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8:00 PM ET, June 6, 2016

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Alex Spence / Politico:
BuzzFeed pulls out of $1.3M advertising deal with RNC over Donald Trump  —  BuzzFeed has pulled out of an advertising agreement with the Republican National Committee over objections to Donald Trump's rhetoric.  —  The buy was for $1.3 million, a source close to BuzzFeed told POLITICO.
Brent Lang / Variety:
Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman and director George Abram ask judge to approve medical evaluation of Sumner Redstone, alleging he suffers from dementia  —  More shots were fired in the battle for control of Viacom on Monday, as CEO Philippe Dauman and director George Abrams urged a Massachusetts judge …
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Ryan Faughnder / Los Angeles Times:
Sumner Redstone's firm changes Viacom's bylaws, creating a big hurdle for Paramount sale  —  Media mogul Sumner Redstone has been opposed to Viacom's plan to sell a stake in movie studio Paramount Pictures.  (Matt Sayles / Invision/Associated Press)  —  Media mogul Sumner Redstone …
Jeremy Barr / Ad Age:
New York Times CEO Mark Thompson says the paper could introduce a high tier, ad-free option for subscribers, slams ad-blockers like Eyeo  —  The New York Times is “exploring the possibility” of selling a “higher-tier,” ad-free digital subscription package, chief executive Mark Thompson …
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Brendan James / International Business Times:
Associated Press launches native ad agency, allowing news wire subscribers to circulate sponsored content as well as wire copy, sharing revenue with them  —  On the surface, the Associated Press might look like one of the few news outlets today exempt from the tyranny of the click economy that's slowly eating away at media.
Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
AMC and Sony Pictures Television to develop six-part mini-series based on David Carr's memoir, The Night of the Gun, will star Bob Odenkirk  —  ‘The Night of the Gun’ chronicled the late New York Times reporter's struggle with addiction.  —  AMC is teaming up with some familiar faces …
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Blizzard announces it's integrating Facebook Live into all of its PC games for gameplay streaming  —  Blizzard Entertainment and Facebook have teamed up to weave Facebook identity and social networking services into the enormously popular Overwatch PC and console video game as well as other popular Battle.net games.
Steven Perlberg / Wall Street Journal:
E.W. Scripps Co. buys podcast streaming app Stitcher from Deezer for $4.5M  —  Podcast app will operate under Scripps' Midroll Media unit after $4.5 million acquisition  —  Media company E.W. Scripps Co. has continued its push into podcasting with the acquisition of Stitcher for $4.5 million in cash.
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Longform unveils new site design, and a redesigned algorithm, as founders Max Linsky and Aaron Lammer step away to work on other things  —  The news business looked way different when Max Linsky and Aaron Lammer, two college buddies from Wesleyan University, started Longform.org.
 
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ICIJ, the non-profit that co-ordinated Panama Papers leaks, faces uncertain future as financial troubles force it to let go three journalists, move offices
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Eyder Peralta / NPR.org:
NPR photojournalist David Gilkey and interpreter Zabihulla Tamanna killed in Afghanistan when the Afghan army unit they were traveling with was attacked
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Gunmen suspected of belonging to Somalia's al Shabaab shot and killed radio journalist Sagal Salad of Radio Mogadishu on Sunday
 

 
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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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