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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 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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Vanity Fair, ABC News, @amy_siskind, @theplumlinegs, @thestefansmith and @jayrosen_nyu
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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The Keyword, The Streamable, Variety, @mikeorren, @mikeorren, @jaycodon, @kerrymflynn, @jayrosen_nyu, @lmconsortium and @jeffjarvis
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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@studyhallxyz, @markberman, @studyhallxyz, @_grendan, @simonowens, @hhavrilesky, @studyhallxyz, @jessbidgood, @benyt, @studyhallxyz, @studyhallxyz, @jordannovet, @mccanner and @tolles
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.
Discussion:
@antontroian, @maximeristavi, @antontroian, @arictoler and @antontroian, more at Techmeme »
Paul Bond / Newsweek:
A new film taking a positive look at Roger Ailes, featuring interviews with Trump, Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly and narrated by Jon Voight, to debut on Friday — Another film about the late Roger Ailes is set to debut on Friday, though unlike last year's movie, Bombshell, or the TV miniseries The Loudest Voice …
Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Warner Bros to release Tenet internationally on August 26 before opening in select cities in N. America on September 4, but has no plans for China — “Tenet” may still be able to salvage a summer release after all — at least outside of the United States.
MJ Lee / CNN:
Sources: Democratic National Convention will feature just two hours of prime time programming, from 9pm to 11pm ET, on the four nights between August 17 and 20 — (CNN)The Democratic National Convention will feature just two hours of prime time programming on each of the four nights between August 17 …
The New York Times Company:
The New York Times announces that Jyoti Thottam will be the new deputy Op-Ed editor — Jyoti Thottam, who has exquisite news judgment and sure editing hands, will oversee vertical editors and be a regular Opinion Today writer. Read more in this note from Katie Kingsbury.
Discussion:
@ishaantharoor, @nytimespr and @froomkin
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap:
Hearst denies O Magazine will cease print at end of 2020, says the magazine will continue to publish online and it is evaluating print frequency beyond December — Hearst denies O Magazine will cease its print editions at the end of the year. In a statement late Sunday …
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.
Discussion:
Nieman Lab and IFJ
Sonam Vashi / Columbia Journalism Review:
A hotline run by advocacy org Freedom for Immigrants has become crucial to journalists for gaining firsthand accounts from inside US immigrant detention centers — In the first episode of the final season of prison dramedy Orange is the New Black, one character, Maritza Ramos, faces deportation.
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@gijn, @cmargalaz, @usprojectcjr, @cjr, @migrantfreedom and @sonamvashi
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