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9:55 AM ET, June 20, 2016

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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Politico journalists Anna Palmer and Jake Sherman will take over Politico's Playbook newsletter in July, according to memo from EIC John Harris  —  Journalists Anna Palmer and Jake Sherman will take over Politico's Playbook newsletter in July, according to a memo from Editor-in-Chief John Harris sent to newsroom employees Sunday night:
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Fast and furious: Using Axel Springer's reach, Business Insider is pushing rapid expansion abroad  —  Business Insider is wasting no time setting up its little newsrooms around the world.  With the recent launch of Polish and Nordic sites, the company now has 10 international editions.
Discussion: @niemanlab and @niemanlab
Elena Cresci / Guardian:
Behind Lonelygirl15, a fictitious video blogger who became one of YouTube's first viral sensations  —  Bree was a funny, friendly 16-year-old video blogger with a strange family.  But all was not what it seemed.  Ten years on, we revisit YouTube's first viral sensation
Discussion: Spy, Engadget, Mashable, Forbes, CNET and The Verge
Corey Hutchins / The Colorado Independent:
Fearing more layoffs after buyout offers, Denver Post journalists organize a rally against hedge fund owner Alden Global Capital  —  DENVER — As a cops reporter for a corporate-owned newspaper in South Carolina, Noelle Phillips had already survived multiple rounds of layoffs before moving across …
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Christopher Williams / Telegraph:
The Guardian accepts 257 voluntary redundancies, 69 from editorial staff, less than original target of 100  —  The Guardian will make more than 250 staff redundant as part of an attempt to slash costs by 20pc, but has not hit a target of 100 job cuts in its newsroom.
Discussion: @neilwallis1, @neilwallis1 and The Drum
John Plunkett / Guardian:
Carlisle-based CN Group launches 24, national newspaper targeted at readers in North of England, most of its content will be provided by the Press Association  —  40p tabloid's editorial director says it will cover news and sport ‘with a bit of northern flavour’
Jack Murtha / Columbia Journalism Review:
As Trump freezes out some news organizations, the Democratic mayor of Harrisburg, PA, follows suit, perhaps signaling increased dismissiveness of media  —  904 WORDS  —  What motivates a politician to freeze out the press?  In Harrisburg, the poverty-stricken capital of Pennsylvania …
Digital Book World:
Hachette UK buys British mobile game studio Neon Play, which will remain standalone business  —  Hachette UK announced today that it has acquired the British mobile game development studio Neon Play, which will operate as a standalone business under the Hachette umbrella.
Al Jazeera English:
Egypt finalizes death sentences in absentia for two Al Jazeera journalists and one Rassd News Network reporter  —  Death sentences upheld for six defendants, as ex-president and aides receive 25-year jail term in controversial trial.  —  A previous version of this article briefly carried …
James Warren / Poynter:
Q&A with Reason editor in chief Katherine Mangu-Ward on the place of libertarian media, covering the presidential campaign, and the magazine's purpose  —  It's apt that libertarianism aims to uphold individual judgment since Katherine Mangu-Ward now has the freedom to run her own shop at Reason magazine.
Discussion: @mattwelch, @kmanguward and Hit & Run
Michael Forsythe / New York Times:
How the publisher of a Chinese-language media company, Mirror Media Group, gets scoops and gossip on Chinese political figures from the safety of Flushing, NY  —  Ho Pin is in a very dangerous line of work.  He publishes books chronicling the political infighting, the far-flung business interests and …
Discussion: @jmartnyt
 
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Discussion: Engadget
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