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8:20 AM ET, August 24, 2020

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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.
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.
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 …
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.
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 …
Discussion: @bosbizdon
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.
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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Leo Schwartz / Rest of World:
DirecTV Venezuela, which had 10M users before closing in May due to US sanctions, resumed services after Chile-based Scale Capital acquired local operations
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: CBS is seeking ~$5.5M for Super Bowl ads, requiring telecast advertisers to appear in the online stream, and promising refunds in case of cancelation
Tim Schwab / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at the correlation between $250M+ in journalism grants the Gates Foundation has made and the overwhelmingly positive coverage the foundation has received
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Alex Kantrowitz / OneZero:
Q&A with Verge's Casey Newton on newsletter writing and how trust in tech press is eroded by algorithms, including Twitter's amplification of “snarky bastards”
Karlene Lukovitz / MediaPost:
Digital Entertainment Group: total consumer home entertainment spending was up 26% YoY to $15.1B in H1 2020 with spending on digital formats up 37% YoY
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