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MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell says he is pulling ads from Fox News after Fox rejected an ad for a symposium that would “prove” the 2020 election was stolen — Mike Lindell, CEO of MyPillow, says Fox News refused to run ad promoting an event linked to claims of widespread election fraud
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Scarlett Johansson sues Disney for breach of contract over concurrent release of Black Widow to Disney+ and theaters; source: release could cost Johansson $50M+ — Star alleges simultaneous release of the latest Marvel movie in theaters and on Disney+ service was a breach of contract
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Kelly McBride / NPR:
New NPR ethics policy ends a blanket ban on journalists participating in marches or rallies, but in practice requires them to discuss specific cases with bosses — NPR rolled out a substantial update to its ethics policy earlier this month, expressly stating that journalists may participate …
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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
The Bowie Blade-News, a 41-year-old weekly paper near Washington, DC, closed Thursday, 2 months after Alden Global Capital bought its parent, Tribune Publishing — Since Alden Global Capital bought the Tribune Publishing newspaper chain, newsrooms have shrunk and a Maryland weekly has shut down.
The Guardian:
News Corp Australia's Daily Telegraph ended a regular column from broadcaster Alan Jones, amid controversy over his COVID-19 and anti-lockdown comments — Veteran broadcaster rejects claims he ‘no longer resonates with readers’ — The Daily Telegraph has ended Alan Jones's regular column amid controversy …
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The Wrap:
NBCU's Peacock has 54M total signups, up from 42M at the end of March, 20M monthly active users, and is planning a European expansion via Sky — Peacock has reached 54 million signups to-date, NBCUniversal's parent company Comcast revealed Thursday morning in its Q2 2021 earnings release.
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Financial Times:
Educational publisher Pearson says it is switching to a subscription model for all of its 1,500 titles, available for $14.99/month through its app — Educational publisher attempts move to Netflix model with access to 1,500 titles for $14.99 a month — Pearson, the educational publisher …
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Sarah Bahr / New York Times:
Study: films and TV shows with disability themes rose from 41 in 2000 to 150 in 2020, but 95% of disabled characters are played by actors without disabilities — The study published Wednesday also showed that television is far behind film when it comes to representation of characters with disabilities.
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@awnnetwork_ and @timesupnow
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma shares a guide to help journalists with trauma-related stories, including using phrases like “triggered” and “PTSD” — And what does “retraumatizing” mean, anyway? You won't get PTSD reading this story, because when you're done …
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Dan Kennedy / WGBH.org:
By giving tax credits to support local news outlets, the Local Journalism Sustainability Act avoids direct federal aid that could hurt journalistic independence — Can government help solve the local news crisis? The notion sounds absurd, even dangerous.
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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
The Kansas City Beacon expands to Wichita aiming to create a regional network of nonprofit newsrooms across Kansas and Missouri; it has raised almost $4M so far — When The Beacon launched in Kansas City in March 2020, it was newsletter-only out of necessity.
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Columbia Journalism Review, @kcbeacon and @niemanlab
The New York Times Company:
NYT names Paula Szuchman to its newly created role of director of audio, which spans news and Opinion, as the outlet's audio teams near 100 people — Paula, a compassionate manager and creative and exacting editor who makes every story she works on better, will become the director of Audio, a new role that spans news and Opinion.
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