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2:35 AM ET, September 24, 2020

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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
A look at the benefits and drawbacks of publishing on three-year-old Substack, as a growing number of reporters and writers migrate to the newsletter platform  —  Casey Newton, who has covered tech for The Verge, joins a growing number of reporters who have started subscription newsletters at Substack, a three-year-old platform.
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Sarah Jeong / OneZero:
Q&A with Casey Newton on leaving The Verge to start a newsletter on Substack called Platformer, after many years as The Verge's Silicon Valley editor  —  Sarah Jeong talks to Newton about the details of his deal, subscription journalism, and the magic of email
Aleksander Chan / Discourse Blog:
Discourse Blog, made up of former Splinter journalists, is leaving Substack in October to start its own site, working with WordPress-powered platform Lede  —  So we have some news: Discourse Blog is leaving Substack next month to start our own website.  We are beyond excited to show everyone …
Laura Wagner / VICE:
Employees blast Alden-backed Tribune Publishing Company after it sent an email phishing test to staffers that promised bonuses; the company has apologized  —  The company sent staffers a fake email touting executive bonuses of up to $10,000 for “commitment to excellence.”  —  Laura Wagner
Variety:
Variety parent company Penske Media reaches a deal with MRC to operate Billboard and The Hollywood Reporter under a newly formed joint venture called PMRC  —  MRC brings to the venture its production infrastructure.  The MRC banner is home to the Netflix drama “Ozark” and has produced such feature films as …
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J. Clara Chan / The Wrap:
Sources: Deanna Brown, president of Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, is out after the merger with PMC  —  Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group President Deanna Brown is out at MRC after the merger between PMC and MRC on Wednesday, according to two individuals with knowledge of the matter.
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Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
An account of Mueller's failures must also account for media's failures, in buying AG Barr's spin and focusing on the optics of his report rather than substance  —  Under a presidency that, perhaps more than any in recent memory, tends to be rendered in starkly moralistic terms …
The Guardian:
Harold Evans, an investigative journalist for 70 years, newspaper editor, magazine founder, and book publisher, died Wednesday at 92  —  Legendary British-American media figure was behind major investigations including exposure of thalidomide scandal  —  Sir Harold Evans …
Nicholas Quah / Vulture:
Joe Rogan's Portland fire comments and reports of tensions between Spotify staff and executives over content show Rogan is already a headache for the company  —  When Spotify signed The Joe Rogan Experience to an exclusive multi-year distribution deal earlier in the summer …
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
The News Product Alliance launches as a community for people who work in news product management  —  The News Product Alliance launches today  —  The News Product Alliance launched today, offering a community for people who work in news product management.  —  What's that again, you might wonder?
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
WaPo memo: Marty Baron outlines 5 principles for covering hacked or leaked material pre-election, including careful headline vetting to avoid echoing propaganda  —  Nearly four years since the Podesta email dump blew up the 2016 race, the Post's top editor urges his newsroom to slow …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: substantial job cuts are expected at NBCUniversal in the coming months as it thinks channels like E!, Oxygen, and Syfy don't have a long-term future  —  With channels like E!, Oxygen and Syfy on borrowed time, media company pushes deep cuts and centralizes program decisions
 
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CNN is shutting down its short-form video subsidiary Great Big Story
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Norway's Schibsted built podcast tools into its own platform so its outlets can publish podcasts behind paywalls before releasing them on third-party platforms
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
In a rally, Trump again mocks Ali Velshi for being hit with a rubber bullet amid protests and adds a vague story to mock another reporter thrown aside by police
Julia Alexander / The Verge:
YouTube says it will use AI-powered moderation to automatically age-restrict certain content
 

 
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Sam Kim / Bloomberg:
South Korean national statistics data: chip output grew 65.3% YoY in February 2024, the most since late 2009, with demand for AI-related memory driving growth

Meredith Whittaker / LPE Project:
The TikTok divestment bill will not offer any meaningful privacy protection from China, but it will further entrench the dominance of US-based social networks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
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