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Robert McMillan / Wall Street Journal:
Twitter allows NY Post's account to tweet again, updating its practice of “not retroactively overturning prior enforcement” — Social-media company reverses policy that previously required newspaper to delete old tweets before being able to tweet again
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Glenn Greenwald / Greenwald:
Glenn Greenwald publishes his email exchange with Intercept editors about his Biden story, which he says precipitated his resignation — Given The Intercept's vehement denials, readers are entitled to see for themselves what the truth is: transparency journalism with integrity requires.
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Peter Sterne / New York Magazine:
Greenwald's break with The Intercept was inevitable: he planned to leave, viewed editing as censorship, and Substack may be able to match his six-figure salary — On Thursday, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald denounced The Intercept, the news outlet he co-founded six years ago, and announced his immediate resignation.
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Fact-checking finds more problems with The Atlantic story on niche sports by Ruth S. Barrett, who had a scandal-ridden record when using the byline Ruth Shalit — Over a couple of paragraphs in a recent story on niche sports and college athletics, Ruth S. Barrett writes of two injuries sustained …
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Kerry Flynn / CNN:
The NYT podcast The Daily plans to host its first-ever live show, from 4pm to 8pm on Election Day, anchored by Michael Barbaro and Carolyn Ryan on the NYT site — New York (CNN Business)The New York Times' (NYT) news podcast, “The Daily,” is planning to host its first-ever live show on Tuesday to cover Election Day.
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@samdolnick, @arainert and New York Times
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Tim Davie says that BBC journalists can attend Pride marches, if they aren't seen as taking a stand on “politicized issues”, though what that means is unclear — Non-politicised participation allowed, Tim Davie says, as newsrooms call for clarity on new impartiality rules
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
How news outlets are preparing for election night, with plans for extended live coverage and transparency about what's known and what isn't — NEW YORK (AP) — This coming weekend, CNN's Sam Feist will distribute to his staff copies of the testimony news executives gave to Congress …
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Jason Gurwin / The Streamable:
YouTube TV says it is dropping NESN, the sports network for the Boston Red Sox and Boston Bruins, on Saturday; NESN will only stream on fuboTV and AT&T TV NOW — Just a few weeks after losing Fox Sports RSNs, YouTube TV will be dropping NESN, the regional sports network coving the Boston Red Sox and Boston Bruins.
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Lauren Harris / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with Priyanjana Bengani, who began researching “pink slime” journalism in 2019, on how it scales and the role of local outlets in discovering the phenomenon — Last week, outlets like the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, and the New York Times reported the emergence …
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@lharriswrites, @cjr, @cjr and @firstdraftnews
Lara O'Reilly / Digiday:
Interview with Petra Wikström, director of public policy at Schibsted, on joining the Coalition for App Fairness to pressure app store owners to change rules — Nordic publishing giant Schibsted became one of 20 new members of the recently formed Coalition for App Fairness earlier this month.
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@appfairness and @larakiara
Connie Guglielmo / CNET:
Interview with Red Ventures CEO Ric Elias as the company finalizes its purchase of CNET Media Group, on media disruption and the crisis of consumers' trust — Ric Elias says the best conversation he ever had was the 30 seconds he spent shaking the hand of the man who saved his life, neither one of them saying a single word.
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Pew Research Center:
Among six public US newspaper companies, ad revenue fell by a median 42% YoY in Q2; circulation revenue fell by 8% YoY; labor expenses in four fell a median 20% — The financial state of the U.S. news media in the second quarter of 2020 … The coronavirus outbreak has had a major impact …
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