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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
MSNBC names Alex Wagner to succeed Rachel Maddow as the host of its weekday 9pm show four days per week, the only Asian American to host prime-time cable news — MSNBC President Rashida Jones said that Ms. Wagner's experience covering politics would be crucial as the network prepares to cover the midterm elections.
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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
The US Supreme Court declines to revisit the landmark 1964 First Amendment decision in New York Times v. Sullivan; Justice Clarence Thomas dissented the refusal — (CNN)The Supreme Court declined to revisit the landmark First Amendment decision in New York Times v. Sullivan.
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Kevin Rector / Los Angeles Times:
Journalists covering abortion rights protests in Los Angeles on Friday say police pushed, hit, and removed them from areas, ignoring newly expanded protections — Independent journalist Tina-Desiree Berg was standing on a sidewalk filming the arrest of an abortion rights protester …
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Richard J. Tofel / Second Rough Draft:
By overturning Roe v. Wade, SCOTUS has abandoned any pretense of being an apolitical actor, which the media needs to accept to increase scrutiny and coverage — We need a new approach to an ambitious political actor … News coverage of the Supreme Court has always been difficult …
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Javier Garza Ramos / Nieman Reports:
A reporter explains how lone shooter events in the US, or “gringo style” shootings, are covered in Mexico, where gun violence outside of organized crime is rare — What American gun violence looks like to reporters who have to deal with a very different kind of threat
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
A look at Netflix's challenges in building an ad business; ad execs are surprised by its pace and its interest in programmatic ads over a more bespoke approach — As Netflix plots an advertising-supported version of its popular TV service, executives at the company have been on a listening tour …
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William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Analysis: print circulations of the top 25 US newspapers fell 12% YoY on average for the six months to March 2022, with the WSJ down 11% YoY and NYT down 9% YoY — The largest US newspaper circulations fell 12% in the year to March 2022, new figures obtained by Press Gazette show.
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Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Brendan Vaughan will become the EIC of Fast Company, starting July 18; Vaughan was previously a senior editor at The Atlantic and EIC of GEN at Medium — Brendan Vaughan has been hired as editor in chief of Fast Company magazine. — Vaughan will start July 18.
Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
A profile of trans Twitch streamer Clara Sorrenti, known as Keffals, who has over 3,000 subscribers paying $4.99 per month for her news and politics streams — Known online as Keffals, Clara Sorrenti's streams are one of the few spaces in media where people can hear the news from a trans person
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Andrew Kersley / Press Gazette:
Analysis: since 2018, UK consumer trust in The Times has dropped from 63% to 43%, while the BBC fell from 75% to 55%, and The Telegraph declined from 55% to 36% — The Times, The Telegraph and the BBC have suffered the biggest drops in trust among UK news media over the past five years, according to one annual survey.
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Aarish Chhabra / NDTV:
Delhi Police arrest Mohammed Zubair, co-founder of fact-checking website AltNews, for allegedly hurting religious sentiments and promoting enmity — AltNews co-founder Pratik Sinha says Mohammed Zubair was called for questioning in a different case but arrested after this case was filed immediately
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at Chris Licht's political ties and early moves as CNN chairman and CEO, as the longtime ratings obsessive tries to position CNN as above partisanship — In 2010, Chris Licht, then the executive producer of MSNBC's Morning Joe, suffered a brain aneurysm and, as he later put it in a memoir …
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