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The New York Review of Books publishes a story by former CBC host Jian Ghomeshi on his experience being accused and controversially acquitted of sexual assault — On Friday, the New York Review of Books published “Reflections on a Hashtag,” the cover story for its October print issue …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Jemele Hill, who drew criticism when she called Trump a white supremacist on Twitter in 2017, confirms she is leaving ESPN — Jemele Hill, the outspoken sports journalist and commentator who took sparked a massive controversy for the Walt Disney-owned cable network when she called President Donald Trump a …
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Bloomberg:
YouTube's ninth most-watched channel, Little Baby Bum, founded in 2011 by a UK couple, has been bought by Moonbug agency, with one price estimate of £6M-£8.5M — One of YouTube's most popular brands has been bought by a trio of entertainment-industry veterans with ties to Disney …
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
By handing off power of fact-checking to third parties and providing no guidance, Facebook opens the door to battles like ThinkProgress vs The Weekly Standard — ThinkProgress vs. The Weekly Standard. Here's a mini-saga that encompasses many of the things we argue about now.
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Peter Kafka / Recode:
Transcript of conversation between Twitter's Jack Dorsey and Jay Rosen: on news, impartiality, abuse, misinformation, bad actors, and hiring an ombudsman — Dorsey says “we have definitely been gamed” by bad-faith actors and doesn't expect that Twitter will ever build a “perfect antidote.”
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@jack, @jayrosen_nyu, @ggreenwald, Slate and @caseynewton
Max Mason / Financial Review:
Sources: News Corp is cutting about 30 editorial jobs across its Australian titles, including The Australian, the Herald Sun, and The Daily Telegraph — Share via Email — Post on facebook wall — Post to Linkedin — News Corporation is taking the axe to its Australian publications …
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Alex Barinka / Bloomberg:
Tencent-backed content aggregator Qutoutiao closes up 128% after raising $84M in its IPO, the biggest first-day increase of a significant US IPO in 2018 — - ‘Fun Headlines’ news aggregator rises as much as 191 percent — Downsized, bottom-range IPO leads to biggest first-day rise
New York Times:
A look at how game apps track kids' data as a lawsuit accuses Google and Twitter ad businesses, and a popular app maker, of violating children's privacy law — A lawsuit by New Mexico's attorney general accuses a popular app maker, as well as online ad businesses run by Google and Twitter, of violating children's privacy law.
Pete Vernon / Columbia Journalism Review:
In “Fear”, Woodward's easily identified sources are cast in a positive light and relied on for scoops despite the fact that they're not known for their honesty — Bob Woodward's new book, Fear, a devastating portrait of a presidency lurching from crisis to crisis, is a certified blockbuster.
Lydia DePillis / CNNMoney:
During a talk, Jeff Bezos says, “it's a mistake for any elected official to attack media and journalists” and that demonizing the media is dangerous — Jeff Bezos defends the press against Trump — Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who typically tries to stay out of the political fray …
Committee to Protect Journalists:
Killings of journalists in Pakistan decline, but so does press freedom under military restrictions; reporters who push back are attacked, threatened, arrested — As killings of journalists in Pakistan decline so too does press freedom, as the country's powerful military quietly, but effectively …
Sahil Patel / Digiday:
Snapchat enlists 20 news partners including CNN and NBC to create Curated Our Stories, or curated stories with user-generated content in the Discover section — Snap is launching a new feature that will let media companies access public posts made by Snapchat users and package …
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