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6:05 PM ET, August 22, 2021

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Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:

Facebook releases a previously shelved Q1 content transparency report, acknowledging the widespread reach of content casting doubt on COVID vaccines — The social-media platform's Saturday evening acknowledgment comes after a lengthy internal debate over whether to share data.

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.”

Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:

Anguished reactions by some in elite US media about Afghanistan come from people who deeply bought into the war and are suddenly forced to confront its reality — I wrote at the beginning of the week that the lightning collapse of the Afghan Army and the Afghan state, far from making …

Discussion: Mediaite, HuffPost, @kimdozier, @jjcarafano, @mvespa1, @joyannreid, @whitney_munro, @joshtpm, @walshfreedom, @ilpomodoro2, @cszabla, @tiernanbrady, Chicago Sun-Times, @paulrieckhoff, @alexbward, @davilaangelsd1 and @joshtpm

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 …

Discussion: Reuters, @theresaboyle, @spj_tweets, NPR, Love and Borders, @espiegler, @azmatzahra, @themattdimitri, @alicesperi, @terukuwayama, @alicesperi, @theintercept, @alicesperi, @alicesperi and New York Times

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: Voice of America, @safaidarya, @globalfreemedia, @davidfrawleyved, @spj_tweets, @hannahbloch, DW.COM and @sheasorensonwx

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

Dow Jones:
WSJ says 80 employees and their families have safely left Afghanistan

Discussion: @yarotrof, @tawnell, @jmalsin, @katie_robertson, @dionnissenbaum and Insider

Brian Steinberg / Variety:

Sources: Rachel Maddow has agreed to a new multi-year deal with MSNBC, which will include developing new projects with the network and NBCUniversal — Rachel Maddow will stay at MSNBC, according to two people familiar with the matter, after negotiating a new pact that will keep her at the cable-news outlet beyond 2022.

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, TVNewser, Insider, The Wrap, Mediaite, @benmullin, TVLine and The Daily Beast

Kayla Benjamin / Current:

Public radio reporters and editors discuss climate change coverage takeaways: listeners want more stories, newsroom collaboration is key, and more — Public radio newsrooms that have ramped up reporting on climate change are finding new ways to help their audiences understand the local impact …

Discussion: @rebootingfuture, @coveringclimate and @copublicradio

Mark Stenberg / Medialyte:

This year's media startups are better funded than last year's, yet are similar in their emphasis on subscriptions, newsletters, and relatively small staff — Puck, Off the Record, Confidential and Charter: What they kept and what they tweaked. — A song to read by: “It's My House,” by Diana Ross

Kate Storey / Esquire:

Interview with CNN's Clarissa Ward on reporting from Kabul as the chaos unfolded: “I appear calm, but that doesn't mean I am calm” — When CNN's Clarissa Ward approached a Taliban fighter on the streets of Kabul on Wednesday, a gunshot rang out behind her.

Discussion: Mediaite, @spj_tweets, @milamimica1, @baylyjoanne, @trafficbutter and @oliverdarcy

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 …

Discussion: Variety, Radio & Television …, Hollywood Reporter, Insider, @wsj, @mediapost, @froomkin, @robtvla, @froomkin, @benmullin, @sarafischer, @sarafischer, @sarafischer, @sherman4949, @edmundlee, @benmullin, Mediaite and Business Wire

Tim Schwab / Columbia Journalism Review:

Individual journalists bear the onus for not disclosing conflicts of interest when sometimes it is newsrooms that fail to enforce their own ethics rules — Recently, the New York Times published a story profiling a welter of financial conflicts of interest in the work of former Times …

Discussion: @timothywschwab, @therockyfiles, @spj_tweets, @hollykmichels, @jnaureckas, @cjr, @cgseife, @cjr, @drnancyolivieri and @cjr

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) …

Discussion: ESPN Press Room U.S. and Light Reading

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 …

Discussion: @bencompetence, @film_girl, @nmsonline, @artyfakes, @merrillbarr, @lucas_shaw, Insider, @saramorrison and Forbes, more at Techmeme »

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

Discussion: Market Sentiment, @zjemptv, The Guardian, @oregon420couple, @corry_wang, Everything Is Posting, Ron Ecstasy News Network, @beardedgenius, Insider, BBC, @quisitiveinvest, @jasminericegirl, @benedictevans, @jasminericegirl, @BitsTODAY, Lex, @postcultrev, @alexanderchee, BROTHER BEASTUS 𖤐 …, @rmac18, Forbes, @therocketcrypto, @bmkibler, Wired, @searls, Protocol, MEL Magazine, Financial Times, TDS's Newsletter, Media Trends and Insights, New York Post, @frmatthewlc, @snowden, @stokel, @mikestabile, @naijaflyingdr, @nlrg_, @thedailyshow, @morrisatlarge, @cwarzel, @cwarzel, Reason, @cityofthetown, Variety, A Media Operator, @jaycodon, Webb Chatham Report, @dannerdcubed, @kath_krueger, @ejdickson, @film_girl, @nickgillespie, @axios, @alex, @danprimack, @baekdal, @caseynewton, @jank0, @film_girl, @katianakayy, @garius, @grimkim, @jimwaterson, @toomanyemmas, @bubblenoma, @casparsalmon, @userbfiy, @gayblackvet, @dave_schilling, @ianvisits, @parkermolloy, @rmac18, @lucas_shaw, CNBC, The Daily Beast, Slate, Soldiers of the Future and WGN-TV, more at Techmeme »

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