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9:15 AM ET, July 15, 2022

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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Glenn Kessler's Washington Post “fact check” of an IndyStar story on a 10-year-old who had to get an abortion in Indiana mainstreamed doubting its credibility  —  On July 1, the Indianapolis Star reported that a 10-year-old rape victim was forced to travel from Ohio to Indiana to receive an abortion.
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
After Roe, reporters may have to rely on a single source, on the record, to tell stories about the end of legal abortion, as others stay quiet to avoid arrest  —  In America after the end of Roe v. Wade, one brave source, on the record, is often the best we are going to get.
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The Guardian:
Guardian News and Media appoints The Intercept's EIC Betsy Reed as editor of Guardian US, replacing John Mulholland, who earlier announced he would step down  —  GNM press office  —  Guardian News and Media today announces the appointment of Betsy Reed as new editor of Guardian US.
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Sean Lyngaas / CNN:
Report: in the days before January 6, Chinese hackers targeted US journalists with malicious emails to find out if there would be a peaceful transfer of power  —  Washington (CNN Business)In the days before the January 6, 2021, insurrection, Chinese hackers sent out a flurry of malicious emails …
Jordan Valinsky / CNN:
The New York Times is working with Hasbro to release a board game version of Wordle in October for a suggested price of $19.99  —  New York (CNN Business)Wordle is jumping from the P-H-O-N-E to the B-O-A-R-D.  —  Hasbro is partnering with the New York Times, which owns the popular online word puzzle …
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Twitter is testing custom timelines built by developers that merge content around specific themes, starting with one about The Bachelorette in the US and Canada  —  Twitter is testing a new feature that will show users custom timelines built by developers that will merge Tweets …
Discussion: Adweek, @jaysullivan and The Verge
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Beyoncé joins TikTok, gaining 3.3M+ followers in her first day on the platform, and offers her entire catalog for users to choose from as music for their videos  —  Pop superstar Beyoncé has joined the short-form video app (link) — and her entire catalog is now available …
Gavin Bridge / Variety:
Analysis: the annual value of US TV and streaming sports rights will reach $21.5B in 2022 and $26.5B by 2023, a 74% increase since 2015  —  F1's recent huge U.S. media rights hike — from $5 million a year to a reported $75M (+1,500%) to $90M (+1,700%) — has the feel of déjà vu.
Annabelle Dickson / Politico:
UK's Online Safety Bill is expected to be dropped from parliamentary schedule next week, halting the bill's progress until the fall, amid Johnson's resignation  —  LONDON — Progress on Britain's proposed new content regulation law is expected to be delayed until the fall …
Leah Nylen / Bloomberg:
Sources: the US DOJ is likely to reject Alphabet's concessions and file an antitrust lawsuit in the coming weeks over Google's dominance of the online ad market  —  The US Justice Department is likely to reject concessions offered by Alphabet Inc., clearing the way for an antitrust lawsuit …
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
The UK's The New European closes its fundraising scheme after raising £1M from 2,000 readers who it says now own 16.7% of the business  —  UPDATE 14 July 2022: The New European last night closed its fundraising scheme having raised £1m from 2,000 new co-owners.
Science:
A study comparing the consumption of partisan online news to TV news suggests that television is the top driver of partisan audience segregation among Americans  —  Abstract Partisan segregation within the news audience buffers many Americans from countervailing political views, posing a risk to democracy.
 
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Claire Atkinson / Insider:
Sources: former Disney CEO Bob Iger clashed with the company's board over succession planning and “greatly regretted” choosing Bob Chapek “as soon as COVID hit”
Nate Hochman / National Review:
Alyssa Farah Griffin, who started at her father's WND and became Trump's White House communications director, changed her public posture as she sought TV jobs
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Charlotte Hu / Popular Science:
The Internet Archive asks for a summary judgment to end four publishers' 2020 lawsuit against it, as its Controlled Digital Lending program is “lawful fair use”
Jon Porter / The Verge:
Nintendo acquires CG production company Dynamo Pictures, which will focus on producing “visual content utilizing Nintendo IP” under the name Nintendo Pictures
Rachel Cheung / VICE:
A woman wrote 206 interconnected Chinese Wikipedia articles since 2019 with false accounts of medieval Russian history, in one of the largest hoaxes on the site
The Verge:
Netflix names Microsoft as its “global advertising technology and sales partner” for its upcoming ad-supported streaming tier, rumored to arrive later in 2022