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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
BuzzFeed News pulled a corespondent from the White House press pool as safety concerns rose over COVID-19 at the White House; Politico sent a reporter instead — She said she had “obvious concerns about working indoors during an outbreak.” The White House Correspondents' Association pushed for more information on known infections.
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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
Following McEnany's diagnosis, reporters say they are furious about WH's cavalier attitude toward their safety and criticize the timidity of WHCA's statement
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Kali Hays / WWD:
California Sunday, owned by Pop-Up Magazine Productions, is ceasing publication, laying off about a dozen; union leaders are seeking a meeting to talk severance — Investor Emerson Collective is said to be pulling it's backing of the operation and its direct affiliate, Pop-Up magazine.
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Wall Street Journal:
Russia Today has been boosted in the US by a traffic-swapping network dominated by conservative media sites like The Daily Caller and National Review — The Kremlin-backed outlet has been boosted by a news aggregator dominated by conservative media sites — On any given day over the past two years …
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
With its Monday “town hall” featuring undecided voters in Miami, a Democratic-leaning county, NBC gave Biden a nationally televised, hourlong infomercial — NBC's Monday night event with the Democratic nominee was a town hall in name only. — Biden did his best to explain …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Quartz has been put up for sale by Japan's Uzabase, which expects to sell the site at a significant discount from the $86M it paid for it in 2018 — Japan's Uzabase expects to sell the business news site for far less than the $110 million it paid in 2018
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Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter:
Fox News launches a book label, Fox News Books, through HarperCollins, with the first book written by Fox & Friends Weekend host Pete Hegseth — The first two books from the imprint will be written by Pete Hegseth and Shannon Bream. — Fox News hosts and anchors have long leveraged …
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Gilad Edelman / Wired:
A group of tech companies, publishers, and advocates unveil Global Privacy Standard, supporting a browser-level privacy signal, backed by NYT, WaPo, and others — California's privacy law says businesses must respect universal opt-outs. Now the technology finally exists to put that to the test.
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Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News:
A fake website and a now removed Facebook page called the Globe Independent used plagiarized content from WaPo, NBC, others to post content critical of China — In early August, the Globe Independent launched a website filled with news stories plagiarized from NBC News, the Washington Post, and other outlets.
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Howard Stern is nearing a contract renewal with Sirius XM that would boost his pay to about $120M a year, from $80M to $100M now — Howard Stern, the radio shock jock who's maintained his star power in the podcasting era, is nearing a contract renewal with Sirius XM Holdings Inc …
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Axios:
Democrats on US House committee urge changes to antitrust law, including letting news publishers team up to negotiate vs. tech platforms who want their content — The House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday laid out Democrats' vision of a U.S. antitrust policy built to rein in Google, Apple …
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Josh Kosman / New York Post:
Sources: AT&T is pushing ahead with an auction of DirecTV, even though first-round bids valued DirecTV at around $15.75B; AT&T bought DirecTV for $49B in 2015 — AT&T is pressing ahead with an auction of DirecTV — and it's shaping up to be a fire sale.
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Mary Snapp / Microsoft on the Issues:
Microsoft VP Mary Snapp details how the company is supporting journalism, including pilot projects that fund local newsrooms and offer pro bono legal help — Growing up in Newton, Kansas our local newspaper, The Kansan, was the lifeblood of our community. At 3:30 p.m. every afternoon …
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