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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
A look at the benefits and drawbacks of publishing on three-year-old Substack, as a growing number of reporters and writers migrate to the newsletter platform — Casey Newton, who has covered tech for The Verge, joins a growing number of reporters who have started subscription newsletters at Substack, a three-year-old platform.
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Sarah Jeong / OneZero:
Q&A with Casey Newton on leaving The Verge to start a newsletter on Substack called Platformer, after many years as The Verge's Silicon Valley editor — Sarah Jeong talks to Newton about the details of his deal, subscription journalism, and the magic of email
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Aleksander Chan / Discourse Blog:
Discourse Blog, made up of former Splinter journalists, is leaving Substack in October to start its own site, working with WordPress-powered platform Lede — So we have some news: Discourse Blog is leaving Substack next month to start our own website. We are beyond excited to show everyone …
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Laura Wagner / VICE:
Employees blast Alden-backed Tribune Publishing Company after it sent an email phishing test to staffers that promised bonuses; the company has apologized — The company sent staffers a fake email touting executive bonuses of up to $10,000 for “commitment to excellence.” — Laura Wagner
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Variety:
Variety parent company Penske Media reaches a deal with MRC to operate Billboard and The Hollywood Reporter under a newly formed joint venture called PMRC — MRC brings to the venture its production infrastructure. The MRC banner is home to the Netflix drama “Ozark” and has produced such feature films as …
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J. Clara Chan / The Wrap:
Sources: Deanna Brown, president of Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, is out after the merger with PMC — Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group President Deanna Brown is out at MRC after the merger between PMC and MRC on Wednesday, according to two individuals with knowledge of the matter.
Business Wire:
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. to retire as chairman of NYT's board of directors at the end of the year, and will be succeeded by A.G. Sulzberger — A.G. Sulzberger to Become Chairman on Jan. 1, 2021 — Mr. Sulzberger Jr. Transformed The Times into an International Media Company …
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New York Times, @gerryfsmith, @cliffordlevy, @mathewi, @alexweprin and @tomwatson
Peter Kafka / Vox:
Political journalists again re-evaluate the methods and value of in-person campaign trail reporting, as the pandemic amplifies 2020's weirdness — What happens when the campaign trail is an ethernet cable? — Olivia Nuzzi was covering a Donald Trump rally in Winston-Salem, North Carolina …
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The Week, @voxdotcom and Politico
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
An account of Mueller's failures must also account for media's failures, in buying AG Barr's spin and focusing on the optics of his report rather than substance — Under a presidency that, perhaps more than any in recent memory, tends to be rendered in starkly moralistic terms …
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@jon_allsop, @erikwemple, @jon_allsop, @sulliview, Washington Post and Ruffling Feathers
The Guardian:
Harold Evans, an investigative journalist for 70 years, newspaper editor, magazine founder, and book publisher, died Wednesday at 92 — Legendary British-American media figure was behind major investigations including exposure of thalidomide scandal — Sir Harold Evans …
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Nicholas Quah / Vulture:
Joe Rogan's Portland fire comments and reports of tensions between Spotify staff and executives over content show Rogan is already a headache for the company — When Spotify signed The Joe Rogan Experience to an exclusive multi-year distribution deal earlier in the summer …
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
The News Product Alliance launches as a community for people who work in news product management — The News Product Alliance launches today — The News Product Alliance launched today, offering a community for people who work in news product management. — What's that again, you might wonder?
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Becca Aaronson, @pilhofer, @kimfox, @anikaanand00, @shanbow, @mikeorren, @becca_aa, @becca_aa, @niemanlab and @amzam
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
WaPo memo: Marty Baron outlines 5 principles for covering hacked or leaked material pre-election, including careful headline vetting to avoid echoing propaganda — Nearly four years since the Podesta email dump blew up the 2016 race, the Post's top editor urges his newsroom to slow …
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: substantial job cuts are expected at NBCUniversal in the coming months as it thinks channels like E!, Oxygen, and Syfy don't have a long-term future — With channels like E!, Oxygen and Syfy on borrowed time, media company pushes deep cuts and centralizes program decisions
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