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3:07 AM ET, June 19, 2015

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Mat Honan / BuzzFeed:
Twitter's Project Lightning will make events easier to follow for logged-in and logged-out users  —  Twitter's Top Secret Project Lightning Revealed  —  The new tool will give the company a way to show the best of Twitter to both logged-in and logged-out users on a variety of platforms.
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David Pierce / Wired:
Project Lightning demotes the timeline to get to the core of Twitter: curated news and information  —  Twitter Is Killing Twitter to Save Twitter  —  Twitter isn't about a 140-character limit.  It's not about a timeline.  It's not about your joke going viral, or getting Justin Bieber to follow you by any means necessary.
Discussion: @trengriffin and Business Insider
NBC News:
Lester Holt confirmed as anchor of NBC Nightly News, Brian Williams to anchor breaking news and special reports on MSNBC  —  Lester Holt Named Anchor of “NBC Nightly News”  —  Andrew Lack, Chairman of NBC News and MSNBC, on Thursday announced that Lester Holt will be named the permanent anchor of “NBC Nightly News.”
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Jonathan Mahler / New York Times:
NBC's compromise with Brian Williams was a practical decision that fails to answer questions about the network's standards of truth  —  In Brian Williams Decision, NBC Clings to the Past  —  In the end, NBC decided that it couldn't bring him back or let him go.
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
News Corp to cut more than 100 jobs in publishing unit and close bureaus in Prague and Helsinki  —  News Corp to Cut Jobs, Shift Resources to Digital Media  —  Some WSJ blogs and overseas bureaus to close; cuts could surpass 100  —  News Corp is carrying out a major reorganization …
Max Mason / Sydney Morning Herald:
News Corp Australia CEO Julian Clarke to retire, Peter Tonagh to replace him  —  New Corporation Australia chief executive Julian Clarke will step down at the end of the year, having only taken on the role in 2013, and will be replaced by the company's chief operating officer Peter Tonagh.
Discussion: mUmBRELLA and @themurdochtimes
Dave Maass / Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Facebook fails EFF's censorship test because it doesn't disclose US government content-restrictions requests; records show it has suspended inmate accounts  —  Why Facebook Failed Our Censorship Test
Discussion: Business Insider and Gizmodo
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia nears deal to be sold to Sequential Brands Group  —  Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Nears Deal to Be Bought  —  A deal between Sequential Brands and Martha Stewart Living could be announced in the coming days, according to people familiar with the matter.
Discussion: CNBC, @abeaujon and The Wrap
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Google and Storyful are launching YouTube Newswire, a feed of verified user-generated videos  —  Storyful and Google News Lab today are launching YouTube Newswire, a dedicated YouTube channel meant to serve as a resource for journalists looking for user-generated videos from around the world …
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Betsy Morgan, CEO of Glenn Beck's TheBlaze, Steps Down  —  Betsy Morgan, the CEO of Glenn Beck's TheBlaze TV and digital media company, is leaving the company, and will be replaced on an interim basis by Kraig Kitchin, the company's chief revenue officer.  In a memo to the site's staff …
Discussion: TVNewser and @blmorgan
 
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