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8:50 PM ET, August 1, 2022

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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Fox News has not interviewed Trump in 100+ days, nor aired his recent rallies live; sources: the snubs are intentional and extend to the highest levels of Fox  —  The former president hasn't been interviewed on the Rupert Murdoch-owned cable network in more than 100 days, and other Republicans often get the attention he once did.
Clark Hoyt / Mercury News:
Jerry Ceppos, who was the dean of two journalism schools and the managing editor of The Mercury News when the newspaper won two Pulitzer Prizes, dies at 75  —  He led the organization to two Pulitzer Prizes while focusing its lens on technology and diversity
Kathleen Kingsbury / The New York Times Company:
Nicholas Kristof returns to The New York Times as a columnist after stepping down to run for governor of Oregon; Kristof began writing NYT columns in 2001  —  The journalist who first started here in 1984 and began writing columns for us in 2001 returns to Times Opinion.
Kent Faulk / AL.com:
Alabama prison officials examined female reporters' clothing and tried to block an AL.com reporter from witnessing an execution because her skirt was too short  —  Alabama prison officials examined female reporters' clothing and tried to block a female reporter with AL.com …
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
A profile of The Washington Post's Sally Buzbee, including interviews with her and colleagues on newsroom restructuring, Twitter, and managing a remote team  —  The executive editor opens up about her first frenetic year atop the masthead—tackling everything from newsroom restructuring to Twitter tumult …
Reggie Ugwu / New York Times:
A profile of Sam Sanders, the founding host of NPR's It's Been a Minute show who left public radio after 12 years to launch a pop culture podcast for Vulture  —  After 12 years at NPR, the former host of “It's Been a Minute” is stepping out with a new pop culture podcast — uncensored, uninhibited and unbothered.
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Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
Police arrest a man with a loaded gun outside the Brooklyn home of an Iranian American journalist who was the target of a 2021 Iran-orchestrated kidnapping plot  —  Masih Alinejad, a journalist who lives in Brooklyn, was the target of an international kidnapping plot last year, according to a federal indictment and the writer.
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Luck, John Lasseter's first film as head of Skydance Animation, debuts on Apple TV+ on August 5; Lasseter was ousted from Pixar in 2017 over workplace behavior  —  John Lasseter was toppled five years ago by allegations about his workplace behavior.  He's back with an animated film and a studio that could be Pixar 2.0.
Discussion: @brycecovert and @nytimesbusiness
New York Times:
The US DOJ's lawsuit to block Penguin Random House's proposed acquisition of Simon & Schuster for $2.18B goes to trial  —  The Biden administration is suing to block Penguin Random House from buying Simon & Schuster.  A United States District Court will decide if the sale can proceed.
Brian Stelter / CNN:
CNN, the Texas Tribune, and 11 other news organizations sue the Texas Department of Public Safety to obtain Uvalde shooting records amid officials' stonewalling  —  New York (CNN Business)More than a dozen major news organizations have filed a lawsuit against the Texas Department of Public Safety …
 
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New York Times:
Some streamers on Twitch, a more intimate platform than others, endure threats and stalkers and say Twitch gives limited support when dangerous situations arise
Wall Street Journal:
White House Communications Director Kate Bedingfield reverses her decision to step down; source: Joe Biden and chief of staff Ron Klain encouraged her to stay
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
A deep look at a reporter's claim that LA Times editors tried to kill his USC dean story; three editors say delays were to meet legal and journalistic standards
Merlyn Thomas / BBC:
UK weather forecasters say they faced unprecedented levels of abusive tweets and emails during the heat wave, especially when stories referenced climate change
New York Times:
Sources: Greek broadcaster Antenna Group is exploring an acquisition of Vice Media; Antenna helped Vice launch Vice World News in 2020
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Alex Heath / The Verge:
Meta details Llama 3: 8B- and 70B-parameter models, a focus on reducing false refusals, and an upcoming model trained on 15T+ tokens that has 400B+ parameters

Ryan Morrison / Tom's Guide:
Microsoft researchers introduce VASA-1, an AI model that creates a realistic talking face video from a portrait photo and an audio file, in research preview

Raffaele Huang / Wall Street Journal:
Apple removes WhatsApp and Threads from its App Store in China, saying it was ordered to do so by China's cyberspace officials citing national security concerns

 
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