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Sara Fischer / Axios:
WaPo's new election modeling tool will help determine where votes remain uncounted and if election is too close to call, as outlets move away from calling races — The Washington Post has created a vote modeling tool that will help the newsroom determine with reasonable confidence if an election …
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Columbia Journalism Review, @lbronner, Reuters, @jarroddicker, @justin_hyde, @mariaramirezny, @raju and Politico
Kathryn Hopkins / WWD:
New York relaunches Curbed, the last Vox property to move to the magazine, where it will feature regularly in print, be placed under a paywall, and focus on NY — Real estate site Curbed has officially relaunched as a New York Magazine vertical. — When Vox Media acquired New York Media …
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New York Magazine, Nieman Lab and @ddouglassjaimes
Sarah Whitten / CNBC:
Disney announces a major reorg, says its “primary focus” for entertainment will be streaming, as the pandemic has dramatically impacted its theatrical business — - Disney is restructuring its media and entertainment divisions. — In order to further accelerate it's direct …
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
As part of restructuring, Disney forms content groups for major film franchises, general entertainment, and sports, as well as a centralized distribution arm
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Business Insider, Stratechery, @jbflint, @mattbelloni, @jbflint, @jbflint, Financial Times, Forbes and CNET
Emma Goldberg / New York Times:
Profile of The Babylon Bee, a conservative answer to The Onion, which initially mocked Trump but now finds itself with an “insatiable desire to own the libs” — The comedy site, a conservative answer to ‘The Onion,’ used to have Trump squarely in its cross hairs.
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@chasemadar, @nytpolitics, @imao_, @michaeldweiss, @samthielman, @mazmhussain, @emmabgo and @jake_hanrahan
The New York Times Company:
Dean Baquet says he welcomes NYT Opinion's “role in hosting a wide range of views” but rejects questions raised about journalistic standards of The 1619 Project — 1619 is one of the most important pieces of journalism The Times has produced under my tenure as executive editor.
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@dlboardman and @matthennessey
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Charlie Nash / Mediaite:
NYT Guild apologized on Sunday after denouncing an NYT column from Bret Stephens that said “the 1619 Project has failed”
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@nytimesguild, Axios, @jakesilverstein, @nytimes, @theintercept, @benyt, @lhfang, @conor64, @kmele, @benshapiro, @soledadobrien, @anastasiakeeley, @ryangrim, @mtaibbi, @rudzki, @byrontau, @balkissoon, New York Post, CNN, The Intercept, New York Times, The Wrap and Fox News
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap:
Bon Appétit relaunches its YouTube channel with a diverse slate of new chefs after several hosts quit over allegations of racial inequity — Bon Appétit relaunched its YouTube channel Tuesday with a diverse slate of new chef-hosts after months of turmoil and the exit …
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Variety, MediaPost, @bonappetit, @blackamazon, @stefanetienne and @kerrymflynn
Frank Pallotta / CNN:
AMC Theatres says existing cash resources would be “largely depleted” by the end of 2020 or early 2021 due to reduced movie slate and attendance, down 85% YoY — New York (CNN Business)Illustrating how dire the situation is for the movie theater industry, the world's largest theater chain …
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Variety, NME, The Playlist, The Week, The A.V. Club, Vanity Fair, New York Post, @matthewkadish and @frankpallotta
CNN:
How Fox News personalities such as Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson are helping Trump campaign launder unverified Russian information about top Democrats — (CNN)While most of the nation was largely fixated over the past week on President Donald Trump's coronavirus diagnosis …
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@marshallcohen
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
The NYT, WSJ, WaPo, and other major outlets are refusing to send reporters to travel with Trump this week amid lack of assurance of COVID-19 safety protocols — Newspapers and networks are wary of exposing their staff members to the president and his aides, saying they do not have assurance …
Andrew Morse / CNET:
Flipboard launches Curator Pro, which provides Flipboard Magazine creators with metrics like a 30-day history of most-opened stories and most-shared stories — The new features are part of the news aggregator's efforts to refine curation on the app. — Flipboard, a popular news aggregator app …
Jim Roberts / The 74:
Former Cheddar EIC Jim Roberts has joined The 74, a nonprofit news site covering education in the US, as its new publisher and chief strategy officer — Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, the United States has measured its impact in terms of the many thousands lives lost …
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@nycjim, @sarafischer, @raju, @the74, @alexanderrusso, @beth_hawkins, @the74, @the74, @romydrucker and Talking Biz News
Mark Bergen / Bloomberg:
Right-wing YouTuber Steven Crowder has made a comeback after demonetization last summer, gaining nearly 1M subs, showing the unevenness of YouTube's enforcement — A year in YouTube's penalty box worked out well for Steven Crowder. — Crowder—one of the most popular conservative voices …
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@jenn_elias, @eelarson, @mhbergen, @technology, @joshuabrustein and @tsgiles
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