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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Moderating his second presidential debate, Fox News anchor Chris Wallace struggled to keep the event coherent, pleading at times with Trump to let Biden speak — On the eve of Tuesday night's presidential debate, Chris Wallace of Fox News declared his goal as the evening's moderator: “My job is to be as invisible as possible.”
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Francesca Chambers / @fran_chambers:
The Commission on Presidential Debates says it is considering adding “additional structure” to the format “to ensure a more orderly discussion of the issues” — The Commission on Presidential Debates speaks: https://twitter.com/...
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Failing some radical reform in the debate format that gives moderators more power, there's no reason for the next two debates to take place as scheduled — Chris Wallace wanted to be “invisible” as the moderator of the first presidential debate. “If I've done my job right,” …
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Ben Collins / NBC News:
Right-wing news sources and the WH press secretary amplified a conspiracy theory about an electronic earpiece for Biden, hours before the presidential debate — A conspiracy theory that Joe Biden would wear an electronic device in his ear during the first presidential debate went wildly viral Tuesday …
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Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Axios is on target to make a profit in 2020, with ~$58M in revenue, up 30%+ YoY, due to sponsored-newsletter business that contributes 50%+ of revenue — Three-year-old media company avoids staff reductions and is on pace to be profitable in 2020 — “Smart brevity” has been good for business at Axios.
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Sen. Warren and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pull out of New Yorker Festival in solidarity with The New Yorker Union, which is planing a digital picket line — The two standard-bearers of the left said they would skip the annual event in solidarity with The New Yorker Union, which plans a digital picket line.
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Janko Roettgers / Protocol:
Google unveiled its new streaming dongle, Chromecast with Google TV, which combines Chromecast tech with a redesigned Android TV interface emphasizing content — Google is taking another stab at conquering the living room: The company officially unveiled its new streaming dongle, Chromecast with Google TV, Wednesday.
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Saritha Rai / Bloomberg:
Condé Nast says it will open a global tech center in Bangalore to design and build digital content platforms for its brands including GQ and Vogue — - Center to build digital platforms for brands like Vogue and GQ — Magazine publisher plans to hire over 300 people by end-2021
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The Daily Beast:
Dean Baquet told NYT staff that the paper will “re-report” Caliphate after the podcast's main character was charged in Canada with concocting a terrorist hoax — The paper plans to re-examine the reporting in its Pulitzer Prize-nominated podcast after its central character …
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Reuters:
Reuters launches The Great Reboot, a vertical to cover the transformation of workplaces due to COVID-19 — Reuters announced today the launch of a new editorial vertical on the transformation and reimagining of the workplace that is being accelerated around the world by COVID-19.
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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Update on The Daily Memphian and Ken Doctor's Lookout Local: the Memphian has 13,900 subscribers paying $9.25/month average, Lookout Local to debut mid-November — Two full-scale newspaper launches in digital format marked milestones last week as they test whether going big can challenge a shrinking legacy print title.
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Talking Biz News, @raju, @rickedmonds, @kodacohen, @poynter and @poynter
Jason Gurwin / The Streamable:
YouTube TV is dropping all Fox regional sports networks starting Oct. 1; the networks will now only be available for streaming on Hulu Live TV and AT&T TV Now — Just following the end of baseball season, YouTube TV is about to lose 21 Fox Regional Sports Networks.
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Cord Cutters News, MediaPost, The Verge, Engadget and Variety
Kayleigh Barber / Digiday:
Food52 will launch its own OTT app, two years after launching its OTT channel on Xumo, where Food52 says advertising increased by 341% since launch — On Wednesday, Food52 will launch its own OTT app, two years after the food publisher first entered the streaming space.
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