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Joi Ito resigns from MIT Media Lab and boards of The NYT Company and Knight Foundation, following report he hid funding role of “disqualified” Jeffrey Epstein — Nearly a month after his death, Jeffrey Epstein continues to haunt some of America's most prestigious institutions.
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
WH Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham attacks WaPo via an op-ed and tweets, leveling her harshest critiques off camera, a departure from predecessors' approach — Stephanie Grisham flashed signs this week of how she'll serve as Donald Trump's defender-in-chief, firing off a series …
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Sarah Rieger / CBC News:
Vancouver Sun apologizes for a xenophobic op-ed critical of ethnic diversity, which was published in print on Saturday; the op-ed was deleted from its website — Op-ed was deleted from newspaper's website and replaced with apology — An op-ed published by a Calgary instructor …
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The Daily Beast:
ThinkProgress, an editorially independent project of the think tank Center for American Progress, ends operations on Friday; a dozen staffers will be laid off — A search had been underway for a new publisher. But none was found. — ThinkProgress, the influential news site that rose …
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Matthew Rosenberg / New York Times:
NYT's Matthew Rosenberg, who covers political disinformation ahead of the 2020 election, describes his tech tools: burner phones, encrypted messaging, LinkedIn — As the 2020 race heats up, here's how Matthew Rosenberg, a politics reporter, is preparing for an onslaught of intentional falsehoods.
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Elizabeth Jensen / NPR:
A look at NPR's “context sets,” post-interview segments during which beat reporters fact-check and contextualize guests' remarks — One of the favorite parts of my job is when I get to talk directly to NPR listeners and readers at events organized by NPR member stations.
Angela Lashbrook / onezero.medium.com:
Amazon has done little to improve Goodreads, which has basically remained a list-making app with design flaws and features that don't help avid readers — Despite Amazon's innovation elsewhere, Goodreads has stagnated for 12 years, and its problems are endless
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Jessica Toonkel / The Information:
Sources: Spotify hires former CBS News President David Rhodes as a consultant to help expand into news and hires an executive from Facebook to oversee sports — Spotify has tapped former CBS News President David Rhodes as a consultant to help drive an expansion into news programming, say people familiar with the situation.
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Rebecca Keegan / Hollywood Reporter:
Amazon shifts to a Netflix-like shorter theatrical release window for two films, with release dates based on when they will find the biggest audiences on Prime — In the wake of the underperforming ‘Late Night,’ the streamer is taking a page from Netflix's book: “Success for our films …
Washington Post:
Google says it will no longer accept ads for “unproven or experimental medical techniques,” including most stem cell therapy, cellular therapy, and gene therapy — “Untested, deceptive treatments” can endanger consumers, Internet giant says. — Responding to ubiquitous online marketing …
Amanda Darrach / Columbia Journalism Review:
How Bahamian news outlets are covering the devastation left by Hurricane Dorian, filtering for misinformation and worrying about staff in hard-hit areas — The force of the wind was so great, it stripped bark from the trees. The Albury Donnies, a fleet of 18 boats that have ferried children to school …
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Dylan Byers / NBC News:
Sources: Facebook's contracts with publishers for its News Tab will run around three years; Facebook is offering publishers $2M to $2.5M/year to license content — Moving the Market: Facebook's plan to offer news publishers millions of dollars a year for their content is being met …
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