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5:25 PM ET, August 6, 2020

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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Ken Doctor's Lookout Local, a network of local digital outlets, to launch first in Santa Cruz in the fall with $2.5M in grants and an LAT content partnership  —  As promised last fall, Ken Doctor is turning from reporting and analyzing the trials of the local news industry to creating Lookout Local …
BuzzFeed News:
Staffers ask Zuckerberg what would happen if Trump uses Facebook to dispute the election; some staff say they have evidence of favoritism for right-wing pages  —  Facebook employees collected evidence showing the company is giving right-wing pages preferential treatment when it comes to misinformation.
Rachel Premack / Business Insider:
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Bon Appétit names Sonia Chopra, the director of editorial strategy at Eater, as executive editor, reporting to Anna Wintour for now
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Source: News Corp has considered selling its Storyful unit, which it bought for $25 million in 2013, as part of efforts to streamline the company  —  Effort comes as Wall Street Journal parent looks to streamline operations  —  News Corp NWS 1.43% has considered strategic alternatives …
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News Corp:
News Corp reports Q4 revenue of $1.92B, down 22% YoY, and a net loss of $401M; WSJ digital-only subscriptions grew 23% in the quarter  —  - Beginning with the fourth quarter, the Company is presenting Dow Jones as a separate reportable segment, which better highlights its growth and value …
The Wrap:
ViacomCBS to launch a paid international streaming service in early 2021 starting with Australia, Latin America, and Nordic countries  —  ViacomCBS is launching an international streaming service in early 2021, the company announced during its second-quarter earnings call Thursday.
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BBC:
Twitter says it will start labeling government-linked media accounts, as well as “key government officials”, from China, France, Russia, the UK, and US  —  Twitter says it will no longer “amplify” tweets by state-controlled media organisations, by excluding them from its recommendation systems.
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Advance Publications is considering moving Condé Nast out of One World Trade Center, where it has a 25-year lease, to address “current market conditions”  —  Conde Nast, which only finished moving into its HQ at One World Trade Center in 2014, is scouting midtown Manhattan for a potential new HQ.
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Pence's pool reporter Wednesday wasn't a WH press corps member, but a Heritage Foundation VP and editor of the think tank's news site, the Daily Signal  —  Instead of a member of the White House press corps, the role of pool reporter was filled by Robert B. Bluey, a vice president at the Heritage Foundation.
Nathan Bomey / USA Today:
Gannett Q2: $437M net loss; revenue of $767M, down 28% YoY; print ads down 45% YoY to $188M, digital ads down 27% YoY to $104M; digital subs up 31% YoY to 927K  —  USA TODAY owner Gannett reported a net loss of about $437 million in the second quarter as businesses cut back on advertising amid …
Discussion: @raju and Business Wire
Kim Lyons / The Verge:
TikTok launches its first TV app, called More on TikTok, on Amazon Fire TV devices, featuring curated video playlists and compilations from its mobile app  —  More on TikTok will be free and view-only at launch  —  TikTok is launching its first TV app, called “More on TikTok,” on Amazon Fire TV devices today (via Business Insider).
Alex Barker / Financial Times:
Discussion: Digital TV Europe, Deadline and @vivian
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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
NYT says it has added 669K new digital subscribers in Q2 and its digital revenue, at $185.5M, exceeded print revenue, at $175.4M, for the first time  —  The pandemic squeezed advertising for the web as well as print, but subscription growth was the best ever for a quarter.
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Business Wire:
NYT reports Q2 net income of $23.7M, down 6% YoY, revenue of $403.8M, down 7.5% YoY, with ad revenues down 43.9%, and has a total of 6.5M subscribers
 
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NBC News:
Facebook removes hundreds of accounts tied to The Epoch Times and a foreign pro-Trump troll farm; accounts tied to Epoch Times pushed conspiracy theories
Tony Semerad / Salt Lake Tribune:
Salt Lake Tribune Executive Editor Jennifer Napier-Pearce resigns, citing differences with board chairman Paul Huntsman; board names David Noyce interim editor
Dave Davies / NPR:
Q&A with WaPo's Margaret Sullivan, author of Ghosting the News, on the decline of local news, how orgs like Report for America are helping, and more
Discussion: bookforum.com
Kate Irby / The Fresno Bee:
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Rep. Devin Nunes cannot sue Esquire and Hearst for defamation over a 2018 story about his family's farm in Iowa
Apekary / Ariana Pekary:
An MSNBC producer who quit her job describes how ratings pressure distorts commercial TV news, amplifying fringe voices and stoking division even amid crisis
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Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
The Kashmir Walla launches a membership program after online traffic disappeared following Kashmir's internet blackout and ad revenue dropped due to COVID-19
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Roku beats analyst estimates with Q2 revenue of $356.1M, up 42% YoY, and says it has 43M active streaming accounts with streaming hours rising 65% YoY
Craig Chamberlain / Illinois News Bureau:
Study of 2,000 journalists' Twitter use: Beltway journalism may be “even more insular than previously thought” with journalists talking too much to each other
Sara Fischer / Axios:
TikTok tightens policies against manipulated content, expands fact-checking partnerships, and is working with DHS's Countering Foreign Influence Task Force
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Facebook launches Instagram Reels, its TikTok competitor that lets users create and publish 15-second videos, in 50+ countries, including the US, UK, and Japan
CBS News:
Biden campaign announces what it says is the largest TV ad buy ever by a presidential candidate, with $220M for TV ads in 15 states and $60M for digital ads