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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Trump's feud with Fox News mirrors pro wrestling's “kayfabe”, or the illusion of a real fight; Fox looks independent and credible, and Trump stays in spotlight — Not for nothing was Donald Trump inducted into the WWE wrestling hall of fame in 2013.
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Washington Post, USA Today, @ichotiner, @michaelarnovitz, @marcacaputo, @politico, @karaswisher, Salon, New York Times and @brithume
Jack Mirkinson / Splinter:
Bret Stephens and his NYT editors get blasted over his latest column, which references bedbugs and Nazis; critics view the column as a clear jab at David Karpf — New York Times columnist Bret Stephens' meltdown over being jokingly referred to as a “bedbug” reached unbelievable new heights on Friday night …
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@davidklion, New York Times, @davekarpf, @natesilver538, @davekarpf, @sdkstl, @fidmart85, @jayrosen_nyu, @stevemullis, @jdmaccoby, @larryglickman, @goadgatsby, @brhodes, @pareene, @brianschatz, @tomwatson, @onlxn, @rschooley, @jeremylittau, @lib_crusher, Mediaite, @rebekahktromble, @philaschneider, Talking Points Memo, @k_trendacosta, @espiers, @jules_su, @noahshachtman, @vabvox, @helenkennedy, @nxthompson, @frankrichny, @mccarthyryanj, @jamilsmith, @brhodes, @heerjeet, @amescg, @abgutman, @jamilsmith, @jessesingal, @tweetbenmax, @aaronreynolds, @jjohnsonlaw, @jamilsmith, @jamesgleick, @karaswisher, @julia_azari, @jayrosen_nyu, The Guardian, The Nation, The Daily Beast and Mediaite
Charles Hutzler / Wall Street Journal:
China declines to renew a WSJ reporter's press credentials, effectively forcing him to leave the country, following a June article on President Xi's family — Chun Han Wong, a Singaporean national, has worked in Beijing for the Journal since 2014 — BEIJING—A reporter for The Wall Street Journal …
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Washington Post, New York Times, @nerysinchina, @nickkristof, @noonanjo, @annafifield, @jbhavan, @suilee, @jchengwsj, @pekingmike, @amyyqin, @ewong, @kevincarrico, @aaronblake, @stevencnn, @joshchin, @emilyzfeng, @joshchin, CNBC, CNN, South China Morning Post, The Wrap, Committee to Protect …, Talking Biz News, The Week and Associated Press
Jordyn Grzelewski / Plain Dealer:
The 150-year-old Vindicator in Youngstown, OH, closes Saturday, affecting about 140 full-time employees and surviving only as an edition of a nearby Ogden paper — YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — The Vindicator has been a part of Sam and Rochelle Miller's lives for as long as they can remember.
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@vindicator, @carobella3, @jgrzelewski, @bykaleahall, @samantha_m_p, @scenesallard, @sulliview, @sulliview and Plain Dealer
Margaret Harding McGill / Politico:
Source: Google has agreed to pay between $150M and $200M to resolve an FTC investigation into YouTube over alleged violations of federal privacy laws for kids — Google has agreed to pay between $150 and $200 million to resolve an FTC investigation into YouTube over alleged violations …
Rozina Ali / Columbia Journalism Review:
International news outlets, relying mainly on India and Pakistan analysts to explain Kashmir, are missing an important part of the story: free will of Kashmiris — In mid-February, a young man named Adil Ahmed Dar killed 44 Indian paramilitary officers in a suicide bombing in Kashmir's Pulwama district.
Discussion:
@cjr
Rainesford Stauffer / Teen Vogue:
How teens are closing the news gap for young people through outlets like the text and email newsletter theCramm and the Instagram account dailydoseofwokeness — Teens care about the news. They just don't like traditional media. — In the aftermath of the 2016 presidential election …
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@wblau, @elanazak, @atlantic57, @bri_sacks, @lauraelizdavis, @alansoon and American Press Institute
Jenni Marsh / CNN:
Profile of Hong Kong's Jimmy Lai, whose Apple Daily newspaper, low-cost, populist, and sensational, has never shied away from an anti-Beijing stance — Hong Kong (CNN)Jimmy Lai has been a public target for decades. — It all started after the Hong Kong business tycoon — a refugee from China …
Dave Jamieson / HuffPost:
Executive editor of Gannett's Arizona Republic sent a newsroom memo accusing union organizers of surveilling co-workers; one organizer called the idea “absurd” — Greg Burton accused union sympathizers of “surveilling” other journalists, saying that's something he'd expect of a murderer or child molester.
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@cmonstah, @dcbigjohn, @indyemapolis, @chrisherstam, @andy_truc, @jmshumway, @mizzousundevil, @brieannafrank, @bernielunzer and Mediaite
Styli Charalambous / Nieman Lab:
How South Africa's digital news startup the Daily Maverick, founded in 2009, designed its membership model to promote free, quality, independent content for all — On August 15, 2018, we announced to attendees of our Media Gathering event in Cape Town the start of our adventures into membership for Daily Maverick.
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Variety, @niemanlab, @niemanlab, @dailymaverick, @niemanlab, @evanhamilton and @centercoopmedia
Bertrand Pecquerie / Global Editors Network:
Q&A with Alan Rusbridger, who helped launch Guardian's “Keep it in the ground” anti-fossil fuel campaign, on effectiveness and ethics of journalists' campaigns — As the climate emergency intensifies worldwide, the line between reporting and campaigning needs to be redefined.
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@medialens
Karen Hao / MIT Technology Review:
OpenAI is partnering with researchers to look into malicious uses of its text generator GPT-2; others have used it to learn how to detect machine-generated text — The AI lab has also released a report to explain why it is releasing the model in increments.
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@techreview
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: Disney has laid off National Geographic workers, with one source saying as many as 80 are affected; US editions of Nat Geo Traveler to stop publication — Walt Disney has laid off employees of the National Geographic unit it acquired from the former 21st Century Fox …
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@andrewnelson, @lolaakinmade, FierceVideo, The Wrap, @rafat, @chriselliotts, @rafat, @rafat, Politico and Los Angeles Times
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