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Sources: pro-Trump operatives have collected dossiers of damaging old social media posts by journalists and are releasing them in response to critical coverage — WASHINGTON — A loose network of conservative operatives allied with the White House is pursuing what they say will be an aggressive operation …
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Hamilton Nolan / Splinter:
Journalists should not claim it's unfair to publish their tweets, even if done in bad faith, as they are not qualitatively different from the average person — Many journalists are very indignant that Trump allies are reportedly combing through social media to identify embarrassing things …
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@broderick, @michaelroston, @brianstelter, @evepeyser, @dangillmor, @genepark, The Daily Caller and Breitbart
A.G. Sulzberger / The New York Times Company:
NYT memo from Publisher A.G. Sulzberger: we'll respond to any legitimate problems appropriately and continue to cover the Trump administration like any other — A note to staff by New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger calling attention to a Times story about a campaign led …
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: The Atlantic, recently making a profit of ~$10M, is now losing money due to 2018 decision to hire ~100 new staff; paywall launch planned after Sept. 2 — The 162-year-old magazine to relaunch paywall after investment spree — Last year, the Atlantic put on hold its plans to launch …
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One Man & His Blog, @delia_cai, @raju, @lainnafader, @mims and Politico
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Questioning Trump's stability based on his pattern of daily lies, distortions, and contradictions is reportorial, not political, in nature — New York (CNN Business)More erratic, more often. — I spent the week talking with major media figures at networks and newspapers.
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@briankarem, @dloesch, New York Times, @brianstelter, The Daily Beast and Washington Post
Kelsey Sutton / Adweek:
As streaming wars heat up, kids programming is serving as a way for streaming services to stand out, attract new subscribers, and then keep them — Why platforms are wooing the youngest viewers — When HBO partnered with the studio behind Sesame Street in 2015 to relocate Bert and Ernie …
Andy Bounds / Financial Times:
Research: boycott of The Sun newspaper in Merseyside, UK after 1989 Hillsborough disaster reduced Euroscepticism in the area and increased its Remain vote — A long-running boycott of The Sun newspaper on Merseyside reduced Euroscepticism in the area and had a positive influence on its Remain vote …
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@janinegibson, @householdsussex and @gavinquinney
Carolyn Dunn / @carolyndunncbc:
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation correspondent says she was denied entry into the US as she tried to travel to Washington, DC, for a temporary assignment — Guys, I've been refused entry into US. Sections 212 (a) (7) (A) (i) (I). Me going to DC is “entry into the labor” market and I'd be “imported labor”. I've never been pulled aside at a US border let alone refused entry.
BuzzFeed News:
Investigation: federal agencies, including the DOJ, have sent employees article links to white nationalist and conspiracy-oriented publishers over past 2 years — An arm of the Justice Department regularly sent summaries and links to articles from an online white nationalist publication over the last year …
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@joncoopertweets and @qasimrashid
Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
Boston Globe partners with Boston University as it launches a hyperlocal section on Newton, a Boston suburb, to attract subscribers; BU writers will be unpaid — Earlier this summer, The Boston Globe officially launched its new section focused on Rhode Island with three veteran reporters poached from flagging news outlets there.
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@ylichterman, @fara1 and @johnpgarrett
Caroline Crampton / Nieman Lab:
RadioPublic's CEO and CTO propose an open protocol, PodPass, that would allow podcast listeners to access premium content inside their usual listening app — PodPass gets some positive early reviews. Also: a new network for kids' audio, the CBC translates podcasts to TV, and are daily news shows having any real-world impact?
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
April Ryan comments about her bodyguard manhandling a reporter, without apologizing, says “I didn't know what was going on or said. I was on stage at the time.” — CNN contributor April Ryan has broken her silence about the incident earlier this month where her bodyguard forcibly ejected …
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