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New York Times:
Sources: pro-Trump operatives have collected dossiers of damaging old social media posts by journalists and are releasing them in response to critical coverage — WASHINGTON — A loose network of conservative operatives allied with the White House is pursuing what they say will be an aggressive operation …
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Hamilton Nolan / Splinter:
Journalists should not claim it's unfair to publish their tweets, even if done in bad faith, as they are not qualitatively different from the average person — Many journalists are very indignant that Trump allies are reportedly combing through social media to identify embarrassing things …
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@broderick, @evepeyser, @brianstelter, @genepark, @levinejonathan, @dangillmor, @michaelroston, Breitbart and The Daily Caller
A.G. Sulzberger / The New York Times Company:
NYT memo from Publisher A.G. Sulzberger: we'll respond to any legitimate problems appropriately and continue to cover the Trump administration like any other — A note to staff by New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger calling attention to a Times story about a campaign led …
Bernie Sanders / Columbia Journalism Review:
Bernie Sanders on his plans to reform the media if elected president, including a moratorium on major mergers and giving staff the option to purchase outlets — Walter Cronkite once said that “journalism is what we need to make democracy work.” He was absolutely right …
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VICE, @jstein_wapo, @davidsirota, @rasmus_kleis, @carakorte, @thrasherxy, @sarafischer and @thrasherxy
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: The Atlantic, recently making a profit of ~$10M, is now losing money due to 2018 decision to hire ~100 new staff; paywall launch planned after Sept. 2 — The 162-year-old magazine to relaunch paywall after investment spree — Last year, the Atlantic put on hold its plans to launch …
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One Man & His Blog, @delia_cai, @niemanlab, @raju, @lainnafader, @mims and Politico
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Questioning Trump's stability based on his pattern of daily lies, distortions, and contradictions is reportorial, not political, in nature — New York (CNN Business)More erratic, more often. — I spent the week talking with major media figures at networks and newspapers.
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The Atlantic, @briankarem, @brianstelter, @dloesch and The Daily Beast
Kelsey Sutton / Adweek:
As streaming wars heat up, kids programming is serving as a way for streaming services to stand out, attract new subscribers, and then keep them — Why platforms are wooing the youngest viewers — When HBO partnered with the studio behind Sesame Street in 2015 to relocate Bert and Ernie …
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
Q&A with CBS CEO Joe Ianniello on the challenges ahead for ViacomCBS, including whether it will be big enough to compete with other conglomerates — When former CBS Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Leslie Moonves was fired over sexual harassment allegations a year ago …
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@hcoster and @megjameslat
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
The Al Franken allegations show that journalism is an inadequate substitute for conclusive proceedings, as we get to believe in whatever truth we like best — Investigative reporting started #MeToo. We're now asking it to do too much. — Journalism has been among the heroes of the #MeToo movement.
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@moiradonegan, @janemayernyer, @amyargetsinger, @rjcc, @avitalrachel, @jayrosen_nyu and @nellsco
AJ Naddaff / Columbia Journalism Review:
Profile of Muhammad Najem, a 16-year-old Syrian refugee whose family chronicled Syrian struggles after their father was killed by an airstrike while in a mosque — Around Eastern Ghouta, a suburb of Damascus, Muhammad Najem, age 16, is known as the “Little Journalist.”
Andy Bounds / Financial Times:
Research: boycott of The Sun newspaper in Merseyside, UK after 1989 Hillsborough disaster reduced Euroscepticism in the area and increased its Remain vote — A long-running boycott of The Sun newspaper on Merseyside reduced Euroscepticism in the area and had a positive influence on its Remain vote …
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@janinegibson, @householdsussex, @tomlondon6 and @gavinquinney
BuzzFeed News:
Investigation: federal agencies, including the DOJ, have sent employees article links to white nationalist and conspiracy-oriented publishers over past 2 years — An arm of the Justice Department regularly sent summaries and links to articles from an online white nationalist publication over the last year …
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Breitbart, @joncoopertweets and @qasimrashid
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