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Leaked messages show the complaint that led to BBC disciplining Naga Munchetty was also about her co-host, Dan Walker, despite the BBC saying otherwise — Exclusive: Walker also subject of original complaint - but BBC standards chief claimed only Munchetty was targeted — Play Video
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Nieman Lab, @stephenkb, @afuahirsch, @sophierunning, @alexhern, @charlenewhite, @joannajarjue and @charlesarthur
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BBC Director-General Tony Hall says he's overturning the decision to censure host Naga Munchetty over her response to Trump's racist comments — Corporation director general Tony Hall emails staff to say he is overturning ruling over impartiality guidelines
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Yahoo News, BBC, The Independent, @johnwilson14, @magicmagid, @markdistef, @markdistef, @markdistef, HuffPost UK, mirror and @emilybell
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Sources: Facebook is planning to pay only about a quarter of the 200 publishers that will be featured in its news tab, set to launch as soon as the end of Oct. — Social-media giant plans to pay about a quarter of news organizations whose content will be featured
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Nieman Lab, NBC News, @matthewstoller, @whatthebit, @mattnavarra, @backlon, @rafat and @juddlegum, more at Techmeme »
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NLRB sues The Federalist's parent company, after the magazine's publisher tweeted in June that he would send staff “back to the salt mine” if they unionized — The federal government wants the publisher of conservative online magazine The Federalist to delete his apparently anti-union June 6 tweet.
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Reason and @mattdpearce
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Apple News+ launches in the UK and Australia for £9.99 and AU$14.99 per month respectively, with over 150 publications on board — Apple News+, Apple's subscription news and magazine service, has launched for users who live in the UK and Australia, Apple announced today.
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Digiday, Forbes, News UK, The Times & The Sunday Times, The Apple Post and Apple Newsroom
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A look at The Stonehouse Voice, a bi-annual newspaper launched by a hyperlocal community journalism project in Plymouth, UK to let locals tell their own stories — A former national and regional editor has set up The Stonehouse Voice newspaper to offer local readers a more creative alternative in their news diet
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Sources: ByteDance, owner of TikTok, made $7B-$8.4B in revenue in H1 2019, and posted a profit in June after operating at a loss in H1 2019 — BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's ByteDance, owner of video-sharing app TikTok and one of the world's most valuable unicorns …
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MediaPost, more at Techmeme »
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The Chernin Group buys a majority stake in Food52 for $83M, valuing the ecommerce and media startup which offers recipes and home-improvement tips at $100M+ — Food52, a media and e-commerce business, was founded by food journalists from the New York Times
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Vox, FiveThirtyEight, @rafat, @rafat, @rafat, @benmullin and @benmullin, more at Techmeme »
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Interviews with 80+ news aggregators and their editors on how professional identity shapes their work in an industry that gives the most value to news reporting — I've never met an editor who was as eager as Jennifer was to show me one of her organization's worst stories.
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Biden campaign officials write to the major networks including NBC, CBS, and CNN, demanding that they stop booking Rudy Giuliani because he “will knowingly” lie — In a Sunday letter, the former vice president's aides say that it is editorially irresponsible to book the president's personal lawyer.
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TVNewser, CNN, Fox News, Poynter, The Daily Caller, Slate, Variety, The Guardian, Mother Jones, The Hill, Mediaite and Politico
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ProPublica journalists recommend books and articles that inspired them — ProPublica Illinois is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism with moral force. Sign up for our newsletter to get weekly updates written by our journalists.
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@spj_tweets, @dailycopywriter and @penamerica
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Australia's attorney general signs directive forbidding charging journalists under certain secrecy laws without his approval; three journalists may face charges — The Federal Attorney-General has granted limited protection that could shield ABC and News Corp employees from facing charges over their reporting.