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The Washington Post announces 41 new editing roles, including two deputy managing editors to the masthead — Announcement from Executive Editor Sally Buzbee, Managing Editor Cameron Barr, Managing Editor Tracy Grant, Managing Editor Krissah Thompson, Managing Editor Kat Downs Mulder: — Dear Colleagues,
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
A look at the US government's work to help Afghan journalists escape the Taliban, hampered by bureaucratic snags and often eclipsed by Qatari-led efforts — The secretary of state cites a “massive effort” by the government, but people involved in the evacuation instead describe bureaucratic snags.
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Sudarsan Raghavan / Washington Post:
Afghan daily Etilaatroz struggles with less income and a dwindling staff who work under fear, after two of its journalists were brutally beaten by the Taliban
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Steve Dent / Engadget:
Netflix took a total of 44 Emmys, tying the record for a single year, as Apple TV+ took home 10, its best year yet, and HBO and HBO Max took 19 — nabbed the most Emmys ever for a single platform with 44 including 11 for — The Crown, more than double its nearest rival, HBO/HBO Max.
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Tanner Stening / Northeastern:
Survey of 1,400 Americans: 92.1% of liberals, 60.1% of conservatives, and 78.4% of moderates strongly or somewhat support labeling misinfo in social media posts — There is broad bipartisan support among self-identified liberals and conservatives that social media companies should add warning labels …
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
As UK print newspaper readership declines, The Guardian joins News UK and The Telegraph in making circulation figures private, accessible only to ad agencies — The Guardian has decided to make its print circulation figures private and put more focus on metrics that reflect its …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Hearst TV launches Very Local, offering OTT streaming channels in 26 US media markets with local and national programming, available on major streaming devices — Hearst Television is officially launching its bouquet of “Very Local” over-the-top streaming TV channels, spanning …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Roku announces $50 Streaming Stick 4K and $70 Streaming Stick 4K+, which adds a Voice Remote Pro, and Roku OS 10.5 with improved voice support — Weeks after Amazon introduced an updated Fire TV lineup that included, for the first time, its own TVs, Roku today is announcing its own competitive products …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Fox Business Network overhauls its primetime schedule, dropping opinion shows for documentaries and reality shows, says it doesn't want to compete with Fox News — John Rich has written music with everyone from Gretchen Wilson to Jon Bon Jovi. For the show he's about to launch on Fox Business Network …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Andrew Taylor, who quit as a longtime AP Capitol Hill reporter this spring, says he doubts traditional journalism can now properly cover dysfunction in Congress — Andrew Taylor began his journalism career in the late 1980s, clipping newspaper articles for the politics reporters at Congressional Quarterly.
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Kim Masters / Hollywood Reporter:
New leadership at Paramount Pictures signals ViacomCBS's hard pivot to streaming, potentially setting it up to face the same fights with talent as Disney — As the ViacomCBS mogul ousts film chief Jim Gianopulos, insiders expect the legacy studio to start churning out low-cost, often mediocre features for streamer Paramount+.
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Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
Filmmakers of HBO's The Jinx feel “very gratified” after Robert Durst's murder conviction, as lawyers on both sides acknowledge the documentary's key role — Filmmaker Andrew Jarecki was in the middle of an interview Friday when he got a text message years in the making …
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Marc Tracy / @marcatracy:
In an internal email, The Daily News says Robert York is no longer EIC; Andrew Julien, editor and publisher of The Hartford Courant, will be interim EIC — Per internal email, Robert York is no longer editor in chief of The Daily News, and the “interim editor in chief on as as-needed basis of the New York Daily News” is Andrew Julien, editor and publisher of The Hartford Courant (which is also owned by Tribune/Alden).
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