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Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
Profile of Keith Kelly, whose Media Ink column for NY Post has been a must-read for those in magazine publishing for 23 years, as he retires from the tabloid — For 23 years, his Media Ink column for The New York Post was a must-read for magazine machers. What's next?
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Amanda Meade / The Guardian:
YouTube issues strike, suspends Sky News Australia for a week over its videos denying COVID-19 existence, promoting the use of hydroxychloroquine or ivermectin — Digital giant issues strike after channel posted videos denying the existence of disease and encouraging people to use discredited medication
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Wall Street Journal:
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell says he is pulling ads from Fox News after Fox rejected an ad for a symposium that would “prove” the 2020 election was stolen — Mike Lindell, CEO of MyPillow, says Fox News refused to run ad promoting an event linked to claims of widespread election fraud
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Brent Lang / Variety:
Profile of Netflix's head of movies Scott Stuber, who has grown original film output from 21 in 2016 to 70+ in 2021, as it makes deals with Spielberg and others — Two years ago, the legendary director reportedly opposed the idea that streaming films should qualify for Oscars.
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Tatum Hunter / Washington Post:
Many viewers are experiencing the Olympics primarily through TikTok, with some of the most-watched videos coming not from NBC but from athletes themselves — The Olympics through the lens of TikTok look widely different than TV — When NBC's “Today Show” told viewers that gymnast Simone Biles …
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Maya Wolfe-Robinson / The Guardian:
Report: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok failed to act on 84% of posts spreading anti-Semitism reported via their own complaint systems — Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube and TikTok failing to act on most reported anti-Jewish posts, says study
Cath Clarke / The Guardian:
A new documentary film follows three journalists from Khabar Lahariya, India's only all-women news org, as they report on rural issues through a feminist lens — India's only all-women news organisation is the subject of an award-winning documentary. The film-makers explain their inspiring courage and energy
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Delia Cai / Vanity Fair:
Profile of Blackbird Spyplane newsletter, created in 2020 by 2 pop culture writers, which has landed interviews with celebrities including Lorde and André 3000 — Over dinner earlier this summer, the still-new sensation of seeing friends up close and slightly sweating gave …
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Abram Brown / Forbes:
Analysis: The Gateway Pundit, known for publishing 2020 US election and COVID-19 misinformation, earned up to $1.1M in Google ads revenue from Nov. 2020 to June — All of these things are true, at least according to the Gateway Pundit: Election officials lost or tampered with millions of Trump votes on election night last November.
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Angela Fu / Poynter:
In email to members, WGAE says it “put a pause” on organizing new digital newsrooms, as debate grows over its membership and whether to accept more journalists — At issue is whether the union, which has primarily represented screenwriters in the past, should take on more journalists
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Celine Castronuovo / The Hill:
NYT sports reporter Karen Crouse resigns after being suspended earlier this month for failing to disclose a book deal with swimmer Michael Phelps — A New York Times sports reporter who was suspended earlier this month for failing to disclose a book deal with Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps …
Jim Milliot / Publishers Weekly:
US Department of Labor survey shows reading among people 15 years old and up increased by 21% in the May-December period in 2020 over the same period in 2019 — The theory among publishers that book sales rose last year because people were reading more has been borne out in part …
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