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11:30 AM ET, July 16, 2020

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Trump admin orders hospitals to bypass CDC and send COVID-19 info to a database not open to the public, raising questions about reporter and researcher access  —  Hospitals have been ordered to bypass the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and send all patient information …
David Folkenflik / NPR:
NPR's Q2 radio audience fell ~25% YoY; podcast downloads and app use rose ~25% YoY; NPR on track to make more from underwriting on podcasts than on radio shows  —  Broadcast ratings for nearly all of NPR's radio shows took a steep dive in major markets this spring, as the coronavirus pandemic kept …
Veronica Penney / New York Times:
Facebook classifies climate change news as opinion, meaning peer-reviewed science, industry statements, and disinformation aren't fact-checked  —  Critics say a company policy that exempts opinion articles from fact-checking amounts to a huge loophole for climate change deniers.
Ad Age:
Dan Peres, former Detail editor-in-chief, named editor-in-chief of Ad Age  —  Former Details editor-in-chief will oversee print, digital, social, video, podcasts and events  —  Dan Peres has been named editor-in-chief at Ad Age overseeing editorial across all the publication's expressions …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Memo: Vox Media is laying off 6% of its workforce, or around 70 people, mostly affecting Curbed, SB Nation, IT and office operations, and events staff  —  Vox Media, whose brands include New York Magazine, Vulture, The Verge and SB Nation, is cutting 6% of its workforce, laying off about 70 employees.
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
NewsWhip: among the top 100 articles on Facebook in Q2, coverage of BLM protests and COVID-19 appeared most frequently; NBC and BBC were the top publishers  —  Coverage of Black Lives Matter protests and the coronavirus pandemic pushed engagement on Facebook to an all-time high this quarter.
Dylan Byers / NBC News:
Sources: Facebook to launch Instagram Reels in the US, UK, Japan, Mexico and ~50 other countries in the coming weeks  —  Facebook will launch Instagram Reels, its answer to TikTok, in the United States and more than 50 other countries in a matter of weeks, according to sources familiar …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Amazon launches a new livestreaming option for influencers on its Amazon Live service, a home shopping network-style video feed on Amazon's retail site  —  Amazon is giving live streamers a new way to earn commissions on purchases of products showcased in their streams.
Apple:
Apple updates News to include audio stories on Apple News+, a daily audio news briefing, and curated local news collections in five US cities and regions  —  Apple is introducing several new features for Apple News and Apple News+, including audio stories of some of the best feature stories from Apple News+ …
Eliana Miller / Poynter:
Some online outlets fail to clearly and uniformly label opinion, leading to reader confusion and complaints over opinions and political agendas in reporting  —  In print, it's fairly clear what's an opinion piece and what's a news article.  Online, things aren't so clear.
Substack Blog:
Substack begins offering legal support to US-based writers with paid subscriptions who publish work that may attract unreasonable legal pressure  —  For the last few months, we have been piloting a legal support program for independent writers on Substack.  As part of this program …
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Max Willens / Digiday:
Salaried reporters embrace platforms like Substack, seeing the newsletter as a way to communicate directly with readers, test new ideas, and nurture obsessions
 
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Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge:
Twitter says most verified accounts should be able to tweet again, after limiting the functionality on some verified accounts earlier while investigating hack
Seth Colaner / VentureBeat:
The EFF, in partnership with the University of Nevada, launches a searchable database of 3,000+ US police agencies and the tech surveillance tools they use
Discussion: Gizmodo and Wired
Steven Perlberg / Digiday:
Slack, introduced to newsrooms to boost efficiency, is now serving another purpose: letting journalists organize and criticize, forcing management to respond
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Joe Otterson / Variety:
In a memo to staff, ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish says “we are assuming the majority of employees will not be returning to US offices this year”
Raphael Satter / Reuters:
A freelancer with Jerusalem Post and The Algemeiner bylines, who attacked critics of NSO Group, seems to be an elaborate fiction with a deepfake profile photo
Jordan Moreau / Variety:
ViacomCBS fires actor and TV host Nick Cannon, after he made anti-Semitic comments on his podcast
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
Laura Wagner / VICE:
New York Times Opinion writer Bari Weiss says she's leaving the paper