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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
AG Barr allegedly told Rupert Murdoch to “muzzle” Andrew Napolitano, a Fox News analyst and Trump critic, last October according to a new book by Brian Stelter — The attorney general, William Barr, told Rupert Murdoch to “muzzle” Andrew Napolitano, a prominent Fox News personality …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Brian Stelter, whose new book Hoax explores the symbiotic ties between Fox News and Trump, says he was struck by the number of Fox staffers who miss Roger Ailes — If anyone was born to write a juicy book about the democracy-threatening relationship between Fox News and Donald Trump, it had to be Brian Stelter.
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New York Times:
Following the DNC, Republican officials are rushing to finalize their convention, focusing on in-person live broadcasts, leaving some TV networks in the dark — The party is promising a more traditional in-person spectacle with President Trump speaking every night.
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Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
American Media's David Pecker, who OK'ed hush-money payments to women who had affairs with Trump, is out as CEO; AMI to merge with logistics firm Accelerate 360 — Mr. Pecker is out as chief executive of American Media after two-decade tenure — David Pecker is stepping down as chief executive …
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Max Willens / Digiday:
A number of counterfeit shows that copy the names of popular podcasts like “Serial” are being distributed via Spotify-owned podcast hosting service Anchor — Over the past year, Spotify has dominated the podcast news space with headlines about big investments in new shows hosted by A-list celebrities.
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Kayleigh Barber / Digiday:
Group Nine has closed five longterm partnership deals in the past year that give brands exclusive advertising for 6-12 months after verticals launch or relaunch — This week, Group Nine's brands NowThis and The Dodo both launched two new verticals that both debuted with exclusive launch partners.
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Dan Kennedy / Media Nation:
In memo, Boston Globe EIC announced the promotions of Anica Butler and Nestor Ramos, its first Black woman and first Latino editor respectively on its masthead — Boston Globe editor Brian McGrory today announced two promotions. In a memo to the staff, McGrory said that Ideas section editor Anica Butler …
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Study: “news avoiders” who access news media less than once a month tend to see journalism as complicit in the establishment rather than an independent watchdog — I love a good folk theory. — A folk theory is “a belief based on received wisdom, rather than concrete evidence, knowledge, or facts.”
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Netflix and others are taking advantage of the global shortage of new TV shows to outbid British channels, raising questions about future TV schedules — Streaming services such as Netflix take advantage of Covid production shutdown — Streaming services such as Netflix are taking advantage …
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Live TV viewership of the Democratic National Convention fell 17.6% from 2016, with average nightly audience of 21.6M viewers; Biden's speech drew 24.6M viewers — Live television viewership for the Democratic National Convention fell 17.6 percent from 2016, but many Americans watched online.
Meghan McCarron / Eater:
Over two dozen current and former LAT and Lucky Peach staffers describe food editor Peter Meehan's toxic management style that led to his resignation from LAT — Peter Meehan's transgressive vision helped redefine food media with the groundbreaking Lucky Peach, and later transformed the LA Times's food coverage.
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Julia Alexander / The Verge:
Cancelation of Hasan Minhaj's Patriot Act shows streaming services like Netflix are yet to figure out how to make topical talk shows work — Not all TV formats work on streaming — On Tuesday, comedian Hasan Minhaj announced that after two years and six seasons, Netflix canceled Patriot Act.
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