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8:10 AM ET, September 7, 2022

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Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
A profile of Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner on his career, decisions to buy Politico and Insider, the impossibility of claiming pure neutrality, and more  —  Mathias Döpfner has global ambitions for what he calls a more ‘nonpartisan’ kind of journalism — even as his own politics are hard to pin down
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Memo: Disney-owned National Geographic magazine, which has ~125 editorial staff, laid off six of its top editors last week, three months after naming a new EIC  —  National Geographic magazine, the venerable journal of science, history and the natural world, laid off six of its top editors …
Matt Stevens / New York Times:
Chess champion Nona Gaprindashvili settles a defamation lawsuit against Netflix over a line in The Queen's Gambit final episode saying she had “never faced men”  —  The fictional series had named Nona Gaprindashvili, a pioneering real-life chess champion, and falsely claimed she had “never faced men.”
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Yahoo acquires The Factual and plans to integrate its AI system for rating the credibility of news sources into Yahoo News while licensing it to other companies  —  Yahoo has acquired The Factual, a company that uses algorithms to rate the credibility of news sources, Yahoo president and general manager Matt Sanchez told Axios.
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Mark Bergen / The Atlantic:
A look at YouTube's “coolhunters” who were tasked with finding and promoting talented YouTubers in the company's early years, before the algorithms took over  —  How “coolhunters” helped make YouTube into an internet sensation before the algorithms took over.  —  Everyone had to see this.
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Max Goldbart / Deadline:
UK Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries resigns after a tenure of less than a year in which she made several inflammatory remarks about Channel 4 and the BBC
@_reallifemag:
Real Life, a magazine founded in June 2016 and funded by Snap, ceases publication immediately due to a lack of funding  —  Real Life no longer has funding, and is ceasing publication indefinitely. We thank all of our contributors and readers. Good night 💚 https://reallifemag.com/ https://twitter.com/...
Legit.ng:
Source: Hong Kong Journalists Association President Ronson Chan, who was set to begin a Reuters Institute fellowship in September, was arrested on Wednesday  —  PAY ATTENTION: You can save a live of girl at risk.  Donate to Legit Charity on Patreon.  Your support matters!
Discussion: Bloomberg and @jerometaylor
Masha Borak / Rest of World:
Some Wikipedia editors in Russia have been doxxed, threatened, and arrested for not supporting Russia's war in Ukraine; some now edit less and others have quit  —  One Friday in March, not long after Russia invaded Ukraine, Mikhail, a Russia-based Wikipedia editor, opened the Telegram app to discover that he had been doxxed.
Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
The BBC names Chinny Okolidoh, currently L'Oréal's director of DEI, as its director of diversity and inclusion, starting later in 2022  —  “I look forward to building on the great work that has been done so far and continuing to put diversity and inclusion at the heart of everything …
Discussion: Variety and Deadline
 
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Ian Ward / Politico:
A look at Capitol Hill Citizen, a print newspaper launched by Ralph Nader in April 2022 to cover big-picture stories overlooked by DC's scoop-obsessed media
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
CNN hires John Miller, a former TV correspondent who also had two long stints with the NYPD, to serve as its chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst
Owen S. Good / Polygon:
Kotaku's Mike Fahey, who joined as a writer in 2006, died on Friday at 49; Fahey wrote with great hilarity and deep affection for toys, games, snacks, and more
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Laurie Clarke / The Guardian:
As Spotify and YouTube's rivalry heats up, some worry the podcasting industry's pivot to video could risk ruining what makes the audio format so satisfying
Manori Ravindran / Variety:
SkyShowtime, Comcast and Paramount's streaming joint venture, announced in August 2021, will launch on September 20 in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden
Patrick McGee / Financial Times:
Apple plans to nearly double its ad platform team, currently around 250 strong, per LinkedIn; Apple's career page lists 216 such roles, up from 56 in late 2020
Polina Ivanova / Financial Times:
Russia sentences renowned journalist Ivan Safronov, who the FSB detained in 2020 on “treason” charges, to 22 years in prison, after he refused to plead guilty
Barak Ravid / Axios:
An IDF investigation concludes Shireen Abu Akleh was most likely killed in “unintentional fire” from an Israeli soldier who did not realize she was a journalist
 

 
From Techmeme:

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority:
Source: Google has canceled the development of a second-generation Pixel Tablet, planned for release in 2025, due to concerns that it wouldn't sell very well

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is testing a more conversational version of Siri, dubbed “LLM Siri”, with plans to release it in spring 2026 as part of iOS 19 and macOS 16

Hannah Lang / Reuters:
Sources: a16z, Ripple, Kraken, and Circle are jostling for a seat on Trump's promised crypto advisory council, which is expected to set up a bitcoin reserve

 
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