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6:10 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.
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 …
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 …
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.
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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.
Water & Music:
An analysis of music NFT secondary sales and trading activity from late 2021 to mid-2022, to provide a more in-depth and nuanced understanding of NFT markets  —  tl;dr: This article presents an analysis of secondary sales and trading activity across several notable, multi-edition music NFT drops from late 2021 to mid-2022.
 
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Free Speech Systems, which operates Infowars, filed for bankruptcy protection on Friday amid a trial about Alex Jones paying damages to two Sandy Hook families
New York Times:
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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
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Users edited Wikipedia's “recession” page 180+ times this week; it is now semi-protected after a “persistent addition of unsourced or poorly sourced content”
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
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UK weather forecasters say they faced unprecedented levels of abusive tweets and emails during the heat wave, especially when stories referenced climate change
 

 
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Leah Nylen / Bloomberg:
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