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12:05 PM ET, June 19, 2015

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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
The Sun to make selected content available outside of paywall to capitalize on social sharing beginning in early July  —  Sun to relax paywall as part of drive to exploit social media  —  Growth of news sharing on sites such as Facebook and Twitter prompts tabloid to make selected digital content available for free
Everett Rosenfeld / CNBC:
Comcast founder Ralph Roberts dies at 95  —  Comcast founder Ralph Roberts dies at age 95  —  Comcast founder Ralph Roberts has died at age 95, the cable company announced Friday.  —  Comcast founder Ralph Roberts has died.  He was 95.  —  His death was announced Friday by the company.
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.
Peter Sterne / Capital New York:
University of Florida journalism professor earns $250-$350 an hour as an expert for Hulk Hogan's legal team  —  Hulk Hogan paying ‘journalism expert’ $350 per hour  —  Hulk Hogan knows a thing or two about calling in a ringer.  —  Thirty years ago, at the very first WrestleMania in Madison Square Garden …
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Brian Williams: My ‘ego’ caused me to make things up  —  NBC's Brian Williams, in his first interview since being suspended in February, said “ego” drove him to embellish stories about his reporting experiences.  —  “I said things that weren't true,” he told his colleague Matt Lauer in a taped interview on NBC's “Today” show.
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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
Mercury News:
Steve Rossi appointed CEO of Digital First Media  —  Steve Rossi, a veteran newspaper executive, has been appointed CEO of Digital First Media, the company that operates the Bay Area News Group and its digital and newspaper properties, including this newspaper.  —  Rossi succeeds current CEO John Paton effective July 1.
Discussion: bizjournals
Paul Linford / HoldTheFrontPage:
Regional UK publisher Local World to create Android app-based evening editions  —  Local World in bid to reinvent evening editions  —  Regional publisher Local World has launched an ambitious bid to reinvent late final editions by publishing them in mobile and tablet format.
Discussion: Guardian
Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
Times is first paper forced by Ipso to highlight correction on front page  —  Press regulator orders newspaper. which had published apology for Labour tax story, to refer to inaccuracy in a more prominent position  —  The Times has become the first newspaper to be forced to publish a reference …
Capital New York:
Quartz' Africa editor Yinka Adegoke on getting past one-dimensional coverage and increasing readership  —  The 60-second interview: Yinka Adegoke, Africa editor, Quartz  —  CAPITAL: How will Quartz's coverage of Africa differ from your competitors, both globally and locally?
Discussion: @lpolgreen and Talking Biz News
Dave Maass / Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Discussion: Business Insider and Gizmodo
 
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