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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
AG Barr allegedly told Rupert Murdoch to “muzzle” Andrew Napolitano, a Fox News analyst and Trump critic, last October according to a new book by Brian Stelter — The attorney general, William Barr, told Rupert Murdoch to “muzzle” Andrew Napolitano, a prominent Fox News personality …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Brian Stelter, whose new book Hoax explores the symbiotic ties between Fox News and Trump, says he was struck by the number of Fox staffers who miss Roger Ailes — If anyone was born to write a juicy book about the democracy-threatening relationship between Fox News and Donald Trump, it had to be Brian Stelter.
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New York Times:
Following the DNC, Republicans are rushing to finalize their convention, promising a more traditional in-person spectacle, leaving some TV networks in the dark — The party is promising a more traditional in-person spectacle with President Trump speaking every night.
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Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
American Media's David Pecker, who OK'ed hush-money payments to women who had affairs with Trump, is out as CEO; AMI to merge with logistics firm Accelerate 360 — Mr. Pecker is out as chief executive of American Media after two-decade tenure — David Pecker is stepping down as chief executive …
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Study: “news avoiders” who access news media less than once a month tend to see journalism as complicit in the establishment rather than an independent watchdog — I love a good folk theory. — A folk theory is “a belief based on received wisdom, rather than concrete evidence, knowledge, or facts.”
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Max Willens / Digiday:
A number of counterfeit shows that copy the names of popular podcasts like “Serial” are being distributed via Spotify-owned podcast hosting service Anchor — Over the past year, Spotify has dominated the podcast news space with headlines about big investments in new shows hosted by A-list celebrities.
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Meghan McCarron / Eater:
Over two dozen current and former LAT and Lucky Peach staffers describe food editor Peter Meehan's toxic management style that led to his resignation from LAT — Peter Meehan's transgressive vision helped redefine food media with the groundbreaking Lucky Peach, and later transformed the LA Times's food coverage.
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Kayleigh Barber / Digiday:
Group Nine has closed five longterm partnership deals in the past year that give brands exclusive advertising for 6-12 months after verticals launch or relaunch — This week, Group Nine's brands NowThis and The Dodo both launched two new verticals that both debuted with exclusive launch partners.
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
Profile of Zeynep Tufekci, a sociologist and contributing writer at The Atlantic, who was prescient on major issues like the CDC's erroneous mask advice — Ms. Tufekci, a computer programmer who became a sociologist, sounded an early alarm on the need for protective masks.
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Daniel Drepper / @danieldrepper:
Ippen Digital Group will take over BuzzFeed Germany and all its staff — We've found a buyer for BuzzFeed Germany! I'm very happy it's a journalistic institution that values and supports our work, including the investigations. The Ippen Digital Group takes on the brand and all staff members. Very much looking forward to it. More (in German) below. https://twitter.com/...
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Netflix and others are taking advantage of the global shortage of new TV shows to outbid British channels, raising questions about future TV schedules — Streaming services such as Netflix take advantage of Covid production shutdown — Streaming services such as Netflix are taking advantage …
Dan Kennedy / Media Nation:
In memo, Boston Globe EIC announced the promotions of Anica Butler and Nestor Ramos, its first Black woman and first Latino editor respectively on its masthead — Boston Globe editor Brian McGrory today announced two promotions. In a memo to the staff, McGrory said that Ideas section editor Anica Butler …
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