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After a Trump tweet, A.G. Sulzberger confirms an off the record meeting on July 20, says he told Trump that labeling press an enemy of the people is dangerous — Earlier this month, A.G. received a request from the White House to meet with President Trump.
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
In an interview, Sulzberger details what he told Trump about the effects of Trump's language: dictators avoiding scrutiny, rising threats to journalists, more — BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — President Trump on Sunday disclosed details of a private meeting he had with the publisher of The New York Times …
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: CBS board to select committee to oversee investigation into harassment allegations against Moonves; some directors discussed if CEO should step aside — Board is expected to select a special committee to oversee investigation into allegations Mr. Moonves sexually harassed women
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Wall Street Journal:
Facebook says it will shut down Partner Categories, an ad tool that allows advertisers to target users based on third-party data, by October 1 around the world — Advertisers warn of impact from closure of Facebook ad tool that integrates personal data from outside brokers
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Twitter names Nick Sallon head of its US news content partnerships — TJ Adeshola will lead U.S. sports deals; Nick Sallon to lead U.S. news partnerships — Twitter has filled some key roles in its reorganized content partnerships group in the U.S. — promoting company insiders instead of outside hires.
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Chris Johnston / BBC:
Reach, owner of the Mirror and Express newspapers, posts a £64.7M profit in first half of 2018 but sales of its national print editions fell around 10% — The owner of the Mirror and Express newspapers has slumped to a £113m half-year loss after slashing the value of its regional publishing operations.
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Sam Roberts / New York Times:
A first-person account of covering New York for The Daily News and NYT for half a century and how moving to digital changed the newsroom — Times Insider delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how news, features and opinion come together at The New York Times.
Los Angeles Times:
Investigation reveals Anna March, whose byline appeared on Salon and NYT, is an alleged fraud who became a part of the literary communities in LA and San Diego — She threw a welcome party for herself at the Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, a beautiful old building with black and white marble, Alice-in-Wonderland floors.
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Jordan Crook / TechCrunch:
Twitter finishes its review of proposals for improving the health of discourse on the platform and is working with two academic teams on echo chambers, more — Twitter is partnering with two groups of academic researchers to figure out how to measure the health of conversations happening on the platform.
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Mathieu Rosemain / Reuters:
Vivendi says it will sell up to half of Universal Music Group in the fall amid a boom in revenue from music streaming in the industry and rules out an IPO — PARIS (Reuters) - Vivendi is considering selling up to 50 percent of its UMG music division to one or more strategic partners …
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Casey Newton / The Verge:
Facebook and YouTube, with rules like the “three strikes policy” that assume good faith users, are unprepared for actors like Infowars that exploit loopholes — Facebook and YouTube never anticipated a site like Infowars — Two weeks ago, CNN's Oliver Darcy put a question …
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Anna Heyward / Columbia Journalism Review:
As digital news outlets are run more like Hollywood studios, staff are unionizing to ensure uniform employment terms amid turbulence in the industry — What's driving the new wave of unionization sweeping digital newsrooms? — 3491 WORDS — After he graduated from Yale in 2007 …
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