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3:35 PM ET, August 1, 2018

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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
As internet conspiracy theorists move to real-world messaging, Trump and allies keep fanning anti-media rhetoric, which needs to stop  —  Hostility toward the media at Donald Trump's rallies is nothing new.  It infected the presidential campaign and has marred every raucous gathering of supporters since the election.
Ryan Gallagher / The Intercept:
Sources and leaked docs: Google is planning to launch a censored version of its search engine in China that will blacklist websites and filter search results  —  Google is planning to launch a censored version of its search engine in China that will blacklist websites and search terms about human rights …
Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
The family of Sandy Hook victim Noah Pozner say they are unable to visit his grave due to harassment from InfoWars fans  —  AUSTIN, Tex. — In the five years since Noah Pozner was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., death threats and online harassment have forced his parents …
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Jon Herskovitz / Reuters:
Lawyers for Alex Jones due to ask Texas court to dismiss defamation lawsuit against him from Sandy Hook families on free speech grounds
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Tim Peterson / Digiday:
Apple has sold 300M+ subscriptions in the last year, across Music, digital magazines, mobile games, and video apps  —  Apple's subscription business is already big but it's about to get even bigger.  —  Apple has sold more than 300 million subscriptions to its own and others' apps …
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Kim Masters / Hollywood Reporter:
Source: in June, Shari Redstone sent a letter to CBS requesting an independent investigation into allegations against Moonves and CBS upper management  —  As sexual misconduct claims threaten to bring down the CBS CEO, industry insiders take sides and The Hollywood Reporter reveals a board letter …
Discussion: The Wrap, New York Times and TV Tattle
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Itay Hod / The Wrap:
Les Moonves and wife Julie Chen ask USC Annenberg to temporarily drop their names from center named after them, pending CBS investigation  —  Les Moonves and wife Julie Chen have asked USC Annenberg's Julie Chen/Leslie Moonves and CBS Media Center to “temporarily suspend” …
Discussion: TV Tattle and PennLive
Justin Kroll / Variety:
Source: Nicole Kidman is in talks to play Gretchen Carlson in upcoming movie about disgraced ex-Fox News Chief Roger Ailes  —  Nicole Kidman is in talks to play former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson in “Fair and Balanced,” Annapurna's upcoming movie about disgraced Fox News Chief Roger Ailes.
The New York Times Company:
Journalist and The Verge writer Sarah Jeong will be joining The New York Times Editorial Board as lead writer on technology from September  —  Sarah Jeong is joining The New York Times editorial board.  Read more in this note from James Bennet, Katie Kingsbury and Jim Dao:
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
CNN will broadcast the final series of Anthony Bourdain's “Parts Unknown” in the fall  —  Nearly eight weeks have passed since CNN broke the news on the morning of June 8 that Anthony Bourdain committed suicide in France while filming his hit series “Parts Unknown.”
 
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Max Willens / Digiday:
Online publishers are adopting Nielsen's digital ratings system as advertisers know the brand; no one leads digital audience measurement like Nielsen does TV
Maria Armental / Wall Street Journal:
Baidu's video streaming service iQiyi says its Q2 loss more than doubled to ~$316.9M on ~$932.5M revenue and reported 66.2M paid subscribers as of June 30
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
The New York Times names Clifford Levy as metropolitan editor, succeeding Susan Chira, who filled in when Wendell Jamieson resigned after probe into misconduct
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Daniel Holloway / Variety:
Sources: three top executives leaving National Geographic Partners, the joint venture between 21st Century Fox and National Geographic Society, due to a reorg
Discussion: MediaPost and The Wrap
New York Times:
Sources: Facebook has alerted Congress to new coordinated political influence campaign, with dozens of inauthentic accounts and pages, ahead of midterms
 

 
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Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Sources: EU may accept Apple's proposal to open its NFC payments tech to rivals, and may close its antitrust probe in May, letting Apple avoid hefty fines

George Steer / Financial Times:
Nvidia closed down 10% on Friday, falling the most since March 2020 and losing more than $200B of its market value, as investors pull back from AI bets

David Cassel / The New Stack:
An interview with Linus Torvalds at the Open Source Summit North America on the XZ Utils exploit, open source development, RISC-V, AI, and more
 
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