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At ESPN's media day, executives said ESPN plans to lean heavily into sports betting, streaming, and social media, including by supporting influencers — - Its biggest priority is a forthcoming streaming service that will include all of its TV networks and its current streaming service ESPN+ …
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Hans Tse / Hong Kong Free Press:
A Hong Kong court finds two former editor-in-chiefs of defunct outlet Stand News guilty of sedition, the first such conviction of journalists there since 1997 — Two former chief editors of defunct outlet Stand News have been found guilty of sedition, marking the first such conviction …
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Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Sources: former Fortune CEO Alan Murray is joining The Wall Street Journal this fall, where he will play a key role in building out its events business — The former chief executive of Fortune, Alan Murray, is joining The Wall Street Journal this fall, where he will play a key role in building …
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Mark Stenberg on LinkedIn and Talking Biz News
Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review:
Mathew Ingram, chief digital writer for Columbia Journalism Review and formerly a senior writer for Fortune and GigaOm, is leaving after nearly seven years — Before we go any further, I should note that this is my last newsletter for CJR, as I am moving on from my job as the magazine's chief digital writer.
Pew Research Center:
Pew: the most common sources for crime news among US adults are friends, family, and neighbors, and local news outlets; relatively few say info is easy to find — Most say they are interested in several types of local crime coverage, but far fewer say it's easy to find — Table of Contents Table of Contents
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LinkedIn, Pew Research Center on LinkedIn and Poynter
theRighting:
Comscore data: many right-wing and mainstream news sites had YoY gains in unique visitors in July, with Gateway Pundit up 304%, Daily Signal up 273%, CNN up 15% — Trump Assassination Attempt and Biden Decision Drive Huge Audience Gains — Truth Social Attracts Record-Breaking Unique Visitors
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Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
Filing: a National Labor Relations Board judge will hear a complaint about the June 2022 firing of former Washington Post reporter Felicia Sonmez — The Post's union claims the reporter's firing was an unfair labor practice. The National Labor Relations Board's general counsel agreed.
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@feliciasonmez, @rebeccaaguilar, @tauhidchappell, @feliciasonmez, @kathoh and @clancynewyork
Francesca Ebel / Washington Post:
Reuters denies Russia's claim that slain security adviser Ryan Evans was a UK spy and calls Russia's claim that Western agencies control Reuters “ludicrous” — Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman connected the killing of security adviser Ryan Evans to foreign mercenaries aiding Ukrainian troops.
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@siobhan_ogrady, @jefffisch, @macwbishop, Reuters and Talking Biz News
Richard J. Tofel / Second Rough Draft:
California's Google deal shows journalists lack deal-making expertise and need to work on candor and staying true to principles, avoiding calling defeat victory — Avoiding Newspeak and knife fights with gunslingers — Welcome to Second Rough Draft, a newsletter about journalism in our time …
Janko Roettgers / Lowpass:
Sources: The Trade Desk is building its own smart TV OS to license to device makers and promises better revenue sharing deals than its established competitors — Also: Niantic is splatting the world … Digital advertising giant The Trade Desk is getting ready to more directly compete with Roku …
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Janko Roettgers on LinkedIn, The Desk and TVIQ on LinkedIn
Relix Media:
Steve Silberman, a writer for two decades at Wired, author of the book NeuroTribes, a fan of the Grateful Dead, and a friend of David Crosby, dies at 66 — Steve Silberman, the award-winning writer and editor known for journalistic coverage in the Bay Area, including a two decades stint with Wired magazine, has passed away.
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Kate Knibbs / Wired:
Facebook, Instagram, Craigslist, Tumblr, the NYT, the FT, The Atlantic, Vox Media, USA Today, Condé Nast, and more block Apple's Applebot-Extended AI crawler — This summer, Apple gave websites more control over whether the company could train its AI models on their data.
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The Information, @drdrang@fosstodon.org, AppleInsider and 9to5Mac, more at Techmeme »
New York Times:
Michael Lacey, co-founder of the classified ad site Backpage, gets five years in prison and a $3M fine for money laundering; two other executives get 10 years — Michael Lacey, 76, co-founded the website that became known for its ads for prostitution. He was convicted on a money laundering charge …
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