Mediagazer: Meredith Corporation laid off 180 workers this week, including 130 from its local TV media group and the rest from its national magazines group (Tyler Jett/Des Moines Register)

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Joe Rogan / @joerogan:

[Thread] Joe Rogan apologizes for claiming “people got arrested lighting fires in Portland” during a podcast, says “I repeated it without looking into it” — I fucked up on the podcast with Douglas Murray and said that people got arrested lighting fires in Portland. That turns out to not be true. I was very irresponsible not looking into it before I repeated it. I read one story about a guy getting arrested for lighting fires...

Media Matters for America:

Joe Rogan pushed the debunked conspiracy theory that “left-wing people” are starting forest fires in Portland during his podcast on Thursday — On the September 17 edition of his podcast, host Joe Rogan pushed the baseless conspiracy theory that “left-wing people” are “lighting forest fires” on the West Coast.

Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:

NYT debuts Daily Distortions, a feature that debunks and contextualizes misleading information that's gone viral, with a focus on one story a day and a blog — In an effort to cover misinformation responsibly, The New York Times has debuted a new feature that will debunk …

Discussion: @froomkin and New York Times

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Ron Howard and Brian Grazer's content accelerator Impact closes Series A, plans to launch the Creative Network, a marketplace for entertainment industry workers — Hollywood has been better known for making films and TV shows about the tech industry than it has been for being a part of it …

Discussion: Variety and @bgurley

Todd Spangler / Variety:

NBCU threatens to pull its TV Everywhere channels from Roku as early as this weekend amid Peacock negotiations — The dispute between Roku and NBCUniversal over distribution of the fledgling Peacock streaming service has taken a nasty turn. — Late Thursday, Comcast-owned NBCUniversal notified Roku …

Elaine Low / Variety:

In memo to staff, WarnerMedia CEO addresses Ellen Show and TMZ allegations and says they've hired a third party to do a review of their production business — Following news reports detailing issues of alleged misconduct at “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” and TMZ's newsroom …

Discussion: BuzzFeed News, Hollywood Reporter, @sethabramovitch, @vulture and New York Post

Dan Kennedy / Media Nation:

Boston Globe's deal with Biogen to provide digital subs to its staff and host town halls on topics of Biogen's choosing raises conflict-of-interest concerns — The Boston Globe has announced a partnership with Biogen in which the company's 4,000 Massachusetts-based employees will receive digital subscriptions.

Discussion: The Boston Globe and Dan Kennedy

Tim Baysinger / The Wrap:

WarnerMedia's streaming service DC Universe to rebrand as DC Universe Infinite and become a comics hub, with its scripted original series moving to HBO Max — DC Universe's first live-action series “Titans” will be migrating over to HBO Max for its upcoming third season as the two-year old streaming service …

Discussion: /Film, Observer, EW.com, Hollywood Reporter and Hollywood Reporter, more at Techmeme »

Tyler Jett / Des Moines Register:

Meredith Corporation laid off 180 workers this week, including 130 from its local TV media group and the rest from its national magazines group — Meredith Corporation laid off 180 workers this week, but its Des Moines offices avoided most of the cuts. — The layoffs included 130 employees …

Discussion: Adweek, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, @kent_ahrens, @mszafranski413 and TVSpy

Dan Rys / Billboard:

Complex Networks names Maurice Peebles as editor-in-chief to oversee news and video operations — Complex Networks has named a new editor-in-chief to oversee its news and video operations: Maurice Peebles, who will take over the job beginning Oct. 5. Peebles, who most recently was digital editor …

Discussion: @tallmaurice, @martinonyc, @baileycarlin, @tallmaurice, @tallmaurice and MediaPost

Rick Edmonds / Poynter:

A look at how strong, locally owned metro papers The Boston Globe, Minneapolis' Star Tribune, Charleston's Post and Courier have expanded to nearby cities — A mini-trend has been brewing for the last year or so: Publications like The Boston Globe, The Star Tribune in Minneapolis and The Post …

Alexandra Canal / Yahoo Finance:

7Park Data: nearly 29% of U.S. households that subscribe to Disney+ purchased the $30 Mulan film through September 12th — calculated risk releasing its live-action “Mulan” remake on streaming service Disney+ — which new data suggests is paying off. — According to exclusive figures provided by analytics research firm

Discussion: Digital TV Europe, And That's What You Missed On, The Playlist, /Film, Forbes and Marketplace