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7:30 AM ET, May 27, 2016

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Nick Denton / Gawker:
Nick Denton challenges Peter Thiel to a public debate in open letter, says decade-long campaign by Thiel is out of proportion, asks about ultimate intent  —  Nearly a decade ago, after you had opened up to friends and colleagues, a gay writer for Gawker shared an item with the readers of Valleywag …
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Steven Perlberg / Wall Street Journal:
Source: Gawker Media is exploring strategic options, including potential sale  —  Digital media company in the middle of costly legal battle with professional wrestler Hulk Hogan  —  A judge denied Gawker's motion for a new trial and a reduction of the $140 million privacy invasion judgment awarded to wrestler Hulk Hogan in March.
Kara Swisher / Recode:
As Facebook courts publishers, the company and some of its directors decline to comment on board member Peter Thiel's funding of lawsuit against Gawker  —  And there will also likely be no action, either.  —  Here's a very good question swirling around Silicon Valley and the media universe today …
Felix Salmon / Fusion:
If Peter Thiel's strategy against Gawker works, it may then be emulated by other billionaires against any media organization
Greg Sterling / Marketing Land:
Facebook expands Audience Network reach beyond just its users — to everyone  —  All people on Audience Network mobile sites and apps can now be targeted using familiar Facebook parameters.  —  Two years ago Facebook launched the Facebook Audience Network as part of an effort to expand …
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Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Facebook to shut down FBX, its ad exchange that lets third party companies purchase ads for desktop as company shifts focus toward mobile  —  Social network focusing on its own ad network and mobile ad inventory  —  Facebook is planning to shut down its ad exchange, FBX …
Lee Glendinning / Guardian:
Guardian takes down 13 articles and removes unverifiable information from others after checking freelancer Joseph Mayton's work, will review processes  —  After sources quoted in several stories denied speaking with a freelance reporter, Joseph Mayton, the Guardian has fact-checked all of his stories.
SBNation:
SB Nation releases Vox Media review of Daniel Holtzclaw profile and vows to work on building and valuing staff diversity, among other changes  —  At SBNation.com, our goal is to produce thoughtful, informative, entertaining and high-quality sports coverage.
Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Twitter execs Jana Messerschmidt, head of business development, and Nathan Hubbard, head of media and commerce, are planning to leave the company  —  Jana Messerschmidt (business development) and Nathan Hubbard (media) are exiting.  —  Two top Twitter executives — Jana Messerschmidt …
Financial Times:
Sources: Apple had preliminary discussions about buying Time Warner last year as spending on original content set to increase  —  A top Apple executive raised the prospect of the iPhone maker buying Time Warner at a meeting with the owner of HBO, CNN and Warner Brothers, according to three people who were briefed on it.
Holly Byrnes / NEWS.com.au:
60 Minutes Australia producer fired over Lebanon child kidnapping story that landed children's mother and television crew in jail  —  Holly ByrnesNews Corp Australia Network  —  60 MINUTES producer Stephen Rice has been sacked over the program's botched child snatch scandal in Beirut …
 
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Vietnam restricted access to Facebook during Obama visit: activists
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Angelique Chrisafis / Guardian:
French trade union members prevented printing of all but one national newspaper after papers refused to run opinion piece by union leader
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Joe Pompeo / Politico:
Newspaper Association of America requests FTC investigate adblockers for trade practice and consumer protection rule violations
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Elisabeth Witchel / Committee to Protect Journalists:
US on verge of expanding Magnitsky Act which could curb impunity for murderers of journalists globally
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Trevor Timm / Columbia Journalism Review:
Chelsea Manning case could be the catalyst for courts to rule that using the Espionage Act against leakers is unconstitutional
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Bloomberg:
A look at the old media companies that own or have invested in new media companies and comparison of traffic across top digital media sites
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Subjects in Under the Gun documentary object to deceptive editing; producer apologizes if anyone was offended, and Katie Couric stands by producer's statement
 

 
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Raffaele Huang / Wall Street Journal:
Apple removes WhatsApp, Threads, Signal, and Telegram from its App Store in China, after orders from the country's regulators citing national security concerns

Ryan Morrison / Tom's Guide:
Microsoft researchers introduce VASA-1, an AI model that can create a realistic talking face video from a portrait photo and an audio file, in research preview

Zaheer Kachwala / Reuters:
Google says it will consolidate teams that focus on building AI models across Research and DeepMind, and move its Responsible AI teams from Research to DeepMind
 
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