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July 15, 2021

■ ’CNN President Jeff Zucker announced in [a] memo to staff today that "as a general rule, we do expect everyone to be back in the office a minimum of three days a week" when offices fully reopen. Zucker added that "vaccines will be required to return to the office in the US." ‘ (Oliver Darcy) / ’Another interesting part of Jeff Zucker's return to office memo "Other divisions of WarnerMedia will not all be instituting the fully vaccinated requirement. Therefore, you may find yourself in contact with other non-CNN employees who may not be vaccinated in shared spaces " ‘ (Kerry Flynn) / Fewer jobs, more robots and lots of women at home: 4 charts that show how Covid-19 changed America’s workforce (Politico)

■ Surgeon General calls on tech platforms, media outlets to take greater steps to combat Covid-19 misinformation ; White House singles out Facebook (Deadline) / 'There's about 12 people who are producing 65% of anti-vaccine misinformation on social media platforms - All of them remain active on Facebook.' (Jen Psaki/The Recount)

■ ’Faster, harder, louder’: Rolling Stone hires Daily Beast editor (New York Times) / ’Rolling Stone changed my life. Its music journalism helped push me to play in bands for real. Its conflict reporting gave me a north star to aim for when I was a national security reporter. I can't fucking wait to help this incredible team write its next chapter.’ (Noah Shachtman)

■ 12 women have been named editor in chief of a major newsroom in 2021 (Ad Week)

■ Nothing against the “Death Star,” but the LA Times thinks its new daily news podcast can go where the biggies can’t (Nieman Lab)

■ ‘The screen door slams, Mary’s dress...’ waves? Sways? Maggie Haberman tweet prompts investigation into The Boss’ mystery verb (L.A. Times)

■ How reporting about food led to a story about slavery (New York Times)

■ New Anthony Bourdain documentary deepfakes his voice (The Verge) / 'I checked...with his widow and his literary executor, just to make sure people were cool with that ... I wasn’t putting words into his mouth . I was just trying to make them come alive' (Variety) / 'When I wrote my review I was not aware that the filmmakers had used an A.I. to deepfake Bourdain’s voice for portions of the narration.' (Sean Burns) /

■ ‘Did it from the heart’: Netherlands mourns after journalist dies following street shooting (Al Jazeera)

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