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8:00 AM ET, August 21, 2021

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Alice Speri / The Intercept:
A look at the bureaucratic obstacles facing Afghans who worked with US media outlets, including changing US admissions eligibility requirements  —  On Wednesday night, the New York Times announced that it had evacuated a group of Afghan colleagues and their immediate families …
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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.
DW.COM:
Taliban have killed a family member of a DW journalist they were seeking and raided the homes of three other DW journalists
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
New York Times:
Internal emails: Facebook shelved content transparency report in Q1 fearing outcry, as most-viewed link was news article implying doctor died from COVID vaccine  —  The company praised itself this week for being “the most transparent platform on the internet.”
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Memo: DC-based The Hill has been sold to Nexstar Media Group for $130M  —  The Hill, a Beltway-based print publication that receives significant national traffic to its digital website, has sold to Nextstar for $130 million, Axios has learned.  —  Why it matters: The Hill's owner …
Associated Press:
AP's incoming CEO wrote to FL Gov. Ron DeSantis protesting tweets by his press secretary targeting an AP reporter, saying “bullying of journalists” is dangerous  —  NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press called on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to end “harassing behavior” …
Richard Lawler / The Verge:
OnlyFans shares new TOS for “sexually explicit conduct”: no intercourse, masturbation, exhibition of genitals; any such content must be removed before Dec. 1  —  Sex and masturbation, whether simulated or real, aren't allowed  —  On Thursday the video and image sharing site …
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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
Awful Announcing:
Disney and National Cable Television Cooperative, representing 700+ cable operators, renew their carriage deal; all NCTC operators will offer the ACC Network  —  August is when a lot of carriage deals tend to expire and either get renewed or not (ahead of the college football and NFL seasons) …
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 …
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
BBC inquiry dismisses News UK's complaint alleging that a BBC Two documentary implied Rupert Murdoch “posed a threat to liberal democracy”  —  Complaints unit backs makers of Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty, except over section on Tory ‘sleaze’ stories
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 …
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