Mediagazer: Behind Nate Silver's persistent criticism of his ex-employer NYT, for its 2020 polling analysis and Trump coverage, that he denies is due to a personal grudge (Michael Calderone/Politico)

10:50 AM ET, August 15, 2019

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Michael Calderone / Politico:

Behind Nate Silver's persistent criticism of his ex-employer NYT, for its 2020 polling analysis and Trump coverage, that he denies is due to a personal grudge — Nate Silver made his name as The New York Times' data guru, creating the methodology that predicted Barack Obama's reelection.

Discussion: @mlcalderone, @politico, @alxthomp and New York Post

Oliver Darcy / CNN:

Inside The New York Times as it debates its coverage of Trump's racism and the well intentioned but ineffective desire to “show and not tell” — New York (CNN Business)Last Friday, employees at The New York Times (NYT) received an email from Dean Baquet, the newspaper's executive editor.

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Annie Palmer / CNBC:

Interview with ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish, who says the combined company's “unmatched scale” in content will give it an advantage against streaming rivals — KEY POINTS — ViacomCBS chief Bob Bakish says the newly formed company's vast content library should help it fight off rivals in the TV streaming wars.

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Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
Sources: CBS's and Viacom's TV production entities to remain separate for now, with CBS TV under Joe Ianniello, and Paramount TV under Jim Gianopulos

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Ben Kaufman is stepping down as BuzzFeed CMO at the end of 2019; sources: company expects to break even this year, partly due to revenue from commerce business — BuzzFeed Chief Marketing Officer and commerce leader Ben Kaufman is stepping down from his position at the end of the year …

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Alex Sherman / CNBC:

Charter and Disney reach a multiyear carriage deal; Charter plans to offer Disney streaming services via set-top boxes and will carry the ESPN-owned ACC Network — KEY POINTS — Charter and Disney reach multiyear carriage deal, avoiding a blackout of networks including ESPN and ABC.

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Nilay Patel / The Verge:

Interview with Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg on how the Tumblr acquisition came about, what's next for Tumblr, adult content in apps, and more — Blogging is back, hopefully — It's been a long and winding road for Tumblr, the blogging site that launched a thousand writing careers.

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Mike Snider / USA Today:

Gannett and GateHouse parent New Media Investment Group have filed more information with the SEC in a move to address concerns of investors — Gannett and GateHouse Media parent New Media Investment Group on Tuesday released more details of its proposed merger, announced Aug. 5 …

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Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap:

Stephanie Grisham gave her first TV interview as White House press secretary to “America This Week” host Eric Bolling, well over a month into her tenure — Well over a month into her new gig, Stephanie Grisham did her first television interview as White House press secretary this week …

Rachel Glickhouse / ProPublica:

ProPublica releases a guide on how newsrooms can collaborate around large datasets, announces it is open-sourcing its software and making it available this fall — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica's Big Story newsletter …

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Patrick Strudwick / BuzzFeed:

A transgender employee of The Guardian resigned last month accusing it of being “an incredibly transphobic organisation”; a second employee quit weeks later — “It suddenly became real,” one trans staff member told BuzzFeed News. “I'm entering this building with people who are denying my humanity.”

Discussion: @natachakennedy, @tessstenson, @transscribe, @mynameisjro, @_emilyoram, @kathy__odonnell, @supernowoczesna, @markdistef and @buzzfeeduk

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:

NewsGuild says it will hold a new election for national president in Nov. with the same candidates, after finding voting irregularities affected May election — A little-noticed announcement this week could have a significant impact on the future of labor and unionization in newsrooms across the United States and Canada.

Discussion: American Press Institute, @strom_m, @latgeoffmohan, @gaufre, @anthonyjpesce and @niemanlab

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