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4:40 PM ET, June 2, 2016

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Bloomberg:
Sources: Gannett is leaning toward dropping bid to acquire Tribune Publishing  —  Gannett expects majority of Tribune investors not to withhold  —  Company said to be open to buying Tribune Publishing in future  —  Gannett Co. is leaning toward dropping its bid to acquire Tribune Publishing Co …
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Wall Street Journal:
Tribune shareholders re-elect board, but no immediate details given on voting breakdown that would show support for Gannett offer to buy company  —  Still, it's unclear how much support Gannett garnered for its ‘withhold’ campaign as detailed results weren't given
Mic:
Nested parentheses, known as an “echo” are being used by trolls to unleash anti-Semitism online  —  In the early days of the social web, putting someone's name in multiple parentheses was meant to give that person a cute virtual hug.  Today, it's something far more sinister.
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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Anti-Defamation League forms task force to study online abuse targeting journalists and whether it causes them to self-censor out of fear of retribution  —  The 2016 election has been nothing if not a case study in what you can get away with saying.  Presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump set …
Russell Brandom / The Verge:
Google launches Magenta, a machine learning project for art and music, by releasing the project's first song  —  Today, Google's newest machine learning project released its first piece of generated art, a 90-second piano melody created through a trained neural network, provided with just four notes up front.
Emily Steel / New York Times:
The Sumner Redstone Battle: A Guide to the People and the Points in Dispute  —  After surviving a fire at a Boston hotel at the age of 55, Sumner M. Redstone emerged as one of the entertainment industry's most tenacious titans.  —  Through National Amusements, the private theater chain company started …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Twitter and the NBA sign deal with Samsung for first 360-degree video Twitter Amplify ad campaign, to run during NBA Finals pre- and post-game  —  As the NBA Finals tipping off Thursday night, get ready to see superstars Stephen Curry and LeBron James from every angle on Twitter …
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Government set to strengthen protection for journalists' sources in snoopers' charter bill  —  New protections for journalists and their sources are expected to be included in the Investigatory Powers Bill (or snoopers' charter) when it goes back to the House of Commons next week.
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Google brings Google Cast to Fiber TV boxes, enabling media and app streaming similar to Chromecast devices  —  Beginning today, Google is turning every single one of its Google Fiber cable boxes into Chromecasts.  The company just announced that it'll be rolling out an update over the coming weeks …
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Gawker's Nick Denton says Silicon Valley billionaires need more scrutiny and defends posting Hulk Hogan sex tape  —  EMAIL ME  —  The Gawker owner says the media needs to counter balance the growing power of the wealthy.  —  Does Gawker owner Nick Denton regret posting Hulk Hogan's sex tape?
 
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After a year of testing, Globe and Mail announces it will adopt The Washington Post's Arc Publishing system, becoming largest North American firm to use Arc
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State Department admits deleting a tough Fox News question about secret talks with Iran in 2013 press briefing video
Noah Kulwin / Recode:
Bloomberg hires Mark Gurman to cover consumer electronics starting this summer
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Meeker's charts show decline of ad money spent on print from 25% in 2011 to 16% in 2015 and increase on mobile from 1% to 12% in same period
 

 
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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

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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