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4:35 PM ET, September 18, 2020

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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...
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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.
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
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
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 …
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 …
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 …
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
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
Mountain State Spotlight, with three veteran journalists as co-founders, launches with help from American Journalism Project, ProPublica, and Report for America  —  “In my experience in legacy media, the answer was to throw your hands in the air and say, 'There's not much we can do.' Well, I don't find that acceptable.
 
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Washington Post:
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Raffaele Huang / Wall Street Journal:
Apple removes WhatsApp and Threads from its App Store in China, saying it was ordered to do so by China's cyberspace officials citing national security concerns

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