Mediagazer: Plex to launch an ad-supported streaming service this year, plans to begin reselling video subscription services and add transactional VOD, in H1 2020 (Janko Roettgers/Variety)

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Shira Tarlo / Salon:

MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell retracted a thinly sourced report alleging Russian oligarchs co-signed loans for Trump; Trump then blasted O'Donnell on Twitter — O'Donnell has retracted a thinly-sourced report alleging that Trump obtained loans co-signed by Russian oligarchs

Discussion: @lawrence, @realdonaldtrump, @realdonaldtrump, CNN, Mediaite, Law & Crime, Newser, MSNBC, @oliverdarcy, @digiphile and @oliverdarcy

Matthew Gault / VICE:

Infowars' War Room relaunched its YouTube channel a day after Susan Wojcicki's letter to creators; YouTube deleted the channel after reports of its relaunch — “A commitment to openness is not easy. It sometimes means leaving up content that is outside the mainstream, controversial, or even offensive," YouTube's CEO said.

Discussion: The Hill, The Verge, Boing Boing and CNBC, more at Techmeme »

Mark Di Stefano / BuzzFeed:

YouTube removed, then reinstated a channel for Martin Sellner, a European white nationalist, and a channel for a British nationalist called The Iconoclast — The video platform said it was a “mistake” to remove the channels of Martin Sellner and another far right personality known as The Iconoclast, but wouldn't explain what happened.

Discussion: Media Matters for America, @markdistef and @evelyndouek

Erik Wemple / Washington Post:

NYT updates its article on the history of the Tea Party with an insubstantial sentence referring to the movement's links to racism following complaints — The New York Times story by Jeremy W. Peters on tea-party history is extensive and well-written. And it featured a hole …

Discussion: @nytpolitics, New York Times, @_cingraham, @wesleylowery, @tomperriello, @wesleylowery, @paulkrugman, @gregpinelo, Splinter, Fox News and The Daily Caller

Janko Roettgers / Variety:

Plex to launch an ad-supported streaming service this year, plans to begin reselling video subscription services and add transactional VOD, in H1 2020 — Get ready for yet another ad-supported video service: Media center app maker Plex is gearing up to add free movies and TV shows to its app …

Discussion: TechCrunch, Multichannel News, The Verge and @jank0, more at Techmeme »

Christopher R. Martin / Nieman Reports:

As newspapers wrote off working class readers in the '60s, and with no labor coverage in network/cable news, it's become clear more labor reporters are needed — A 1951 Nieman Foundation conference on labor reporting tells us what we are missing in reporting today

Discussion: Talking Biz News, American Press Institute, @68dodgecoronet, @faduda and bookforum.com

Kelsey Sutton / Adweek:

All YouTube original content released after Sept. 24 will be available to watch free with ads for a certain time, starting with Karate Kid spinoff Cobra Kai — All new series released after Sept. 24 will be available to watch for free — YouTube is moving the first season …

Discussion: Variety, Broadcasting & Cable, Financial Times and The A.V. Club

Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:

NYT's Amy Chozick to co-author and co-produce The Girls on the Bus for Netflix, a fictional show about female reporters on the campaign trail — ‘The Girls on the Bus’ will be inspired by a chapter from New York Times journalist Amy Chozick's book, with the author attached as a writer.

Discussion: @amychozick, Fox News, Jezebel, Variety and Deadline

Sophie Kleeman / VICE:

A-list celebrities, from Will Smith to Zac Efron to Alexa Chung, have recently become YouTube vloggers, adopting the feel of authenticity for the new medium — Over the past 20 or so months, some of the biggest stars in the world have turned to something people do to get famous in the first place: vlogging.

Discussion: @mattnavarra and @dory_carrharris, more at Techmeme »

Lachlan Cartwright / The Daily Beast:

John Carreyrou has left WSJ after almost 20 years, citing the paper's ban on paid speaking engagements, in place to avoid the appearance of conflict of interest — The man who exposed Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes has left the paper he's called home for 20 years.

Discussion: Talking Biz News, @brianstelter and @bobbierman

Sydney J. Freedberg Jr / Breaking Defense:

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper holds first televised Pentagon press briefing in over a year: “I intend to do these briefings to maintain an open dialogue” — In a media-wary administration, the big news from Defense Secretary Mark Esper's formal press briefing was that he actually held one, and pledged to keep doing so.

Discussion: Washington Examiner

Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:

Kinzen, which initially built a consumer app for curated news, is now helping publishers offer personalized news on their own platforms, newsletters, and sites — When Mark Little and Áine Kerr first began thinking about developing a news product, they started going where many people had gone before …

Discussion: @sarahmarshall, @risj_oxford, @nhelberger, @kirstinestewart and @marklittlenews