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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

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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@bgrueskin, @sincerelyash, @millie, @matthewstoller, @espiers, @jacobwe, @matthewstoller, @dicktofel, @jeffjarvis, @matthewstoller, @mcastimovies, @lam_barrett, @tylercoates, @annaholmes, @xeni, @kimmasters, @manymanywords, @meakinarmstrong, @surlybassey, @irin, @megancarpentier, @yoloethics, @tejalrao, @sarahw, @karaswisher, @lisatozzi, @jennygzhang, @vickypjward, @marysdesk, @bridgetgillard, @jeanniekim, @mccarthyryanj, @irin and @ositanwanevu

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.

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 …

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

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

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

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 …

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 …
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@thr and @kimseverson

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.