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Tara Palmeri / Politico:
Scaramucci says he plans to dismiss assistant press secretary Michael Short, the first step in a shakeup of the White House communications shop — Newly appointed White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci said on Tuesday that he plans to dismiss assistant press secretary Michael Short.
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Sources: Anthony Scaramucci has begun undertaking an audit of the White House communications department in an attempt to root out unauthorized leaks
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci suggests return of televised press briefings, tweeting “The TV cameras are back On”
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Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
Nielsen adds Hulu and YouTube streaming services to its traditional TV ratings, the latest step to modernize measurements as digital consumption increases — Measurement firm modernizes metrics as digital consumption ramps up — Nielsen said it has begun counting viewership …
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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
Sources: despite a historic run, the mood at The New York Times is hollow due to impending buyouts and a major newsroom reorganization — Despite a historic run, unease is now gripping the paper as a large-scale reorganization (physical, personnel, and psychic) looms.
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Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Guardian Media Group reports £214.5M revenue, up 2.4% YoY, says paid memberships up from 50K to 230K in last financial year — Publisher of the Guardian and Observer says paid membership numbers more than quadrupled in the last financial year … The parent company of the Guardian …
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Gabriel Sherman is leaving New York magazine to join Vanity Fair, where he will be a special correspondent — EXCLUSIVE — GABRIEL SHERMAN TO JOIN VANITY FAIR: The tireless chronicler of Fox News and Roger Ailes is leaving his longtime home New York magazine to join Graydon Carter's domain at Condé Nast.
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Brian Flood / The Wrap:
MSNBC was the most-watched cable network during weekday primetime last week, beating Fox News, for the first time in the company's 21-year history — MSNBC finished ahead of Fox News as the most-watched cable network during weekday primetime last week, averaging 2.34 million viewers from July 17-21.
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New York Times:
New owner of Chicago Sun-Times pledges to cover the working class and labor unions, which now share ownership of the paper — CHICAGO — At a Christmas party in December, Edwin Eisendrath, a former Chicago alderman, bumped into Jorge Ramirez, a labor leader.
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
‘Fox & Friends’ issues ‘update’ on New York Times-ISIS flap. No apology. — “Fox & Friends” co-host Steve Doocy on Monday morning issued an “update” to a bizarre fight that flared up over the weekend between the program and the New York Times. At issue was the role of the newspaper …
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David Sharman / HoldtheFrontPage:
Johnston Press says up to 128 jobs, 15% of sales force, could be cut as part of restructure — A regional publisher could make up to 128 staff redundant as part of a restructure of its sales and customer service operations. — Johnston Press could lose up to 15pc of its total sales force …
Anastasia Valeeva / Nieman Lab:
Editors of popular Russian Telegram channels on how news orgs use the service, and the difference in audience compared with other social and messaging platforms — Meduza, Snob, TV Rain, BBC Russian, and RT weigh in on their publishing and promotion strategies on the platform …
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Profile of Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, on their off-camera romance, their tempestuous relationship with Donald Trump, and more — Joe, Mika, and their star-crossed relationship with the president. — It was Joe Scarborough's 53rd birthday, April 9, 2016, and his youngest child …
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Daniel Funke / Poynter:
Fact-checking website Snopes publishes an appeal for donations to help it avoid shutting down, amid its legal dispute with digital services company Proper Media — It seems that the ongoing legal battle between Snopes and one of its former contractors is beginning to take a toll.
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