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11:45 AM ET, August 16, 2020

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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
In updated editor's note, Newsweek apologized for an op-ed questioning Harris' eligibility, calling it a tool for racism after staffers demanded it be retracted  —  The apology nevertheless fell far short of staffers' demands that the magazine retract and remove the supposedly erudite exploration of 19th century Supreme Court rulings.
Will Oremus / OneZero:
Interview with India's Nikhil Pahwa, the founding editor of MediaNama who pushed against Facebook's Free Basics, on heavy-handed state control of the internet  —  “It's almost like we have China envy.”  —  Six years before India shook the global internet by banning TikTok and 58 other Chinese apps …
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ofcom: 45% of UK adults get their news via social media, down from 49% last year, while Google News use rose from 13% to 17%; 35% get news from print newspapers  —  The number of people in the UK getting news from social media and Google search has declined in the past year, although Google News use is up according to Ofcom.
Mollie Leavitt / The Idea:
Q&A with CEO of nonprofit climate news site Grist, who says revenue increased 51% and membership rose 94% from FY 2018-FY 2019, reaching ~6,000 subscribers  —  This week, we caught up with the CEO of the nonprofit climate news site, Grist.  Grist has grown significantly over the past year …
Taylor Lorenz / New York Times:
Some social media influencers in collab houses describe a toxic environment in a predatory industry as they tried to work with talent management firm Influences  —  Young people come to Los Angeles in droves with dreams of fame and fortune.  Once they're discovered, it's not always sunny.
Natalie Degraffinried:
An ex-staff editor at Kotaku says she left the gaming news site due to its toxic work environment and deeply entrenched problems of racism and sexism  —  Hey folks!  After a nightmarish process of trying to get medical leave and being taken off payroll on Juneteenth—the first one we got off as a holiday!
Business Insider:
Current and former Complex Networks staffers detail a company culture where leadership fostered bullying, favoritism; Complex has launched “full cultural audit”  —  - Complex Networks is facing a reckoning after a number of current and former employees cited incidents …
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
The White House breached its own COVID-19 social distancing rules to allow representatives from Gateway Pundit, Epoch Times, and OAN into press briefings  —  The White House press corps just got a little more Trump-friendly, thanks to a bit of maneuvering by the White House itself.
Financial Times:
Sources: as ViacomCBS expands CBS All Access with programming from Viacom and Paramount, it is considering rebranding the streaming service to Paramount+  —  ‘Paramount+’ tops shortlist as battle with Disney moves centre stage in attempt to lift shares  —  ViacomCBS is considering a plan …
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Bloomberg:
ViacomCBS shares rose as much as 5.8% on Friday following a researcher's report that an activist investor may be gathering a significant stake
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New York Times:
Some Hollywood blockbusters resume filming overseas, like the latest Jurassic World in the UK using Universal's 107-page safety manual and 18K COVID tests  —  “Jurassic World: Dominion,” filming in England, is a chance for the movie industry to see if it can move past the financial woes caused by the pandemic.
Rob Pegoraro / Forbes:
Facebook's new policy to label promoted content with direct political ties won't affect sites, like Breitbart, which are funded by political actors  —  A new policy Facebook FB announced Tuesday suggests the social network will finally punish political propaganda disguised as news.
Victoria Song / Gizmodo:
The death of Bon Appétit shows why media companies, which have no idea what makes videos work, failed with their half-baked plans to pivot to video  —  There are a zillion reasons why I have been mourning the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen.  The one that hurts most is that the slow …
 
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Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Santa Cruz Local, a startup that focuses on county-level public policy reporting, has grown amid the pandemic to 500 paying members and 3,800 newsletter subs
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Press Gazette:
UK court rules that Reach must pay damages of £49,000 to a school teacher following defamatory articles in The Sunday Mirror, Mirror Online, and Kent Live
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Facing saturation and stiff competition in the US, media giants including Fox News and ViacomCBS are planning to launch new streaming services internationally