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8:50 AM ET, June 17, 2016

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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Sumner Redstone removes five members of Viacom's board of directors, including Philippe Dauman, who remains CEO for now  —  Among those ousted are Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman  —  Sumner Redstone's National Amusements on Thursday replaced five board members of Viacom Inc. …
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Sumner Redstone Says He No Longer Trusts Viacom Board or CEO  —  Controlling shareholder says his wishes, stockholder interests are being ignored  —  Viacom Inc. controlling shareholder Sumner Redstone said he doesn't trust the company's board of directors or its Chairman and Chief Executive Philippe Dauman.
Steven Levy / Backchannel:
Tech site Backchannel moves to Condé Nast, becoming part of Wired Media Group  —  Backchannel is moving to Condé Nast.  Jessi Hempel is joining us.  We're poised to grow.  But we still will publish only the good stuff.
Peter Rubin / Wired:
Lucasfilm's ILMxLAB and Magic Leap partner to produce mixed-reality Star Wars content  —  You're used to C-3PO being diplomatic and prissy, wringing his droid hands over any and every little setback.  You're used to him sticking close to R2-D2.  What you're probably not used to, though …
Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
Politico tests using Apple Wallet to send notifications with its EU Referendum Tracker tool, avoiding developing and maintaining its own app  —  Of all the possible applications of Apple Wallet — coupons, boarding passes, event tickets — news seems an unlikely one.  And yet Politico is giving it a try.
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Tom Corrigan / Wall Street Journal:
Lawyers for Gawker and Hulk Hogan agree to “complete standstill” on litigation for a month; bankruptcy judge OKs Gawker's use of emergency funding
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Matt Drange / Forbes:
Conservative blogger and infamous internet troll Chuck C. Johnson uncertain about continuing defamation suit against Gawker; hearing planned Thursday
Discussion: Politico
Ted Johnson / Variety:
Appeals Court Hands Vimeo a Victory in Liability for Copyright-Infringing Videos  —  A federal appellate court has ruled that Vimeo has limited liability over users' uploading of almost 200 videos with infringing music recordings, rejecting claims from record companies and publishers …
Hayley Tsukayama / Washington Post:
Reddit is changing algorithms and processes after Orlando shooting fallout raised questions about volunteer mods, censorship, and small groups' influence  —  As the shooting in Orlando unfolded Sunday, the biggest news on Reddit — the self-proclaimed “front page of the Internet” — wasn't the crime taking place in Florida.
Discussion: Cyborgology and Motherboard
Jessica Davies / Digiday:
Interview with Sky News output editor Alan Strange on Sky's approach to Snapchat and why Snapchat is integral to breaking news  —  For 18 months, Sky News has been cultivating Snapchat Discover as a standalone editorial channel that can flex in response to breaking news.
Ruth Michaelson / Frontline Freelance:
An inside look at the challenges facing freelancers covering the refugee crisis  —  With each capsized boat and grim picture of beached bloated corpses that appeared in the summer of 2015, more journalists flocked to the shores of the Mediterranean to cover the refugee crisis.
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
ITV and Sky to acquire minority stakes in Ginx eSports TV, which will launch on Sky as a 24-hour channel in the UK and Ireland on June 23  —  EMAIL ME  —  With growing interest in competitive video gaming, the companies are expected to buy minority stakes.
 
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Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica:
Matthew Keys to remain free for now as he awaits appeal of conviction for role in Los Angeles Times hack; appeals court will rule in coming weeks
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
FT takes controlling stake in content marketing company Alpha Grid
Discussion: @raju and The Drum
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Net neutrality battle not over despite FCC win in DC Circuit as ISPs prepare to take case to Supreme Court
Discussion: Forbes
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Aaron Mackey / Electronic Frontier Foundation:
House approves FOIA Improvement Act of 2016, bill is expected to be signed by President Obama ahead of 50th anniversary of federal FOIA law next month
Roy Peter Clark / Poynter:
The 1990s Public Journalism effort, which focused on enhancing democracy by encouraging engaged readers, could help improve campaign coverage now
Shirley Halperin / Billboard:
Q&A with Apple's Iovine, Reznor, Cue, and Kondrk on Apple Music, Beats 1, and YouTube's “disingenuous” business model, and more
 

 
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: T-Mobile's network was among the systems hacked by the China-linked Salt Typhoon group, and some foreign telecommunications firms were also compromised

Shakeel Hashim / Transformer:
Musk v. Altman: email shows Brockman and Sutskever had concerns about Altman in 2017, Musk claims Altman proposed OpenAI sell its own cryptocurrency, and more

Ellen Huet / Bloomberg:
A look at the challenges facing the Trump administration for regulating AI; policy analysts suspect Trump will dismantle or reshape the US AI Safety Institute
 
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