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6:45 AM ET, July 2, 2016

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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Gay Talese addresses discrepancies in his new book The Voyeur's Motel and says he should not have believed his main source  —  In his forthcoming book, “The Voyeur's Motel,” acclaimed journalist and nonfiction author Gay Talese chronicles the bizarre story of Gerald Foos …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Apple in exploratory talks to acquire Tidal, Jay Z's streaming music service; Tidal held similar talks with Rhapsody last year  —  Sources say talks are ongoing and may not result in a deal  —  Apple Inc. is in exploratory talks to acquire Tidal, a streaming-music service run by rap mogul Jay Z …
Politico:
Newsweek lays off roughly a half-dozen staffers  —  Newsweek has been hit with around a half dozen layoffs one day after more than 30 people were laid off at its sister publication, The International Business Times.  —  “Newsweek staffers affected by the restructuring have been notified,” …
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Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press:
President Obama Signs FOIA Reform Bill into Law on 50th Anniversary  —  President Barack Obama today signed a bill that significantly reforms and improves access to public records under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).  The signing marked the culmination of open government advocates' battle …
John Paczkowski / BuzzFeed:
Apple accuses Spotify of asking for “preferential treatment” after app rejection complaint, says Spotify is “publicly resorting to rumors and half-truths”  —  “We find it troubling that you ... are publicly resorting to rumors and half-truths about our service."
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Peter Kafka / Recode:
In letter to Apple's general counsel, Spotify says Apple won't approve app update in move to “diminish competitiveness” of Spotify on iOS
Cora Currier / The Intercept:
Classified rules show the FBI can get journalists' phone records using national security letters after OK of two internal officers, including general counsel  —  Secret FBI rules allow agents to obtain journalists' phone records with approval from two internal officials — far less oversight than under normal judicial procedures.
Rhonda Cook / The Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia weekly newspaper publisher indicted on felony charge and jailed after filing open records request related to local Superior Court judge  —  » FRIDAY UPDATE: Weekly newspaper publisher Mark Thomason says he was called in Friday morning to submit to a drug test, which is one of the conditions of his bond.
BBC Media Centre:
BBC News to launch a Canadian edition of BBC.com and open a Toronto-based bureau  —  Plans include addition of news bureau in Toronto and the launch of Canadian edition of BBC.com.  —  The BBC has announced an investment plan for Canada, to include the addition of a new editorial team based in Toronto.
Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Woven Digital, owners of BroBible, Uproxx, and HitFix, raise $18.5M Series B led by WPP Ventures to invest in more video production and verticals  —  Company plans to use series B round to push further into video funded by marketers  —  Woven Digital, which owns a stable of young male-focused websites …
Discussion: Variety, MediaPost and PR Newswire
Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Time Inc. plans restructuring to generate more digital revenue and increase distribution on social platforms; some layoffs possible  —  Publisher gives executive Rich Battista more responsibility, encourages distribution on social media  —  Time Inc. plans a significant reorganization …
 
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Mădălina Ciobanu / Journalism.co.uk:
The Guardian Mobile Innovation Lab used push alerts and live polls to cover the #EUref
Jim Milliot / Publishers Weekly:
Two authors create algorithm to find bestsellers, analyze 20K novels, identify Dave Eggers' The Circle as perfect; the book sold 80K in hardcover, 140K in paper
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Facebook is shutting down its Paper newsreading app on July 29th
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Bloomberg:
Source: Disney to buy 1/3 stake in video unit of MLB Advanced Media in deal valued at $3.5B
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Hyper, the Mic-owned app for curated videos, comes to iPhones
 

 
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Bloomberg:
Polymarket says the FBI seized CEO Shayne Coplan's phone and electronics; source: the DOJ is investigating Polymarket for allegedly accepting bets from US users

Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Sources: the CFPB moves to place Google under formal federal supervision, an extraordinary move that may lead to regular inspections; Google fiercely resisted

John Voorhees / MacStories:
Apple releases updates to Final Cut Pro, adding AI-generated closed captions and Vision Pro spatial video editing, and Logic Pro for macOS and iPadOS
 
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