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12:40 PM 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 …
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 …
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Newswire:
IBT Media announces restructuring, spinning Newsweek off into separate operating entity and clustering other IBT brands including International Business Times
John Koblin / New York Times:
Amazon Prime gets exclusive premium streaming rights for most PBS children's shows  —  In the increasingly competitive space of children's television, Amazon Prime reached a deal to become the exclusive premium streaming service for most of PBS's shows for children, the company said on Friday.
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.
Li Yuan / Wall Street Journal:
Chinese journalists increasingly leaving the profession and turning to jobs in tech as China tightens media control  —  Many depart profession as China tightens media control and tech opportunities beckon  —  When former senior Chinese official Bo Xilai was expelled from the Communist Party …
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."
Mădălina Ciobanu / Journalism.co.uk:
The Guardian Mobile Innovation Lab used push alerts and live polls to cover the #EUref  —  Almost 14,000 people signed up to receive the alerts on 23 and 24 June, for the Lab's third experiment with web notifications  —  Credit: Image courtesy of the Guardian Mobile Innovation Lab
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 …
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.
 
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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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