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Mark Di Stefano / BuzzFeed:
Inside the debate at BBC on how to describe Trump's tweets about the “squad” and why its anchors refrained from calling them racist while some reporters did not — “Our role is to be the platform on which the British people will have the argument. I don't want us to be sucked in by the Twitter mob."
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@evanhd, @markdistef, @thattimwalker, @charliebeckett and @triciamarwick
David Marchese / New York Times:
Interview with Graydon Carter, on claims he cut accusations by women from a 2003 Epstein profile: “I didn't invent the system. I just lived by the system” — “I didn't invent the system. I just lived by the system.” — Graydon Carter on Vanity Fair, Jeffrey Epstein and an editor's power.
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Melynda Fuller / MediaPost:
Teen magazine Seventeen reports 1.5M YouTube channel subscribers, with increases of 404% YoY in watch time and 205% YoY in views, and 9M unique monthly visitors — Last year, Seventeen stopped regular publication of its print magazine to focus on its digital properties and quarterly standalone issues.
Jason Gurwin / The Streamable:
CBS dropped by DirectTV Now in all markets and for DirecTV and AT&T U-Verse customers in 17 markets, after AT&T and CBS fail to strike a new carriage deal — CBS Sports Network was all removed from all DirecTV & legacy DIRECTV NOW plans — The Streamable is reader-supported …
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Bloomberg, CBS Corporation, Fast Company and @kenyaj121, Thanks:@thestreamable
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Nostalgia for the old “good” internet may be misplaced because it nurtured trolling, which trained users not to take posts seriously, feeding radicalization — Syracuse's Whitney Phillips — scholar of the darker corners of Internet culture, author of “The Oxygen of Amplification …
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Former White House deputy press secretary Raj Shah, who left in January, has joined Fox as SVP, will report to Viet Dinh, Fox's chief legal and policy officer — Stelter looks at the Trump, Fox News ‘love story’ — (CNN)In the latest turn of the revolving door between the Trump administration …
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@brianstelter, @brianstelter and Mediaite
Sky Lebron / Columbia Journalism Review:
Young female journalists describe phone calls they have received from an apparent fake recruiter who dangles TV job offers and asks intimate questions — One Sunday night last fall, Courtney Mims was out with a friend when “No Caller ID” flashed across her phone.
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@skylerlebron, @terricoles_ and @spj_3
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
Source: BuzzFeed has agreed to voluntarily recognize the BuzzFeed News union, following months of negotiations and a walkout by staffers last month — - Employees had staged walkout in June to pressure company — Agreement is part of wave of unioning at digital-media sites
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@bfnewsunion, @jaimealyse, @chrisgeidner, @reckless, @katenocera, @mat, @erinscafe, @reckless and @reckless
Janet Steele / Columbia Journalism Review:
Reporting on a politician's alleged gay sex tape in Malaysia creates difficulties for Muslim journalists trying to work within the rules of their religion — For the past six weeks, Malaysians have been mesmerized by a series of shocking sex videos. The video clips, which started circulating …
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
NYT Obits uses a statistical tool to “achieve a yearly 30% representation of women”, according to internal docs, though section editor says it's aspirational — The Times is using an “Obits Diversity Analysis Tool,” which monitors obituary subjects' genders.
Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
An overview of the food TV landscape, which, with more than 100 shows in production, is consistently popular across linear TV and streaming platforms — In response to a global appetite, networks and increasingly streamers are battling for camera-friendly chefs — from Gordon Ramsay to Padma Lakshmi …
Discussion:
@thr and @kimseverson
Lydia Morrish / First Draft:
A look at the ethics of monitoring social media and how it can cross into surveillance, and the need for stronger guidelines to avoid compromising privacy — This post has been updated to acknowledge earlier writings on the subject that we felt should be attributed.
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