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8:15 AM ET, July 28, 2020

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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
After pushback, Sinclair says it will not move forward with airing a segment featuring discredited researcher of the conspiracy theory-driven “Plandemic”  —  New York (CNN)The Sinclair Broadcast Group (SBGI) said Monday it will not move forward with airing a segment featuring …
Euirim Choi / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Instagram has made lucrative offers, some in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, to some of TikTok's most popular creators to use Reels  —  Instagram makes lucrative offers to TikTok creators to join its competing service  —  Facebook Inc.'s FB 1.21% Instagram has offered financial incentives …
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
Times-Picayune treated David Duke “less as a politician than as a threat” during his 1991 run for governor, an approach that media can emulate in 2020  —  In recent weeks, Slow Burn, the hit history podcast from Slate, has broadcast its fourth season, on the political rise of David Duke …
Matt Donnelly / Variety:
Internal memo: The Ellen DeGeneres Show is under an internal investigation by WarnerMedia following reports of problems including racism and intimidation  —  “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” has become the subject of an internal investigation by WarnerMedia following numerous accounts of workplace problems …
Georgia Wells / Wall Street Journal:
Match Group names ex-CBS Interactive boss Jim Lanzone as Tinder's new CEO, beginning August 3  —  Match Group's flagship dating app is navigating changes to online dating during the Covid-19 pandemic  —  Match Group Inc. MTCH 1.56% is naming a new chief executive for the company's flagship dating app Tinder …
Parker Molloy / Media Matters for America:
A look at five years of journalists and commentators talking about imminent pivots by Trump, praising him for always-temporary changes in his tone  —  It's been more than five years since Donald Trump rode down the golden escalator of his eponymous New York City tower to a crowd containing actors paid to cheer for him.
Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with the new CEO of NYT Meredith Levien on establishing the paper as a world-class digital product and technology company  —  Meredith Kopit Levien knew early on that she'd like to head up a news publishing company.  She just never expected she would end up as the CEO of The New York Times …
Kevin Draper / New York Times:
With regional sports networks slimming their crews amid production restrictions for MLB telecasts, broadcast workers worry the changes could become permanent  —  Could changes to telecasts made during the coronavirus pandemic become permanent?  —  Major League Baseball's abbreviated 60-game season …
Steven Perlberg / Digiday:
Profile of Chartbeat founder Tony Haile and his new startup, Scroll, which offers an ad-free, $5/month bundle of 300 publishers and is off to a slow start  —  Tony Haile is one of the most well-liked personalities in media, a smooth-talking Brit who can gossip with reporters …
Reid Nakamura / The Wrap:
Oprah to launch a new interview show at Apple TV+ called The Oprah Conversation on July 30, with the debut episode featuring author Professor Ibram X. Kendi  —  “The Oprah Conversation” premieres Thursday, July 30  —  Oprah Winfrey is launching a new interview show at Apple TV+, the streaming service announced Monday.
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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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
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
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