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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
It's no secret that a culture of lies permeates this White House, so reporters need to press for documentation and statements from credible medical experts — With President Trump apparently struck by covid-19 a month before a critical election and after 200,000 American deaths from the disease …
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Reuters:
Irina Slavina, EIC of Russian news outlet Koza Press, died after setting herself on fire in front of a government office after police searched her apartment — A Russian journalist has died after setting herself on fire in front of the local branch of the interior ministry in the city of Nizhny Novgorod …
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Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
Sources: Fox News agreed to pay a former assistant of Kimberly Guilfoyle more than $4M to settle a complaint about Guilfoyle's sexually inappropriate behavior — As President Donald Trump heads into the 2020 elections, he faces a daunting gender gap: according to a recent Washington Post/ABC News poll …
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Jason Lynch / Adweek:
AMC+, AMC Networks' streaming service, is available without a cable subscription for the first time as it debuts on Apple TV Channels and Prime Video Channels — Networks AMC, BBC America, IFC and SundanceTV go direct-to-consumer for first time — AMC+ subscribers will get early access …
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Jill Goldsmith / Deadline:
SCOTUS agrees to hear case to decide whether the FCC can repeal or modify media ownership rules in its attempt to relax restrictions on local media ownership — The U.S. Supreme Court Friday said it has agreed to hear a longstanding case dealing with the FCC's attempt to relax restrictions on local media ownership.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Vice Media names Nadja Bellan-White as its first global CMO — Bellan-White, previously based in the U.K., will work from Vice's Brooklyn headquarters and will report to CEO Nancy Dubuc. She starts at the end of October. — With Bellan-White's appointment, current Vice CMO Guy Slattery …
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Helen Stubbs / Knight Foundation:
US Survey: 62% say it is harder to be well-informed due to an increase in available info, of which 72% attribute it to mixing news and non-news items online — Americans often feel overwhelmed by the volume of news, saying they are frequently unable to sort out the facts and discern what is important …
CNBC:
Facebook rebuts The Social Dilemma, saying the popular Netflix documentary “buries the substance in sensationalism” — - Facebook rebutted Netflix's “The Social Dilemma” on Friday. — The company argued that the documentary-drama that quickly gained popularity for its critical look …
Aarian Marshall / Wired:
Library checkouts of ebooks are up 52% YoY since March as libraries pay an average of $40 per copy due to publisher restrictions limiting library lending — Checkouts of digital books from a popular service are up 52 percent since March. Publishers say their easy availability hurts sales.
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Ben Kenigsberg / New York Times:
Kingdom of Silence, a documentary about Jamal Khashoggi's career, premieres on Showtime today, two years after his murder — Rick Rowley's documentary looks back at the journalist's career in all its contours and contradictions against a backdrop of changing geopolitics.
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Colleen Shalby / Los Angeles Times:
CA Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that strengthened protections for journalists covering protests from law enforcement, questioning the definition of media — Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have further protected journalists covering demonstrations from physical or verbal obstruction by a law enforcement officer.
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InPublishing:
UK's Independent is launching Independent en Español, a Spanish-language website aimed at the US market, its biggest, starting with translated articles — The Independent this week announced the launch of Independent en Español, a new website created to serve the Hispanic audience …
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