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Jack Mirkinson / Splinter:
Bret Stephens and his NYT editors get blasted over his latest column, which references bedbugs and Nazis; critics view the column as a clear jab at David Karpf — New York Times columnist Bret Stephens' meltdown over being jokingly referred to as a “bedbug” reached unbelievable new heights on Friday night …
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Trump's feud with Fox News mirrors pro wrestling's “kayfabe”, or the illusion of a real fight; Fox looks independent and credible, and Trump stays in spotlight — Not for nothing was Donald Trump inducted into the WWE wrestling hall of fame in 2013.
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Charles Hutzler / Wall Street Journal:
China declines to renew a WSJ reporter's press credentials, effectively forcing him to leave the country, following a June article on President Xi's family — Chun Han Wong, a Singaporean national, has worked in Beijing for the Journal since 2014 — BEIJING—A reporter for The Wall Street Journal …
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Margaret Harding McGill / Politico:
Source: Google has agreed to pay between $150M and $200M to resolve an FTC investigation into YouTube over alleged violations of federal privacy laws for kids — Google has agreed to pay between $150 and $200 million to resolve an FTC investigation into YouTube over alleged violations …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: Disney has laid off National Geographic workers, with one source saying as many as 80 are affected; US editions of Nat Geo Traveler to stop publication — Walt Disney has laid off employees of the National Geographic unit it acquired from the former 21st Century Fox …
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@andrewnelson, @lolaakinmade, FierceVideo, The Wrap, Politico, @rafat, @chriselliotts, @rafat, @rafat and Los Angeles Times
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Styli Charalambous / Nieman Lab:
How South Africa's digital news startup the Daily Maverick, founded in 2009, designed its membership model to promote free, quality, independent content for all — On August 15, 2018, we announced to attendees of our Media Gathering event in Cape Town the start of our adventures into membership for Daily Maverick.
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@dailymaverick, @evanhamilton, @niemanlab, @niemanlab, @centercoopmedia and @niemanlab
Jordyn Grzelewski / Plain Dealer:
The 150-year-old Vindicator in Youngstown, OH, closes Saturday, affecting about 140 full-time employees and surviving only as an edition of a nearby Ogden paper — YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — The Vindicator has been a part of Sam and Rochelle Miller's lives for as long as they can remember.
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@vindicator, @jgrzelewski, @bykaleahall, @samantha_m_p, @sulliview, @sulliview, @scenesallard and Plain Dealer
Mark Di Stefano / BuzzFeed:
BuzzFeed News uncovers accounts on Twitter and Pinterest, now removed, devoted to posting creepy screengrabs of high-profile female TV journalists in the UK — In response to questions from BuzzFeed News, Twitter said the accounts sexually objectified women “without their consent”, while Pinterest called them “gross” and apologised.
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Dave Jamieson / HuffPost:
Executive editor of Gannett's Arizona Republic sent a newsroom memo accusing union organizers of surveilling co-workers; one organizer called the idea “absurd” — Greg Burton accused union sympathizers of “surveilling” other journalists, saying that's something he'd expect of a murderer or child molester.
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@indyemapolis, @jmshumway, @mizzousundevil, @brieannafrank, @bernielunzer, @andy_truc, @chrisherstam and @dcbigjohn
Max Brantley / Arkansas Times:
Sources: GateHouse Media is planning to close two newspapers in Arkansas and outsource printing of a third, in Pine Bluff; closures planned by September 6 — Word arrives of still more reduction in newspapers in Arkansas, with reported closures coming in Stuttgart and Helena-West Helena …
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Stuttgart Daily Leader, @kbui1, @pottstownnews, The Rural Blog and ArkansasTimes
Amy Gesenhues / Search Engine Land:
Google is reorganizing how it presents publisher content policies and standardizing rules across AdSense, AdMob and Ad Manager; updates go live in September — The updates will go live in September and apply to all publishers using AdSense, AdMob and Ad Manager.
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The Keyword
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Vice Media trimmed about 15 jobs at cable channel Viceland, as it merges Vice News and Viceland, shifting away from lifestyle and entertainment content — Company is merging Vice News and Viceland, shifting its programming away from lifestyle and entertainment content
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Fox News, @moorehn, @readdanwrite, @rafat and bookforum.com
Tobias Buck / Financial Times:
Bertelsmann head criticizes France's new tax on digital companies with €750M in annual revenue for its vagueness in defining what constitutes digital revenue — The boss of German media group Bertelsmann has hit out at France's new tax on digital companies, warning that the measure …
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