Mediagazer: The Tennessean says it is launching an investigation into how a full-page anti-Muslim ad by a Christian doomsday cult was published in its Sunday print edition (Hayley Miller/HuffPost)

12:20 PM ET, June 22, 2020

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The Tennessean says it is launching an investigation into how a full-page anti-Muslim ad by a Christian doomsday cult was published in its Sunday print edition — The Tennessean said it's investigating how a full-page, anti-Muslim ad was published. — The Tennessean ― …

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The Local Europe's paying members rose by 70% with reader surveys, explanatory articles, transparent membership messaging, and other small changes amid pandemic — Reader surveys, altered working hours, new membership messaging and cross-border collaborations: this Europe-wide network …

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Naman Ramachandran / Variety:

BBC announces a Creative Diversity Commitment to spend £100M of its existing commissioning budget over three years on diverse and inclusive content — U.K. public service broadcaster BBC has set out a ‘Creative Diversity Commitment’ that will see the corporation spend £100 million …

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Margaret Sullivan / @sulliview:

Email to New York Times staff: most employees won't be required back in physical offices until January 2021 — Most employees of @nytimes won't be required back in physical offices until January, 2021. (Sounds like there may be some exceptions.) Email to staff: https://twitter.com/...

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Ann-Marie Alcántara / Wall Street Journal:

As BuzzFeed and other publishers experiment with texting to deliver news to readers, the immediate return on investment remains unclear — Media companies experiment with a different type of reader experience — When BuzzFeed News journalist Mat Honan began texting readers …

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