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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.
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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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!
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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 …
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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.
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Gabe Fleisher / Columbia Journalism Review:
The Wake Up to Politics daily newsletter, with nearly 50,000 subscribers, remains focused on offering an alternative to insidery, partisan, political journalism — I read my first book about politics when I was six years old. See How They Run, by Susan Goodman, was, appropriately …
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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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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.
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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.
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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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