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Aubree Eliza Weaver / Politico:
Sinclair says it will delay airing and add more context to an America This Week segment that features “Plandemic” conspiracy theory, after social media backlash — Sinclair Broadcasting on Saturday said it will delay its scheduled airing of a news segment featuring …
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
A look back at Hearst under Troy Young and its move to spike the Bryan Singer story, which became important to the #MeToo movement after The Atlantic ran it — The workplace environment at the company's magazine division was troubled under Troy Young. And it may not have been good for ambitious investigative journalism, either.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
By persuading Trump that he's succeeding and blocking out outside criticisms, Fox News could be helping destroy Trump's reelection hopes — It would be a peculiarly apt form of poetic justice if the entity that has done so much to help President Trump run this country into the ground …
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Jessica Wakeman / Patreon:
Profile of NYT Style's editor Choire Sicha, well-liked by most, as the section confronts the pandemic's unique coverage demands — Art by Shawné Michaelain Holloway The man behind the curtain of the New York Times's most innovative section emerged fully formed from the Internet.
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LMC Site:
Local Media Consortium to launch The Matchup, a collaborative online sports platform, with some beta markets launching this month and full coverage by Jan. 2021 — Online sports collaboration offers 78 million enthusiasts multi-market access to content about their favorite teams, players and topics
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Anton Troianovski / New York Times:
Facebook hired StopFake in Ukraine to flag Russian disinfo, but critics accuse the fact-checking group of ties to the far right and of bias in its fact-checking — Facebook hired a Ukrainian group battling Russian disinformation to flag misleading posts. But critics say the fact checkers' work veers into activism.
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Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
Amazon Prime won't stream Yankees games this season as planned, after Yankees' YES Network decided to keep match-ups in the shortened season for itself — - Tech giant won't be streaming 21 baseball games as planned — Broadcasts would have been its first move as part-owner of YES
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Chantal Fernandez / The Business of Fashion:
The print edition of O: The Oprah Magazine will end after the Dec. issue; Hearst says OprahMag.com has an audience of 8M and it will keep investing in the brand — The joint venture between Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Inc. and Hearst Magazines marked its 20 year anniversary in April and is known …
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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism:
Study on news gaps in the UK: while overall news use remains higher than before the pandemic, women and people under 55 are less likely to access COVID-19 news — A woman wearing a face mask uses her phone on London Bridge in March 2020. — Dr Antonis Kalogeropoulos — Introduction |
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
IFJ survey of 558 female journalists from 52 countries shows 56% think COVID-19 has increased gender inequality in the industry — More than half of female journalists worldwide have experienced worsening gender inequality since the Covid-19 pandemic began, according to a new survey.
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Matthew Lysiak / Vanity Fair:
An excerpt from The Drudge Revolution by Matthew Lysiak shows how Matt Drudge boosted Jared Kushner and battled Bannon in the early days of Trump presidency — Donald Trump has appeared to sour lately on the Drudge Report, but in a new book, Matthew Lysiak reveals the conservative internet …
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Jon Fingas / Engadget:
Local Scripps-owned stations in 42 markets, including NYC, have gone dark on Dish Network after the companies failed to reach a deal on carriage rates — Two TV giants are once more at loggerheads over channel rates, and this time it might significantly hurt your access to local news.