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10:05 AM ET, August 20, 2021

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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
OnlyFans says it will prohibit users from posting any “sexually explicit conduct” starting in October, but will allow nude photos and videos  —  - Popularity of the website has exploded during the pandemic  — Many sex workers use OnlyFans to charge customers online
New York Times:
Behind the work to get journalists, relatives, and others tied to NYT, WSJ, and WaPo out of Afghanistan, with aid from diplomatic contacts, military, and Qatar  —  The evacuation of those who worked for outlets like The New York Times and The Washington Post came after a global rescue effort stretching from the Pentagon to Qatar.
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DW.COM:
Taliban have killed a family member of a DW journalist they were seeking and raided the homes of three other DW journalists  —  Journalists and their families are in grave danger in Afghanistan.  The Taliban have no compunction about carrying out targeted killings as the case of a DW journalist shows.
Katie Robertson / @katie_robertson:
Memo: 65 families of NYT colleagues, with 128 people, have made it out of Afghanistan, and NYT plans to find ways to cover the country under Taliban rule
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Major outlets like WaPo have featured past architects of failed policies in Afghanistan criticizing Biden's withdrawal, leading to distorted coverage  —  After two decades of war, President Biden finally made the decision to fully withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan.  It did not go as planned.
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Vox Media hires BuzzFeed's former SVP of global brand licensing Eric Karp as its head of brand licensing, signaling its growing emphasis on commerce  —  Vox Media announced today that it has hired Eric Karp, formerly the svp of global brand licensing at BuzzFeed, as its new svp …
Pew Research Center:
Survey of 11,178 US adults: 48% say the government should restrict false info online, up from 39% in 2018; 59% think tech companies should, up from 56% in 2018  —  Amid rising concerns over misinformation online - including surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, especially vaccines …
TOLOnews:
Two female journalists at Radio Television Afghanistan say they've been barred from working and that there are no more female presenters or reporters at RTA  —  Afghan women journalists on Thursday asked the Taliban to respect their right to work.  —  Shabnam Khan Dawran, an anchor at RTA …
Discussion: Breitbart
David Hellier / Bloomberg:
Amazon bought rights to most of France's Ligue 1 soccer games and is charging French customers €13 extra rather than bundling sports into Prime Video  —  The everything store gets a GOAT  —  Amazon.com Inc. surprised the sporting world last month when it took over French soccer broadcasting.
Discussion: The Drum and Gizmodo
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Fox News is mandating all staff share their vaccination status even as its personalities argue that asking about vaccine status is a major intrusion of privacy  —  New York (CNN Business)The right-wing channel Fox News, whose top personalities have for months assailed the concept …
Issie Lapowsky / Protocol:
Facebook, for the first time, shares a report on the most widely viewed domains, links, posts, and Pages on Facebook in the US during Q2  —  A video of two cats walking, tails intertwined, looking like the best of friends.  A resource site for Green Bay Packers alumni.
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Ethan Zuckerman:
Facebook's new report reinforces its narrative that most content on the News Feed is not news, but doesn't provide enough data to make meaningful conclusions
 
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Patrick Hipes / Deadline:
The Television Academy says people attending Emmys Awards shows next month must provide a recent negative COVID test in addition to proof of full vaccination
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Hollywood veterans are warning that the shifts toward streaming and fewer episodes per season are creating a lag in training for new showrunners and TV writers
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Tarpley Hitt / Gawker:
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