Mediagazer: USA Today says the column it ran by trade adviser Peter Navarro in which he criticized Dr. Fauci was misleading and didn't meet fact-checking standards (David Bauder/Associated Press)

Sources: Fox News' Black employees are openly confronting management over its anti-Black rhetoric; Lachlan Murdoch personally approved Carlson's Neff remarks — SH*T.' — A heated early-June phone call between Fox execs and Black staffers was just the beginning of an internal revolt …

Discussion: Variety, The Wrap, TVNewser, Mediaite, Associated Press, @oliverdarcy, @aprildryan, @jeremymbarr, @thedailybeast, @briannawu, @mattgertz, @kimmasters, @kateaurthur, @jimrutenberg and Raw Story

Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:

Andrew Sullivan announces launch of the Weekly Dish on Substack beginning next week; includes a column, a “dissent section” to that column, and a podcast — The good news is that my last column in this space is not about “cancel culture.” Well, almost.

Discussion: Mediaite, @sarahnemerson, The Galli Report, @jbenton, @leftistwonk, @kerrymflynn, @jeffjarvis, @kittypurrzog, @mtracey, @jesseltaylor and @dankennedy_nu

Daniel Victor / New York Times:

Christopher Dickey, a foreign correspondent and editor who worked for the Washington Post, Newsweek, and the Daily Beast, has died at 68 — Mr. Dickey reported from war zones and published seven books, including a memoir about growing up with his famous father.

Discussion: The Daily Beast, The Wrap, @noahshachtman, @joyannreid, The Wrap, @marycjordan, @peterbakernyt, @just1nlynch, @maziarbahari, @blnadeau, @howardfineman, @jackshafer, MSNBC, @fareedzakaria, @michaeldweiss, @chrislhayes and @ericpape

Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline:

Netflix commits to a $200M+ budget, its largest ever, to produce The Gray Man, a Russo brothers thriller meant to be the start of a new franchise — EXCLUSIVE: Fresh from an earnings report that saw it add 10 million subscribers during the pandemic, Netflix has just set its most financially ambitious feature film so far.

Discussion: The Wrap, Variety, Metro.co.uk, NME, The Streamable, Vanity Fair, The Verge, The A.V. Club, CNET, Nerdist, @chrisevans, The Playlist, Engadget, Collider and IndieWire

David Bauder / Associated Press:

USA Today says the column it ran by trade adviser Peter Navarro in which he criticized Dr. Fauci was misleading and didn't meet fact-checking standards — NEW YORK (AP) — USA Today says that a column that the newspaper solicited and published from presidential trade adviser Peter Navarro criticizing …

Discussion: Newser, Business Insider, New York Times, USA Today, @fbajak, @ethicistforhire, @jayrosen_nyu, Washington Post, Raw Story, Breitbart and The Hill

Nicholas Quah / Vulture:

The Michelle Obama Podcast to launch exclusively on Spotify July 29; show to feature conversations with Conan O'Brien, Valerie Jarrett, Michele Norris, others — The former First Lady is coming to your headphones. — This morning, Higher Ground, the production studio of Barack and Michelle Obama …

Discussion: @michelleobama, CNN, Big Ack, @andrealimjoco, Variety, bookforum.com, @eldsjal, Shape, CNBC, The Daily Caller, Washington Post, The Hill, The A.V. Club, Newser and Associated Press

Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology from Alex Kantrowitz:

How tech companies place favorable newspaper op-eds, purportedly from small business owners, think tanks, and academics, without disclosing their involvement — For years, the tech giants and organizations they fund have pushed op-eds from small business owners, think tanks …

Matthew Gault / VICE:

ACLU and Knight Institute say the US Army is violating the First Amendment by banning people from its Twitch channel for asking questions about war crimes — Two civil rights lawyers say that the U.S. Army may have violated the constitution when it banned Twitch viewers for asking questions about American war crimes.

Discussion: Business Insider, Garbage Day, @jason_koebler, @jordanuhl, @aclu, The Verge and Reason

Ben Quinn / The Guardian:

Guardian owner the Scott Trust commissions independent researchers to track possible links between Guardian founder John Edward Taylor and transatlantic slavery — Chairman Alex Graham says ‘no evidence’ John Edward Taylor was directly involved but ‘all organisations must understand and discuss their histories’

Sara Fischer / Axios:

Global Alliance for Responsible Media, an industry body of ad companies including Google and Facebook, agrees to evaluate mutual definition of hate speech — The Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM), an industry body consisting of the world's biggest advertising companies …

more at Techmeme »

Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:

Research finds Democrats and Republicans have many news sources in common but critics say the ways these articles are framed on social media may be partisan — “(Almost) everything in moderation”? New research by Princeton's Andy Guess finds that Democrats and Republicans read a lot …

Discussion: The Hill

Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:

Bonnier, owner of Popular Science, Saveur, and others, names David Ritchie as its new US CEO, as it nears a deal to sell its US-based titles — Bonnier, the 216-year-old Swedish publishing giant that owns Field & Stream, Popular Science and Saveur, has changed the CEO of its American operation …

Discussion: Folio and MediaPost

CNBC:

Netflix names Ted Sarandos co-CEO, appoints Chief Product Officer Greg Peters as COO — Netflix is promoting its chief content officer Ted Sarandos to co-CEO, the company announced Thursday. The 20-year Netflix veteran will join current chief executive Reed Hastings in the role.

Lauren Feiner / CNBC:
Netflix reports Q2 revenue of $6.15B, up 24.9% YoY, and expects 2.5M net subscriber additions for Q3 vs analyst estimates of 5.27M

Discussion: Observer, The Verge, Quartz, The Verge, Breitbart, Multichannel News, @stevekovach, @jank0, @jank0, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, The National Interest, Axios and Vox, more at Techmeme »