Mediagazer: CNN says it will no longer let vaping products like Juul advertise on the network, but may reconsider later if research shows vaping products are not harmful (Maxwell Tani/The Daily Beast)

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AT&T's WarnerMedia signs an exclusive five-year deal with J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot for TV, film, and streaming projects; sources: deal is worth ~$250M — Bad Robot, the production company he runs with his wife and co-CEO, Katie McGrath, will now have all of its divisions …

Los Angeles Times:

Sources: Disney is mimicking Netflix in offering TV producers and others profits sooner in exchange for backend revenue, the first legacy media company to do so — Walt Disney Co., which became a dominant player in television production with its acquisition of Fox assets earlier this year …

Discussion: @ronlin, @lexwojtran, @latimesent and The Verge

Andrea Watson Strong / Facebook Journalism Project:

Facebook expands Today In, its local info service, to 6K+ US towns; it now works with 1.2K local news orgs with local news Page interactions up 26% YoY — Continuing our journey to connect people with community information and conversations they care about.

Discussion: Adweek, facebookjournalismproject.com, @docmattweber, @pmnapoli, @kerrymflynn, Associated Press, The Hill and Editor & Publisher Magazine

Nieman Lab:

Analysis of ~150K Facebook Today In stories: 59% served a critical information need, users engaged most with stories on emergencies, transportation, and health — The distribution and consumption of news on social media is a central concern for the future of journalism as social media platforms …

Discussion: facebookjournalismproject.com

Maryam Saleh / The Intercept:

Nonprofit group Define American and Media Cloud find a rise in the use of quotes from extremist groups, without context, in a study of immigration reporting — The Center for Immigration Studies, a far-right, anti-immigrant group, was frequently cited by major U.S. newspapers in the first two years …

Discussion: Define American, @_arianna, @hmaesq, @jenniferpreston, @maryamsaleh, @theintercept and Latino Rebels

Jill Cowan / New York Times:

CA's gig economy law, to go into effect for newspapers in one year, may hasten the end of home delivery, will limit freelancer contributions to 35 articles — Thursday: The collateral effects of a bill aimed at protecting gig economy workers. Also: A move forward for a statewide rent cap; and natural wine

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, @margotroosevelt, Reason and Street Fight

Chris Dolmetsch / Bloomberg:

Appeals court orders Fox News to face suit brought by Seth Rich's parents — Fox News must defend a lawsuit by the parents of a Democratic Party staffer whose unsolved 2016 murder touched off a flurry of right-wing conspiracy theories, an appeals court said Friday in reinstating the case.

Discussion: Politico, CNN, Mediaite, @oliverdarcy, @oliverdarcy, Hollywood Reporter, @aidnmclaughlin, @eriqgardner and @theglipper

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

YouTube says it will no longer allow paid views and advertising to influence its YouTube Music Charts, instead calculating rankings based only on organic plays — YouTube will no longer allow paid views and advertising to influence its YouTube Music Charts, the company announced this morning.

Discussion: Music Business Worldwide, Bloomberg, Tubefilter and Engadget, more at Techmeme »

Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:

CNN says it will no longer let vaping products like Juul advertise on the network, but may reconsider later if research shows vaping products are not harmful — The company confirmed to The Daily Beast on Friday that it will no longer allow vaping products to advertise on the network.

Discussion: The Verge, @oliverdarcy and @maxwelltani

Annie Palmer / CNBC:

MoviePass says it is shutting down and ending service for all subscribers on Saturday, September 14 — This is breaking news. Please check back for updates. — TRENDING NOW — Subscribe to CNBC PRO Licensing & Reprints Join the CNBC Panel Supply Chain Values Advertise …

Discussion: CNBC, @pkafka, @crissymilazzo, @hashtaggriswold, @tomgara, Business Wire and The Verge, more at Techmeme »

Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:

A close look at how The Washington Post shut down its commuter newspaper, Express, on short notice to its staff, and details on severance for newsroom employees — A bruising choreographed rollout of the news. Zero notice. No plan to help laid-off staffers find jobs in the organization.

Discussion: @brendanpedersen, DCist and @feliciasonmez

Paul Cheung / Knight Foundation:

Q&A with DocumentCloud's founders and project leaders on its mission, early challenges, industry adoption, and plans as it reaches its 10th anniversary — DocumentCloud, an open-source platform that allows journalists and their readers to upload, analyze, annotate and collaborate …

Discussion: @knightfdn