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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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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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Peter Kafka / Vox:
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki uses her quarterly letter to defend content that may be controversial but draws a line at problematic content that violates standards — YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki speaks at the 2019 Code Conference. Asa Mathat — That means the video platform is okay with …
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Jared Holt / Right Wing Watch:
YouTube terminates a handful of prominent channels that promoted white nationalism, including four the ADL said spread anti-Semitism and white supremacism
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Mike Fleming / Deadline:
Netflix gives The Irishman a 27-day theatrical release window, its longest yet, starting November 1; major movie chains like AMC and Regal will not carry it — BREAKING: In its most ambitious ever theatrical rollout plan for one of its original productions, Netflix will give The Irishman …
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Scott Nover / Washington Post:
Reporters covering Congress for niche outlets outnumber those from broader-focused publications; their work can raise the alarm on important issues when needed — On a humid Wednesday morning in June , a swarm of press greeted Hope Hicks as she marched into a room on Capitol Hill to testify before the House Judiciary Committee.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Source: The Athletic will start offering one podcast episode per week in front of the paywall, with some advertising; it is launching 40 new podcasts on Tuesday — The Athletic, a subscription-based digital sports media company, will begin experimenting with putting some of its audio content …
Ben Mathis-Lilley / Slate:
Q&A with David Karpf, the tenured professor whose “bedbug” tweet prompted NYT's Bret Stephens to copy Karpf's provost on an email complaining about the tweet — David Karpf is a professor of media and public affairs at George Washington University in D.C. On Monday night …
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Bijan Stephen / The Verge:
YouTube says it will not negotiate with the YouTubers Union, which has partnered with IG Metall, a German metalworkers union; Google Germany has offered to meet — Google Germany did, however, invite the union to its headquarters for a meeting — YouTube says that it won't do business …
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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Shoshana Wodinsky / Adweek:
Documents show TikTok is beta testing a native audience ad network that lets advertisers target users across third-party apps in addition to TikTok — The program is being beta-tested in East Asia right now — TikTok's viral videos of the #GuacDance and kombucha taste tests might soon be used to target you with ads in other apps.
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Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: The Atlantic, which recently made an annual profit of ~$10M, is losing money due to 2018 decision to hire ~100 staff; paywall to launch 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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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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