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9:40 AM ET, August 4, 2019

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Maddy Myers / Kotaku:
E3 website leaks personal info, including addresses and phone numbers, of 2,000+ reporters and content creators; E3 has removed file but data still circulates  —  A spreadsheet containing the contact information and personal addresses of over 2,000 games journalists, editors …
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
CNN analyst and Playboy correspondent Brian Karem says the White House suspended his press pass for 30 days; CNN says WH cited Karem's dispute with Seb Gorka  —  Playboy White House correspondent and CNN political analyst Brian Karem said today the White House has suspended his press pass for 30 days.
AAJA Voices:
Data collected from ~150 interns who worked at seven top news orgs shows 65% went to the most selective four-year colleges; NYT, WaPo, WSJ recruited from top 1%  —  Two out of three summer interns from seven top newsrooms came from among the most selective colleges in America, our analysis shows.
Richard Fausset / New York Times:
A look at The Warroad Pioneer's 121-year history, the Minnesota paper's role in the community, and its last days, “a death by familiar cuts”  —  The Warroad Pioneer, a pillar of its small Minnesota town, ended its 121-year run with bloody marys, bold type and gloom about the void it would leave behind.
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: CBS and Viacom reach working agreement; CBS acting chief Joe Ianniello to oversee CBS's branded assets, Bob Bakish to become CEO of combined company  —  Working agreement calls for CBS acting chief Joe Ianniello to oversee all of CBS's branded assets and for Viacom boss Bob Bakish to become CEO
Laura Wagner / Deadspin:
G/O employees discuss Jim Spanfeller's dubious hiring practices, apparent disregard for C-suite diversity, micromanagement, and editorial interference  —  When Jim Spanfeller and a private equity firm called Great Hill Partners took over G/O Media—formerly Gizmodo Media Group—in April …
Pak Yiu / AFP Correspondent:
A first-hand account of reporting in Xinjiang, China: suspicious people filming and following journalists, a fake car crash, roadblocks, and more  —  Kashgar, China — You expect to have problems when reporting on sensitive stories in China.  People following you, thugs blocking your way …
Adriana Carranca / Columbia Journalism Review:
After jail threat against Glenn Greenwald, experts say Brazilian law allows him to publish info of public concern even if a third party illegally obtained it  —  On June 9, the Intercept began publishing a series of investigative stories that sent shocks through Brazil.
Jessica Bennett / New York Times:
Playboy after the Hefner family: a young, socially conscious staff taps female interviewers and photographers for its recently relaunched ad-free quarterly  —  The Hefners are gone, and so is the magazine's short-lived ban on nudity — as well as virtually anyone on the staff over 35.
Daniela Flamini / Poynter:
Internet shutdowns, which are on the rise by governments who say they're necessary to curb misinformation, can bar the dissemination of accurate information  —  In July of 2016, the young militant commander Burhan Wani was shot dead by government forces in the northern Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
How Ron Howard and Brian Grazer's Imagine is responding to the streaming age: splitting with Universal, raising money to branch out into new forms of content  —  BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — “So this is a blow gun,” Brian Grazer said during an interview in his office.  “It shoots a very sharp dart.”
 
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Luis Gomez / Medium:
Survey of 160 former journalists finds 58% left in the last 3 years, 18% in 2019; 45% had worked in the field for 10+ years; 87% worked in print at one point
Colin Dixon / nScreenMedia:
Parks Associates: 39% of US broadband homes own a streaming media player, up 1% since 2018; Roku and Amazon Fire TV own 39% and 30% of the market, respectively
Discussion: MediaPost
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Vimeo launches Vimeo Enterprise, a tool to allow companies to host, share, and manage video content internally, as it continues its pivot away from content
Discussion: Advanced Television
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David Shepardson / Reuters:
FCC votes to tighten rules governing franchise fees paid by cable companies to local authorities, which could lead to public access channels going off the air
Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable
Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
Inside Pennsylvania PBS39's nightly solutions-focused newscast, launched ~11 months ago after the station received $82M from spectrum sale
Sarah Sluis / AdExchanger:
Hearst is building Hearst Audience Select, a self-serve ad platform for small brands to advertise across Hearst properties, to launch in time for Q4
Discussion: MediaPost