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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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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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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,” …
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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Karlene Lukovitz / MediaPost:
YouTube TV to lose 19 Fox regional sports networks owned by Sinclair as of October 1, as a result of failed renewal negotiations between Google and Sinclair — YouTube TV subscribers will lose 19 Fox regional sports networks owned by Sinclair Media as of October 1, as a result …
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Sarah Whitten / CNBC:
Disney is laying off 28,000 employees, due to prolonged closures of its California theme parks and limited attendance at open parks — Prolonged closures at Disney's California-based theme parks and limited attendance at its open parks has forced the company to lay off 28,000 employees across its parks …
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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 which 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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The Conversation:
Comparison of MSNBC and Fox News transcripts from January to May showed Fox used the word “hate” 5X more than MSNBC, often with “they”, as in “they hate Trump” — 'Fox News is up to five times more likely to use the word “hate” in its programming …
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Paola Nalvarte / LatAm Journalism Review:
IFJ: 171 journalists have died from COVID-19 in Latin America between March and Aug.; 82 were from Peru, where many are freelancers with less access to PPE — Between March and August, 82 Peruvian journalists died from COVID-19 while covering the pandemic, according to the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ).
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Bloomberg Media will launch Bloomberg Wealth on Thursday, focusing on personal finance including careers, education, stock trading, and cryptocurrencies — Bloomberg Media is expanding its portfolio to provide more general business and lifestyle content to readers, instead of just straightforward markets …
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Samidha Sharma / The Economic Times:
India-based news aggregator Inshorts raises $35M led by Lee Fixel's Addition to promote Public, its new location-based social network — The former Tiger Global executive is leading a $35 million round at Inshorts. — After a hiatus of almost two years, Lee Fixel, the media shy former …
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Kendall Baker / Axios:
Buzzer, which aims to offer live sports on mobile devices by aggregating sports rights, raises $4M in seed funding led by Lerer Hippeau and Sapphire Sport — Buzzer, a mobile technology platform that wants to connect fans through live sports while helping existing media rights holders maximize value …
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