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5:00 PM ET, August 25, 2019

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New York Times:
Sources: pro-Trump operatives have collected dossiers of damaging old social media posts by journalists and are releasing them in response to critical coverage  —  WASHINGTON — A loose network of conservative operatives allied with the White House is pursuing what they say will be an aggressive operation …
Megan Greenwell / Deadspin:
On her last day, Deadspin EIC Megan Greenwell describes the tragedy of digital media, where execs know less about making money than do ignored employees  —  There is a version of the story of this company in which idealistic journalists, unconcerned with profit, are posed against ruthless business-doers …
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
April Ryan comments about her bodyguard manhandling a reporter, without apologizing, says “I didn't know what was going on or said. I was on stage at the time.”  —  CNN contributor April Ryan has broken her silence about the incident earlier this month where her bodyguard forcibly ejected …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
It is time for April Ryan and CNN to comment about Ryan's bodyguard manhandling a reporter, or they will relinquish their standing as First Amendment champions
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Profile of Lilly Singh as she prepares for her late-night debut on NBC and juggles YouTube, her show, and other projects  —  An online star with 15 million subscribers dives into the white-hot center (emphasis on white) of broadcast television with ‘A Little Late’ as the first openly bisexual woman …
Antonia Hitchens / Wired:
Profile of Carla Engelbrecht, the director of product innovation at Netflix, whose experiments with interactive kids programs were a precursor to Bandersnatch  —  EARLIER THIS YEAR, Carla Engelbrecht flew to Phoenix, sat on the couch in a stranger's living room, and observed the stranger watching …
Discussion: @wired
Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
A look at The Philadelphia Inquirer, three years into nonprofit ownership, after newsroom buyouts, a continued lack of raises, and low morale  —  Buyouts, rebranding, good journalism, and a vision still in progress: The Philadelphia Inquirer has had quite a summer.
Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
A graphic look at a columnist's web activity during a typical workday shows how websites track users; news sites used the most tracking resources  —  Earlier this year, an editor working on The Times's Privacy Project asked me whether I'd be interested in having all my digital activity tracked …
Sonam Vashi / Columbia Journalism Review:
Profile of Mario Guevara, a reporter for Atlanta's Mundo Hispánico, and the tightrope he walks between police sources and people in Spanish-speaking communities  —  Early on the morning of Sunday, July 14, as immigration raids threatened by President Trump⁠ were set to begin across the country …
Mike Janssen / Current:
PBS and PBS Kids to launch on YouTube TV in November; sources: some local PBS stations may have to pay $250 or $1,500 a month for local live streaming  —  PBS is exploring ways to help stations defray the potentially high costs of transmitting their live broadcast signals via YouTube TV …
Discussion: The Streamable and 9to5Google
Dana Feldman / Forbes:
eMarketer: 55.3% of Americans will view content via OTT subscriptions in 2019; Netflix to lose market share to Hulu and Amazon Prime Video over next few years  —  Just how rocky could things get for Netflix as the influx of new streaming competitors enter the playing field?
Discussion: MediaPost
Lewis Raven Wallace / Nieman Reports:
A look at challenges trans reporters face when out on the job and how their increased newsroom presence is improving the quality and quantity of trans coverage  —  Trans reporters want more accurate and more sensitive coverage of trans issues and an end to false equivalency
Discussion: @landontjones
 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube TV adds two more add-on channels for subscribers under an expanded pact with AMC Networks: British TV service Acorn TV for $6/month and UMC for $5/month
Discussion: Digital TV Europe and 9to5Google
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
HuffPost, Ashley Feinberg sued over Kavanaugh article
Discussion: The Clarion Ledger
Al Tompkins / Poynter:
Profile of Kentucky's Adair County Community Voice newspaper, whose owner, Sharon Burton, doesn't shy away from covering the impact of the opioid epidemic
Discussion: @poynter, @atompkins, @poynter and @ruralj
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Chris Welch / The Verge:
Apple unveils $999+ 11" and $1,299+ 13" iPad Pros, with M4, an OLED Ultra Retina XDR screen, up to 1,600 nits; the 13" is Apple's thinnest product yet, at 5.1mm

Wesley Yin-Poole / IGN:
Memo: Microsoft's Xbox division to shut down multiple Bethesda studios and consolidate teams to prioritize high-impact titles and invest in Bethesda's portfolio

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch:
UK and US authorities identify and charge the leader of the LockBit ransomware gang, a 31-year-old Russian national; the US also issued sanctions against him

 
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