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Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
How WaPo published “The Afghanistan Papers”, which includes interviews with key figures critiquing the US war in Afghanistan, after years of legal battles — The path to The Afghanistan Papers started with Michael Flynn. — In the summer of 2016, as the retired Army general became renowned …
Brent Lang / Variety:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution demands disclaimer that the film “Richard Jewell” took dramatic license when portraying its late journalist as trading sex for tips — The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is asking Warner Bros. and the makers of “Richard Jewell” to release …
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Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Warner Bros. says AJC's claims of defamation in the film Richard Jewell are “baseless” and plans to defend against them, says the film already has a disclaimer — Warner Bros is more than willing to take on one of America's largest newspapers over claims that portion …
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Longtime Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer, who currently co-hosts America's Newsroom in the morning, is taking over the 3PM slot previously held by Shepard Smith — Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer is taking over Shepard Smith's 3 p.m. slot at Fox News, Mediaite has learned.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Comcast CFO says the company will spend $2B on NBCU's Peacock streaming service in 2020 and 2021, projects it will not be profitable for the first five years — Comcast expects to pump $2 billion into NBCUniversal's Peacock streaming service in 2020 and 2021, while the company is projecting …
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Sean Murray / TheJournal.ie:
Given video evidence, BBC and ITV journalists apologize for tweeting that a Labour activist had punched a Tory advisor based on info given by Tory sources — THERE WAS FURTHER controversy on the UK general election campaign trail this evening, after a claim on social media reported by a number …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Berkeleyside to launch a journalism venture in Oakland in spring 2020 with $3.12M in funding from the Google News Initiative and the American Journalism Project — A new Oakland, California-based journalism venture will launch next spring with $1.56 million in funding from the Google News Initiative (GNI), executives tell Axios.
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Oakland Newsroom, The Keyword, Berkeleyside, American Journalism Project and @emilybell
Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac:
Report: since Apple debuted Intelligent Tracking Prevention, the cost for advertisers to reach Safari users has dropped 60%+, as such ads are less desirable — In the two years since Apple released Safari's Intelligent Tracking Prevention feature that keeps websites from tracking users around the web …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CBS joins Open AP, the media alliance that gives advertisers a way to buy impressions from audience segments across media outlets owned by different companies — “Young Sheldon” leads CBS' Thursday-night schedule. Soon it may help to lead advertisers to a new way of placing their commercials.
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Javier Espinoza / Financial Times:
EU's regulators have sent detailed questionnaires to news publishers asking them to describe the scope, duration, and rationale of their data deals with Google — The European Commission has sent detailed questionnaires to news publishers as it tries to understand whether the way Google collects data …
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@pilhofer and @javierespft
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Shane Madej, Ryan Bergara, and Steven Lim, the stars of BuzzFeed shows with a combined 2B views, have left BuzzFeed to form content studio Watcher Entertainment — After building their careers as internet personalities at BuzzFeed, the creators and hosts of three of the company's biggest shows …
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@sebastianschris and @ryansbergara
Daniel Trilling / The Guardian:
The Sun retracted a Jeremy Corbyn story on Saturday without acknowledgement or explanation, after readers found info sourced from far-right conspiracy theorists — The tabloid swiftly deleted its dubious exclusive linking Labour to a shadowy ‘network’ of postmodern hard-left extremists
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