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Transcript of NYT's recent staff meeting, in which execs grappled with queries about a front-page headline on Trump and avoided deep criticisms of NYT's role — In a transcript of the newspaper's crisis town-hall meeting, executive editor Dean Baquet grapples with a restive staff and outside scrutiny.
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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”
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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
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
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The Drudge Report has changed its ad partner, dropping Intermarkets in favor of a new company, Granite Cubed, owned by longtime Drudge associate Margaret Otto — The Drudge Report, with its Web 1.0 design offering a single page of links, is one of the enduring internet media business success stories.
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@jbenton and @thezedwards
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A WaPo story that Epstein's autopsy found multiple breaks in neck bones helped fuel conspiracies, but experts say evidence is consistent with suicidal hangings — New York (CNN Business)A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here.
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Facebook is expanding its third-party fact checking program to Instagram, starting with US, and will downplay posts deemed fake on its Explore and Hashtag pages — Starting today, Instagram users can report false content and expect certified fact-checkers to analyze its veracity.
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Sources: Axios is beta testing software to help companies create newsletters for employees and hopes to sell companies the software on a subscription basis — Digital media publisher Axios is planning to enter a new business that includes selling software for helping companies create newsletters for their employees.
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@niemanlab and @jbenton
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ABC fined $395K by the FCC after Jimmy Kimmel Live! used a simulated emergency alert tone three times during a sketch in October 2018 — AMC and Discovery were also hit with fines. — A Jimmy Kimmel Live! bit making fun of President Donald Trump is going to cost ABC $395,000 …
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Survey: Americans are “very” (66%) or “somewhat” (26%) concerned that if a large company bought their local news org, the owners' views would influence coverage — This piece was originally published on Gallup.com on August 15, 2019.
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The Wrap, Multichannel News and Pew Research Center
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Employees at The Ringer announce on Twitter that management has agreed to voluntarily recognize their union, three days after the plans were announced — While Bill Simmons has still yet to say anything publicly about the announcement from earlier this week that editorial staffers for The Ringer …
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@ringerunion and @thebiglead
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Journalism student explains why she wants to be in the news media despite barriers including unpaid internships, layoffs, low pay, and attacks by Trump — Despite the unpaid internships, low salaries and relentless assaults by our world leaders, the journalism industry isn't dying. It's just changing.
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@will_potter and @journostuff
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Financial Times has bought a minority stake in paywalled B2B news website The Business of Fashion, which says it has 35,000 paying members and over 100 staff — The Financial Times has bought a minority stake in B2B news website The Business of Fashion, which sits behind a paywall.
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Talking Biz News, Financial Times, @fcourt, @wblau, @lizziepaton, @charliebeckett, @edmundlee and MediaPost
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Nick Owens, a senior editor for UK's Sunday Mirror resigned after allegedly groping a female journalist in a pub; sources: he was given the option to resign — Sunday Mirror staff were told deputy editor Nick Owens left the newspaper after an “incident” involving alcohol with a female member of staff.
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@alexwickham, @markdistef, @markdistef and @markdistef
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The BBC World Service has extended its shortwave radio broadcasts in India-controlled Kashmir defying an almost two-week media blackout imposed by India — The BBC World Service has extended its shortwave radio broadcasts in the Indian-controlled region of Kashmir after almost two weeks of a media blackout imposed by India.
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