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5:40 PM ET, August 28, 2023

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Elizabeth Wellington / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Condé Nast names Jamila Robinson, the assistant managing editor for food and culture at The Philadelphia Inquirer, as the EIC of Bon Appétit and Epicurious  —  Jamila Robinson, assistant managing editor for food and culture at The Inquirer, is leaving to become the editor …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
NBC News says that Kristen Welker will take over as Meet the Press' moderator on September 17, 2023; Welker will be the series' 13th, and first Black, moderator  —  On Saturday, during the NBC News journalist's last time co-anchoring the Saturday broadcast of “Today” with Peter Alexander …
Lauren Sherman / Puck:
Source: supermodel Karlie Kloss is in talks to buy the UK-based culture and fashion publication i-D magazine from Vice Media, which acquired i-D in 2012  —  The supermodel is in talks to buy the cultishly beloved ‘i-D’ magazine. … I know little about the terms of the deal …
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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
An interview with Columbia Journalism School Dean Jelani Cobb about tuition reform, including his goal of paying the full cost for low-income students, and more  —  The celebrated New Yorker staff writer sat for a wide-ranging interview to kick off his second year as Columbia Journalism School's first Black dean.
Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:
Nielsen: over two years, the number of streaming titles in the US, Canada, UK, Mexico, and Germany grew 39% to 2.35M and streaming services grew from 118 to 167  —  - Average time to find something to watch is now over 10 minutes  —  Overwhelmed by the choices of movies and TV shows to watch online?
Michael Geist:
Canada's Bill C-18 is set to take effect no later than December 19, 2023, but the country's broadcast regulator suggests media bargaining can't begin until 2025  —  The Bill C-18 legislative process was marked by repeated warnings from the government that this was an urgent issue that justified …
Mark Kleinman / Sky News:
Sources: the Barclay family made a proposal last week to regain control of the Telegraph's holding company by buying back ~£1B of debt from Lloyds Banking Group  —  The titles' former owners have secured backing from Middle Eastern investors to table an offer to Lloyds Banking Group worth more than £500m, Sky News learns.
David Bauder / Associated Press:
A NORC survey finds a substantial rise in philanthropy for journalism over the past five years and suggests outlets tighten ethical rules governing the spending  —  There has been a “substantial” increase in philanthropic spending for journalism over the past five years …
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Emails: after the Pentagon complained, Fox News quietly amended and removed a story falsely claiming a dead Marine's family had to pay to transport her remains  —  The network quietly removed the story based on false claims from a congressman but did not apologize or run a correction
 
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Karolle Rabarison / Online Journalism Awards:
The 2023 Online Journalism Awards winners include The Washington Post, The Marshall Project, Honolulu Civil Beat, The Pudding, and Argentina-based La Nacion
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Linus Tech Tips founder Linus Sebastian addresses the theft allegations and ethical missteps, but not sexual harassment claims, that prompted a production pause
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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:
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