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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
CNN White House correspondent John Harwood, who has been outspoken about Donald Trump and Trump's threat to democracy, announces September 2 is his last day — CNN White House correspondent John Harwood said that Friday will be his last day at the network.
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
ABC, NBC, and CBS declined to air Biden's prime-time speech about democracy and extremism; sources: networks deemed his remarks and timing as “political” — While broadcasters typically air a prime-time address by the president, they determined that this speech was more ‘political’ than newsworthy for live coverage
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Maria Saporta / SaportaReport:
Sources: Cox's Atlanta Journal-Constitution will end daily print editions, likely in 2023, keeping a weekend edition; editor says no such decision has been made — Updated: this story now includes an email from AJC's general manager sent to the staff Friday afternoon in response the story in SaportaReport.
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Janine Gibson / Financial Times:
An interview with Piers Morgan about his career, work for Rupert Murdoch, and how Twitter is for “winding people up” to figure out what to write a column about — We're eight minutes in when I tell Piers Morgan that he is the person non-journalists most often ask me about.
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Sources: Reach, owner of the UK's Daily Express and Daily Mirror, weighs the launch of US online editions of the outlets, similar to MailOnline and The Sun — Employees at Reach titles yet to be informed of expansion entailing dozens of journalists hired for American websites
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@atlbiztechunion:
About 100 business and tech workers at The Atlantic vote for a union with the New York NewsGuild, joining their editorial colleagues who unionized in June 2021 — We've got a certified union! The Atlantic Union: Business and Technology has won our card check with a supermajority of support. We're looking forward to meeting management at the bargaining table to negotiate a fair contract. ✊ https://twitter.com/...
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Sources: Comcast executives expect Disney to follow through on its option to buy the remaining third of Hulu from Comcast for at least $27.5B by 2024 — - Disney and Comcast have an existing arrangement in which Disney will acquire Comcast's 33% stake in Hulu as early as 2024.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Paramount says Top Gun: Maverick has become the US best-selling digital title ever in its first week; the digital release has 110 minutes of bonus content — Tom Cruise's blockbuster sequel “Top Gun: Maverick” has roared into the record books as the No. 1 best-selling digital sell-through title ever …
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Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Google and YouTube outline plans to limit the spread of election misinformation in the 2022 US midterms, like highlighting journalism from authoritative sources — Google and its video sharing app YouTube outlined plans for handling the 2022 U.S. midterm elections this week …
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Romance-focused streaming video service Passionflix, founded by Elon Musk's sister Tosca Musk, raised $9.4M led by AMC Networks to boost original programming — The romance-focused streamer had previously raised money from First Look Media, Norman Lear and Kimbal Musk.
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Katie Notopoulos / BuzzFeed News:
Some musicians with songs about poop say Amazon Music is their biggest source of revenue, likely due to kids yelling the word into Alexa-enabled devices — “Alexa, play ‘Poopy Stupid Butt’ again." — There are many topics that my 5-year-old and I don't see eye to eye on …
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Jolie Lash / The Wrap:
The BBC donates £1.42M, representing the sales proceeds derived from Martin Bashir's 1995 Panorama interview with Princess Diana, to seven charities — The British Broadcasting Corporation says it's made good on its promise to donate revenues from its notorious 1995 “Panorama” …
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