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7:00 AM ET, June 2, 2016

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Sarah Ellison / Vanity Fair:
Inside The New York Times' power struggles, speculation about who will succeed Dean Banquet as executive editor, and forthcoming cuts  —  It's been two years since Dean Baquet vaulted over Jill Abramson to claim the top editorial job, but the prospect of deeper change is still stirring at the 164-year-old Times.
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  —  It's an annual moment of print realism here at Nieman Lab: The posting of the attention/advertising slide from Mary Meeker's state-of-the-Internet slide deck.
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Noah Kulwin / Recode:
Meeker's annual web trends report: slower internet user growth; US mobile ad growth accelerating, dominated by Facebook and Google; more voice and image search
Mic:
Nested parentheses, known as an “echo” are being used by trolls to unleash anti-Semitism online  —  LIKE MIC ON FACEBOOK:  —  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.
Dieter Bohn / The Verge:
Speaking at Code Conference, Jeff Bezos says public figures like Thiel need to learn to deal with media criticism  —  Speaking today at the Code Conference, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos spoke out against Peter Thiel's crusade against Gawker Media.  Bezos who was perhaps speaking more as the owner …
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Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch:
Sheryl Sandberg says Peter Thiel will remain on Facebook's board and that Facebook had no knowledge of his actions against Gawker  —  Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook, said today on stage at Vox Media's Code Conference that Peter Thiel would remain on the company's board …
Noah Kulwin / Recode:
Bloomberg hires Mark Gurman to cover consumer electronics starting this summer  —  Gurman graduated college last month.  —  Over the last few years, Mark Gurman has made a name for himself as the go-to guy for Apple product scoops.  And now he's taking his talents to Bloomberg.
Courtney Weaver / Financial Times:
Trump deflects questions about his promised $6M donation to veterans groups by berating media at press conference, calling one reporter a “sleaze” to his face  —  In the world of Donald Trump, it was campaigning 101.  —  Faced with scrutiny over whether he had delivered …
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Garett Sloane / Digiday:
Sources: Snapchat redesigning Discover to include Instagram-like functionality with feed-based scrolling content, expected to launch next week  —  Snapchat's top publishing partners, the ones that get exclusive access to the Discover section, are preparing for a redesign that could give them more ways to show off their content.
Geoff Edgers / Washington Post:
Bill Simmons launches The Ringer, a new site covering culture, sports, and technology  —  Grantland.  The editor tries not to even utter its name.  The football writer, eager to embrace his new gig at Sports Illustrated, admits he feels like a guy who can't stop talking about his old girlfriend.
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Vanity Fair launches the first of its new verticals, The Hive, focused on business, politics, and tech  —  When Vanity Fair looks at powerbrokers, it finds them in New York, Washington, D.C., and, increasingly, Silicon Valley.  —  The publication on June 1 is rolling out the Hive …
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 …
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
State Department admits deleting a tough Fox News question about secret talks with Iran in 2013 press briefing video  —  Now here's an interesting evolution: When the State Department was first pressed on why a tough question from Fox News correspondent James Rosen was missing from a Dec. 2 …
 
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Globe and Mail:
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
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Fox Will Fund TheSkimm's Move Into Video With $8 Million Round
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Profile of Discourse Media, a bootstrapped Canadian firm producing journalism through collaborations with other media and academic researchers
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Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
The Athletic, Chicago's $10/mth subscription sports site, hopes exclusive content and local fans will help it become a sustainable business
Nathan McAlone / Business Insider:
Interview with Roku CEO Anthony Wood on competitors, specifically Google, licensing its tech and OS to TV makers, and how the company makes money
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Facebook, Google, Twitter promise to review most requests to remove hate speech within 24 hours, as European Commission unveils guidelines to halt its spread