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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 …
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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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
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
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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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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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Vox, Poynter, @rjcc, @avitalrachel, @jayrosen_nyu, @janemayernyer, @kimmasters, @moiradonegan, @amyargetsinger and @nellsco
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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One Man & His Blog, @niemanlab, @raju, @delia_cai, @lainnafader, @mims and Politico
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
Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline:
Former Time Inc. CEO Rich Battista has been named the new CEO of Brian Grazer and Ron Howard's Imagine Entertainment — Rich Battista has been named the CEO of Imagine Entertainment, and will be joining the company immediately, based at its Beverly Hills headquarters.
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Variety, Hollywood Reporter, Broadcasting & Cable and TVWeek.com
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 …
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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@goroke_mi, @briankarem, @dloesch, The Atlantic, @brianstelter and The Daily Beast
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Quillette says controversial writer Andy Ngo is leaving as an editor, hours after the Portland Mercury surfaces incriminating video of Ngo with far-right group — The writer and photog is out of a job after being caught in incriminating undercover footage with right-wing activists.
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Mediaite, Portland Mercury, @maxfawcett, @willsommer, @martincizmar, @lamthehighway, @kazweida and @igd_news
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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Tubefilter, more at Techmeme »
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 …
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