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7:30 PM ET, August 15, 2021

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Dean Sterling Jones / BuzzFeed News:
Snopes suspends its cofounder David Mikkelson after report finds he published 54 articles between 2015 and 2019 with plagiarized material from LAT and others  —  David Mikkelson, the cofounder of the fact-checking website Snopes, has long presented himself as the arbiter of truth online …
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Azmat Khan / @azmatzahra:
[Thread] US reporters who worked in Afghanistan could help Afgan nationals, who worked with their media org, get referrals for US State Dept.'s refugee program  —  Are you an American journalist who's worked in Afghanistan? Then there's a 100% chance you hired Afghan nationals to help you with your work. Here's how you might be able to help them right now... (a thread)
Discussion: @wickdchiq
Roshan Noorzai / Voice of America:
As the Taliban advance in Afghanistan, more than 90 media outlets have closed down and 46 journalists have relocated to Kabul due to violence and threats  —  As the Taliban advance across Afghanistan, over 90 media outlets have closed down and concern for the safety of the country's journalists has increased.
Angela Fu / Poynter:
NPR has developed Dex, a tool attached to its CMS where staff submit information on sources' race, age range, gender identity, and location to monitor diversity  —  After deciding to track demographics for all its sources in 2020, NPR built a tool to make the process part of reporters' daily newsgathering
Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak:
Netflix blocks some residential IP addresses used by VPN services to bypass geographic restrictions; Netflix originals access is unaffected  —  Six years ago, Netflix started blocking customers who tried to access its service over a commercial VPN or proxy service.
Kelly Gilblom / Bloomberg:
Study of 6,000 websites and 900 apps that host pirated movies and TV finds they make ~$1.3B per year from ads, including ads by Amazon, Facebook, and Google  —  - Stolen-content providers make $1.3 billion a year, study says  — Amazon, Facebook, Google contribute ads to the websites
Discussion: Beyond Search
Kara Swisher / New York Times:
Interview with LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong, on focusing on journalistic strength and user engagement, not blocking the Tribune sale to Alden, and more  —  When you walk in the room, do you have sway?  —  I'm Kara Swisher.  And you're listening to “Sway.”
Inside Radio:
National Association of Broadcasters and two other groups ask a court to re-examine FCC rules requiring disclosure of foreign ties of entities leasing airtime  —  The National Association of Broadcasters is joining forces with and the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters …
Josef Adalian / Vulture:
HBO Max plans to roll out a new app in the next four or five months for connected TVs, built from the ground up, after complaints of glitches in its current app  —  This story first ran in Buffering, Vulture's newsletter about the streaming industry.  Head to vulture.com/buffering and subscribe today!
 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
NBC says streaming of Tokyo Olympics content on its platforms was up 25% from 2016 Rio Games and 101% from the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games
Dave Sebastian / Dow Jones Newswires:
Meredith reports Q4 net income of $36.7M, up from $6.2M last year, on revenue of $717.9M, up from $611.2M; digital ad revenue grew 80% YoY
Antoinette Siu / The Wrap:
TikTok talent agent Ariadna Jacob sues NYT and reporter Taylor Lorenz for defamation, claiming she lost clients after an August 2020 article about her business
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Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
NYT lawyers mistakenly emailed a document listing strategies to fight a tech union to a union organizer; the paper opted for trying to keep membership under 400
Emily McCormick / Yahoo Finance:
Disney beats expectations in Q3, with net income of $923M on revenue of $17.02B, paid subs for Disney+ at 116M, ESPN+ at 14.9M, and Hulu at 42.8M
@nymagunion:
[Thread] Pay study from New York Magazine Union: median salary for women of color is $65,900, ~$8,000 less than white female colleagues, $34,000 less than men
The Daily Beast:
Sources: Rachel Maddow, intrigued by streaming and podcasting opportunities, is considering leaving MSNBC when her contract ends early next year