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2:50 PM ET, July 24, 2020

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Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
US Press Freedom Tracker says it has received 52 reports of journalists being abused in Portland as horrifying stories of law enforcement attacks emerge  —  This week Dave Miller, who hosts a daily talk show on Oregon Public Broadcasting, interviewed “two very tired people” …
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Maxine Bernstein / Oregonian:
Federal judge temporarily bars federal officers from using force, threats, or dispersal orders against journalists or legal observers at Portland demonstrations  —  A federal judge on Thursday issued a 14-day order temporarily barring federal officers from using force, threats and dispersal orders …
New York Times:
Troy Young, president of Hearst's magazine unit, resigns a day after reports surfaced of his history of lewd remarks amid a culture of discrimination  —  Troy Young was elevated to lead the magazine division in 2018 as the face of digital transformation despite complaints of bullying and harassment.
Rudy Takala / Mediaite:
Records of Cathy Areu's appearances on Fox News, other publicly available information, emails, and sources undermine some of her claims against Fox News hosts  —  Inconsistencies are emerging in claims made by Cathy Areu, a once-periodic Fox News guest, that she was harassed …
Discussion: 93.1FM WIBC and @howardkurtz
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Fox News's Tucker Carlson set up two NYT freelancers for harassment when he misled viewers into thinking the NYT was about to publish his Maine address
Caitlin Dickerson / New York Times:
Two filmmakers making a Netflix series on immigration and ICE say they were threatened with legal action and were pushed to delete scenes and delay its release  —  A new documentary peers inside the secretive world of immigration enforcement.  The filmmakers faced demands to delete scenes and delay broadcast until after the election.
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
BuzzFeed has laid off 50 of 74 employees who had been furloughed this spring, including 10 from news and the rest from its studio, sales and administration  —  - Loss of affiliate revenue from Amazon also squeezes publisher  — Cost-cutting moves expected to keep losses under $20 million
Discussion: The Wrap
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
Pandora expands interactive voice ads in beta and lets users of its free tier search for on-demand music by voice if they agree to watch a video ad  —  Pandora is expanding the scope of its interactive voice-based advertising today, launching the service in beta for more listeners and advertisers …
Discussion: @chrismessina, TechCrunch and The Verge
Mike Reicher / The Seattle Times:
Seattle judge rules that five outlets must comply with SPD subpoena and provide unpublished protest videos and photos as SPD met a burden to overcome shield law  —  Five news outlets, including The Seattle Times, will have to comply with a subpoena and give the Seattle Police Department unpublished video …
Index:
Top three editors as well as more than 70 journalists working for Index.hu resign after the board president of the Hungarian outlet refused to reinstate the EIC  —  Following the firing of editor-in-chief Szabolcs Dull, the editorial board of Index has resigned, along with more than 50 staff members.
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
WaPo settles defamation suit with Nick Sandmann, the high schooler in a 2019 video at the Lincoln Memorial; suits against the NYT, CBS, ABC, and others remain  —  Nick Sandmann, the high school student at the center of a video at the Lincoln Memorial that went viral last year …
 
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Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
Wonya Lucas named president and CEO of Hallmark Channel parent Crown Media, following January ouster of Bill Abbott over commercial with same-sex couple
Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide:
TikTok and the National Music Publishers' Association sign licensing agreement that suggests TikTok has agreed to pay for unlicensed past use of members' works
New York Times:
Federal judge orders Michael Cohen released, citing retaliation over Cohen's plans to publish a book about Trump
Pamela McClintock / Hollywood Reporter:
Sources: Warner Bros.' Tenet likely to get a staggered release, in international markets in late August, then in the US in early September if more theaters open
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Ludovic Blecher / The Keyword:
Google News Initiative has provided $39.5M in funding to over 5,600 publishers globally via its Journalism Emergency Relief Fund, launched in April
J-Source / @jsource:
Leaked memo: Canada's Global News announces layoffs as part of a broad restructuring, blaming a collapse in ad revenue brought on by COVID-19
Julia Alexander / The Verge:
TikTok says it is launching a new $200M fund to pay creators directly for their content
Brian Fung / CNN:
Jack Dorsey says Twitter is actively exploring additional ways to make money from its users, including through a subscription model