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6:45 AM ET, August 14, 2022

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Stephen Proctor / Yahoo Entertainment:
Fox News' Brian Kilmeade showed on air an altered image depicting the judge who signed off on the Mar-a-Lago search grafted over an image of Jeffrey Epstein  —  On Thursday's Tucker Carlson Tonight, guest host Brian Kilmeade showed a clearly photoshopped image of U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart …
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Jeremy Bailey / The Wrap:
Brian Kilmeade tries to portray Fox News airing an altered image of the Mar-a-Lago search judge as a joke, saying that “we were showing a meme in jest”  —  Fox News host Brian Kilmeade has taken to social media in an effort to clean up the mess that was made Thursday night …
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Sources: Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch are expected to sit for depositions as soon as this month in Dominion's suit against Fox, and there were no settlement talks  —  The suit, filed by Dominion Voting Systems, could be one of the most consequential First Amendment cases in a generation.
Brian Welk / The Wrap:
Jeffrey Toobin leaves CNN after 20 years as a legal analyst and writer; CNN placed Toobin on leave in 2020 after he acknowledged exposing himself on a Zoom call  —  “We are grateful for Jeffrey's contributions to the network over the years and wish him all the best in his future endeavors,” a CNN spokesperson says
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Sources: the Daily Mail has approached Boris Johnson about writing a column for the paper after he steps down as prime minister  —  Outgoing PM expected to find new home for his old trade as journalist after Telegraph cools on his qualities  —  Three days before he became prime minister …
Angela Fu / Poynter:
At least 20 Gannett newspapers executed layoffs on Friday, after dismal Q2 earnings; the NewsGuild has called on Gannett to cut executive pay instead of jobs  —  At least 20 papers across the country have been affected.  It is unclear how many employees were let go
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The NewsGuild:
Hundreds of Gannett newsroom employees protested for better pay and fewer cuts, reacting to management threatening layoffs due to the company's Q2 financials
Salvador Rodriguez / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: before ATT, Apple and Meta discussed revenue-sharing deals, such as Apple taking a cut of “boosted posts” via IAP and an ad-free, Facebook subscription  —  The two tech giants discussed revenue-sharing arrangements, including a potential ad-free, subscription version of Facebook
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Luiz Romero / PolitiFact:
A review of 380 fact-checks published by purported fact-checking service War on Fakes shows how the format is being used to spread pro-Russia propaganda  —  - War on Fakes, a website and Telegram channel operated from Russia, claims to be a fact-checking service countering “an information war launched against Russia.”
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
Charter plans to shut down Spectrum Originals, after launching the original scripted content initiative in 2019, amid increased production costs and competition  —  EXCLUSIVE: Charter Communications is getting out of the original programming business.  The decision to shut down Spectrum Originals comes …
Discussion: Variety, @deadline, Axios and TVLine
Matt Dixon / Politico:
Gov. Ron DeSantis' press secretary Christina Pushaw, who regularly picks public fights with reporters on social media, resigns to join his reelection campaign  —  — Gov. Ron DeSantis' press secretary Christina Pushaw, who during 15-months in that post transformed the governor's state messaging office …
Discussion: @nkulw, @projectlincoln and The Hill
Jessica E. Lessin / The Information:
The Information hires Karl Wells, formerly Dow Jones' chief subscriptions officer, as its first chief commercial officer, to grow revenue  —  It's been a busy few months at The Information.  Our newsroom has been leading the narrative in coverage, from our early reporting on Netflix's dramatic move …
 
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Washington Post:
Journalists juggle the news value of ransomware attacks with the knowledge that ransomware gangs lie and use stories to recruit and pressure victims into paying
Steven Perlberg / Insider:
Editor-in-Chief Sumi Aggarwal and COO Annie Chabel are leaving the Center for Investigative Reporting and Reveal, a month after 10 of 68 employees were cut
Marketing Brew:
The Los Angeles Times, Vanity Fair, and others juice traffic by buying ads in the mobile game Subway Surfers, which offers rewards for viewing ads or articles
Hamish McKenzie / On Substack:
Substack's Hamish McKenzie changes his title from COO to Chief Writing Officer to signal the company's respect for writers and says “I'll be writing a lot more”
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Financial Times:
A look at livestreamed e-commerce, already mature and established in China, which TikTok, YouTube, Meta, Amazon, and others want to bring to the US and Europe
Nieman Lab:
A look at the pros and cons of Canada's Online News Act, which could be made more inclusive but has greater transparency than Australia's news bargaining bill
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Fox Entertainment plans to expand its free, ad-supported streaming service Tubi to Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Panama later in August 2022
Discussion: MediaPost
Scott Deveau / Bloomberg:
Activist investor ValueAct Capital takes a 7% stake in The New York Times and urges an aggressive rollout of subscriber-only bundles; NYT's stock jumps 10%+