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Alex Spence / Politico:
Janine Gibson, who led Pulitzer-winning coverage of Snowden, is leaving The Guardian — Snowden editor to leave The Guardian — LONDON — The editor who led The Guardian's Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the Edward Snowden leaks is leaving the newspaper after missing out on its top job, POLITICO has learned.
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@ggreenwald, @alexgspence, @alexgspence, New York Times and @alexkoppelman
Ted Johnson / Variety:
Netflix, Dish Urge Court to Uphold FCC's Net Neutrality Action — Netflix and Dish Network are among the almost two dozen companies and public interest groups urging a federal appellate court to deny an effort to halt a central component of the FCC's net neutrality rules before they go into effect on June 12.
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Multichannel News
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Thomas Mocarsky / Katy on the Hill:
FCC files its opposition to a stay of the open Internet order — The Federal Communications Commission filed its opposition Friday to the requests for a stay of its open Internet order, meeting the deadline set by the D.C. circuit court of appeals. The agency also asked the court to expedite consideration of the case.
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Free Press
Re/code:
Apple wants local TV stations in its TV service, complicating negotiations with broadcast TV networks, which could delay launch to after this fall — Apple Wants Local TV in Its Web TV Service, Which Could Lead to Delays — If Apple launches a TV service, it won't be the first company to offer TV subscriptions over the Web.
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@videonuze, Tech Trader Daily, @pkafka, Ubergizmo, LostRemote, BGR, Variety, Macworld, Cult of Mac, Washington Post, Mashable, Engadget, The Verge, App Advice, @alexjamesfitz, Business Insider, @modestproposal1, Multichannel News, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, iMore, TIME and Pocket-lint
Alan Travis / Guardian:
Theresa May's plan to censor TV shows condemned by Tory cabinet colleague — Exclusive: Former culture secretary Sajid Javid told prime minister he was unable to support home secretary's proposal as it infringed free speech — A plan by the home secretary to introduce counter-extremism powers …
Bloomberg Business:
Time Warner Cable continues its talks of sale to Altice or Charter; deal could be reached next week — Time Warner Cable Said to Be in Sale Talks With Altice, Charter — Time Warner Cable Inc. is in talks about a potential sale to either Altice SA or Charter Communications Inc., people with knowledge of the matter said.
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Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Deadline and Reuters
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Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
FCC Chairman Reached Out to Time Warner Cable, Charter CEOs
FCC Chairman Reached Out to Time Warner Cable, Charter CEOs
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Bloomberg Business, Light Reading, The Hill and Reuters
Ryan Gallagher / The Intercept:
Handful of journalists attended confidential meeting about spying with Google, Apple, Vodafone, and spy agencies from seven countries — Apple and Google Just Attended a Confidential Spy Summit in a Remote English Mansion — At an 18th-century mansion in England's countryside last week …
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The Register, AppleInsider, @jamesrbuk and Digital Spy
Claire Atkinson / New York Post:
Disney/Univision pump $30M into Fusion network — Sofia Vergara will be starring in a show on Fusion about her life. — Fusion is getting a cash infusion. — The news and pop-culture multiplatform outlet has received commitments from its owners — Disney and Univision …
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Media Wire Daily, FishbowlNY and TVNewser
Ryan Cooper / The Week:
Journalists should skip campaign stops and cover candidates via public communications, polling, and policy documents — Why 2016 marks the death of the political campaign reporter — The 2016 election may be the first one in which the political press is totally sidelined.
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New York Times
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Entertainment Weekly is quietly rolling out a metered paywall, with starting prices of $1.99/month or $20/year, a sign of things to come for Time Inc. websites — ‘Entertainment Weekly’ mounts paywall, a sign of the Time Inc. to come — In a sign of things to come for Time Inc. websites …
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FishbowlNY
Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica:
Chinese Army newspaper calls for military role in Internet culture war — Claims West and “ideological traitors” use Internet to weaken Party's authority. — An article published today in the People's Liberation Army Daily, the official newspaper of China's military—and reprinted in part by Qiushi …
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Quartz, RFA, Defense Systems, Silicon Republic, The Diplomat and Reuters
Alistair Barr / Wall Street Journal:
Google launches YouTube shopping ads that let advertisers overlay purchase information for products featured in video ads — Google Wants YouTube Viewers to Shop While They Watch — YouTube is the monster of online video, but has yet to generate big profits for Google .
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Inside AdWords, AdExchanger, Adweek, Re/code, VentureBeat and The Next Web