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8:20 AM ET, June 19, 2015

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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
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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.
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.
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NBC News:
Lester Holt confirmed as anchor of NBC Nightly News, Brian Williams to anchor breaking news and special reports on MSNBC
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
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 …
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
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: Talking Biz News
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.
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.
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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Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
News Corp to cut more than 100 jobs in publishing unit and close bureaus in Prague and Helsinki
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Guardian Media Group appoints David Pemsel as chief executive
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
The US NHTSA suggests easing rules allowing for fully driverless cars and urges companies operating driverless cars to share more data for greater transparency
 
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