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Jay Rosen / PressThink:
Why Trump's campaign to discredit the press is a permanent feature of his political style: display of dominance, the need for an enemy, his base loves it — Donald Trump's so-called “war with the media” is a good example of what philosophers mean by an over-determined effect: multiple causes …
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@kensmith, @milesgrant, @pomeranian99 and @jayrosen_nyu
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Even after Trump Jr.'s emails, President Trump's fake-news defense will persist because it works among Trump's base — Shouldn't President Trump's “fake news” defense be dead by now? — For months, he has relentlessly branded the possible Russian-collusion story a hoax and denigrated the reporters who dig into it.
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@newhousesu, @dabeard and @demfromct
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Discovery Communications in talks to combine with Scripps Networks Interactive, reviving merger discussions that were abandoned in 2014 — Media companies previously explored tie-up, but abandoned effort in 2014 — Discovery Communications Inc. DISCB 4.11% is in talks to combine …
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The Wrap, Variety, Hollywood Reporter, CNBC, Reuters, Bloomberg, Financial Times, Deadline, Broadcasting & Cable and TVWeek.com
The Wrap:
Sources: 21st Century Fox settled 1998 claim of sexual misconduct against then-Fox Sports chair David Hill, who left in 2015 but still produces events — 21st Century Fox paid off a woman who accused former top executive David Hill of sexual misconduct while he ran Fox Sports …
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@gabrielsherman, @davidfolkenflik and Media Matters for America
Eva Dou / Wall Street Journal:
China's censors ramp up filtering of photo and video messages, disrupting apps like WhatsApp and WeChat following the death of political dissident Liu Xiaobo — Internet police step up their ability to filter photos — BEIJING—China's already formidable internet censors have demonstrated a new strength …
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New York Times, MacRumors, The Verge, The Hill, Ubergizmo, Gizmodo, Engadget, Shanghaiist, AP News, SiliconBeat, @emilydparker, CNET, Ubergizmo and Ad Age, more at Techmeme »
Ross Barkan / The Guardian:
The closure of the Baltimore City Paper is a reminder that declining revenues pose a far greater threat to the news industry than Donald Trump — mid the litany of laments over how Donald Trump's nearly-there or full-blown fascist White House is ending the free press as we know it …
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Washington Post, @dabeard, @niemanlab, Media Nation and @janebsinger
Mark Arsenault / BostonGlobe.com:
Boston Globe CEO Doug Franklin quits after seven months, cites strategic differences with publisher; exec VP, CFO Vinay Mehra becomes president, remains CFO — Boston Globe chief executive officer Doug Franklin stepped down Tuesday morning, less than seven months into the job …
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Boston Herald, WBUR, Union-News, Boston Business Journal, WGBH News, Media Nation and Dan Kennedy, Thanks:@curtwoodward
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Memo: Sinclair's VP of News Scott Livingston lambasts recent coverage of the company and accuses the NYT and WaPo of bias — An executive at local broadcast TV giant Sinclair defended the company and lashed out against what he called “biased” news organizations that have …
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Media Matters for America, @timkarr, @owillis, @brucebartlett, @jayrosen_nyu, TVSpy, @neeratanden, @adamblickstein, @brianstelter, @hadas_gold, @shoq and @blackamazon
Marissa Lang / San Francisco Chronicle:
Inside San Francisco's KQED as it operates in low-tech mode after a June ransomware attack — The journalists at San Francisco's public TV and radio station, KQED, have been stuck in a time warp. — All Internet-connected devices, tools and machinery have been cut off in an attempt …
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LA Observed, @leerosevere, @juliacarriew, @caseynewton, @troyhunt, @elizabethpw, @stevejunkerwcai, @oallenprice, @seungylee14, The Verge and Current
Benedict Evans:
As tech platforms experiment with TV content, a look at how corporations controlling music and ebooks lost their strategic value to tech companies — People in tech and media have been saying that ‘content is king’ for a long time - perhaps since the VHS/Betamax battle of the early 1980s, and perhaps longer.
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@pakman, @thadmcilroy, @donaldrichard, @mdudas and @benedictevans
Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:
Interview with NBC's Andrea Mitchell, who will get five lifetime achievement awards this year, on dress codes, aggressiveness, and obfuscation of truth — In fact, the renowned NBC News correspondent is as fired up as ever. — Andrea Mitchell quietly slips off an NBC News set at the network's …
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Profile of Fitt, a network of local fitness sites operating in 16 US cities, with another seven slated to launch soon — Founded in Pittsburgh, Fitt now has 16 sites across the country and has plans to grow. — Working out and getting healthy can be hard for a lot of people.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix stock hits record highs on Tuesday, up 13%, even though company says it will be cash flow negative for many years as it focuses on growth over profit — For the next few years, at least, Netflix says it's going to keep burning cash and raising debt as it focuses on content acquisition …
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