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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
NYT is moving part of its Hong Kong office to South Korea after China passed a national security law; some NYT staff in Hong Kong also faced work-permit issues — A sweeping national security law passed by China in June has unsettled news organizations and created uncertainty about the city's prospects as a hub for journalism in Asia.
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Digiday:
Interview with South China Morning Post's CEO Gary Liu on how the paper might be forced to change, interpreting China and Hong Kong for the Anglosphere, more — Hong Kong's South China Morning Post has covered the territory's role as a unique link between China and the rest of the world since the newspaper's founding in 1903.
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Guardian to cut workforce by 12%, with 70 jobs to go in editorial and 110 in commercial roles, as revenues are expected to be down by £25M+ on the year's budget — Revenues expected to be down by more than £25m as effects of pandemic hit media industry
Laura Wagner / VICE:
New York Times Opinion writer Bari Weiss says she's leaving the paper — The writer and editor has self-expelled from the newspaper, she tells VICE. — Laura Wagner — Bari Weiss, a writer and editor for the embattled New York Times Opinion section, is leaving the paper.
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Andrew Sullivan / @sullydish:
[Thread] Andrew Sullivan says he's leaving New York Magazine and his column will continue elsewhere — This will be my last week at New York Magazine.
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Bari Weiss:
In her resignation letter, Bari Weiss says she's been bullied by coworkers, that Twitter has become the NYT's editor, and self-censorship is the new norm
In her resignation letter, Bari Weiss says she's been bullied by coworkers, that Twitter has become the NYT's editor, and self-censorship is the new norm
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Josef Adalian / Vulture:
Owners of TV stations reaching about half of US TV homes told NBC they will preempt Thursday's 30 Rock reunion, reasoning it is too much of a Peacock promotion — In a plot twist right out of 30 Rock, NBC's biggest local affiliate groups have decided not to broadcast the network's upcoming …
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Jordan Moreau / Variety:
ViacomCBS fires actor and TV host Nick Cannon, after he made anti-Semitic comments on his podcast — In the June 30 episode of “Cannon's Class,” the actor and TV host interviewed Professor Griff, a rapper who was a part of Public Enemy before leaving the group after making anti-Semitic remarks.
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The Hill, The Root, @zackblatt, @thr, Us Weekly, Decider, @variety, Rolling Stone, @palafo, Forbes, New York Times, @amyspiro and NME
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
Media coverage of an opposition research-like statement listing Fauci's alleged errors let anonymous White House officials discredit him with no accountability — Over the weekend, the Washington Post reported that Dr. Anthony Fauci, the veteran director of the National Institute of Allergy …
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Appeals court revives a libel suit against Joy Reid by a Trump supporter, a setback for media orgs who fear suits intended to chill First Amendment activity — MSNBC's Joy Reid, who just a week ago earned a promotion to anchor a nightly news program, is on the losing end of an appellate decision …
Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
CBS signs a content partnership deal with civil rights group NAACP to develop scripted, unscripted, and documentary programming for linear TV and streaming — The multiple-year pact includes scripted, unscripted and documentary programming for broadcast, cable and streaming platforms.
BBC:
BBC News to cut 520 jobs, including 450 that were announced as part of an £80M savings drive in January, and then put on hold due to the pandemic — The Andrew Neil Show will disappear from BBC schedules as part of cuts to the corporation's news operation.
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@jimwaterson, @colingeorgebbc, @hadas_gold, @pressgazette and @pressgazette
Sara Fischer / Axios:
NYT has ten scripted TV show projects in development, and three feature documentaries releasing this year with many other projects in development and production — One of the country's oldest and most established media companies is starting to look more like a Hollywood studio than a traditional newspaper.
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@robroc, @wesyang and @sarafischer
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
On Monday, Tucker Carlson said Blake Neff's racist posts were wrong and that the former staffer has paid a “heavy price”, and announced a pre-planned vacation — Carlson announced his plans Monday in the wake of a new controversy surrounding his program, “Tucker Carlson Tonight …
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@oliverdarcy, The Daily Beast and Mediaite
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