a notice that locals …
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@atompkins, @ruralj and @poynter
Ayanti Bera / Reuters:
Seven top US publishers sue Audible, aiming to block the planned rollout of Captions, the new feature that shows text on screen as a book is narrated — (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc's (AMZN.O) Audible was sued by some of the top U.S. publishers for copyright infringement on Friday …
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Publishers Weekly, The Verge, Associated Press and GeekWire, more at Techmeme »
Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
UK journalist says a US border agent accused him of belonging to “fake news media” and asked if he worked for CNN or MSNBC when he presented his journalist visa — A film journalist on assignment to report on the latest Star Wars movie has said he was accused of being part of the …
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Washington Post, @jamescdyer and @jamescdyer
Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube TV adds two more add-on channels for subscribers under an expanded pact with AMC Networks: British TV service Acorn TV for $6/month and UMC for $5/month — Google's YouTube TV now offers two more add-on channels to subscribers, under an expanded pact with AMC Networks …
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Digital TV Europe, 9to5Google and Tubefilter
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
A former student at Georgetown Prep, Brett Kavanaugh's alma mater, is suing Ashley Feinberg and HuffPost over a story and corrections about the school's culture — Ashley Feinberg has gained journo-fame with astounding digital skills and reverence for very little.
Angela Chen / MIT Technology Review:
Twitter's recent ban on ads from state-controlled news orgs should logically extend to Voice of America and Radio Free Europe as they're government funded — Twitter and Facebook have hosted ads from US-backed outlets, sometimes even illegally. — Twitter is no longer accepting advertising …
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@jgriffiths
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Netflix says it is testing “Collections” on iOS that are curated by experts on the company's creative teams based on factors like genre, tone, and story line — Netflix is testing a new way to help users find TV shows and movies they'll want to watch with the launch of a …
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Variety, The Verge and Engadget, more at Techmeme »
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sarah Huckabee Sanders will join Fox News as a contributor and is expected to make her debut on September 6 — Sarah Huckabee Sanders, one of the more controversial holders of the office of White House Press Secretary in recent memory, will join Fox News Channel as a contributor.
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