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7:15 PM ET, July 6, 2016

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Dana Schwartz / The New York Observer:
Reporter writes open letter to New York Observer owner and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner about anti-Semitic Trump tweets and supporters  —  My name is Dana Schwartz and I'm an entertainment writer at The Observer, the paper owned by your publishing company.
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Jared Kushner / The New York Observer:
Jared Kushner defends father-in-law Donald Trump, saying the worst he could be criticized for was carelessness in retweeting imagery interpreted as offensive  —  My father-in-law is not an anti-Semite.  —  It's that simple, really.  Donald Trump is not anti-Semitic and he's not a racist.
Hadas Gold / Politico:
21st Century Fox launching ‘internal review’ at Fox News following Gretchen Carlson lawsuit  —  Fox News has launched an internal review of the behavior of CEO Roger Ailes and “Fox & Friends” co-host Steve Doocy, after one of Fox News Channel's top anchors filed a lawsuit against Ailes …
Yoree Koh / Wall Street Journal:
ComScore: 38% of US smartphone users 25-34 are on Snapchat, 14% of 35 or older, up from 5% and 2% three years ago  —  An estimated 14% of U.S. smartphone users 35 or older are on messaging app  —  Paris Zeikos says he noticed a surprising trend on Snapchat.
Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Twitter tests sports coverage starting with Wimbledon stream featuring video and scrollable tweets on dedicated Live page  —  Twitter is streaming Wimbledon, our first glimpse at live sports on Twitter.  —  Twitter wants to get into the business of streaming live sports …
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Inside IBT Media's troubles: reliance on search traffic, annoying autoplay videos, and low social media engagement  —  Two years ago, IBT Media co-founder Johnathan Davis addressed his ties to an unconventional pastor as well as his views that gay people could be cured, saying his work and beliefs were separate.
Discussion: @stevekovach, @lmoses and @whatthebit
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Peter Sterne / Politico:
Source: International Business Times considers doubling its Bangalore-based US edition news team after US layoffs
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Joe Pompeo / Politico:
Gannett buys North Jersey Media Group papers  —  Gannett, the Virginia-based newspaper company that owns USA Today and dozens of local newspapers around the country, has reached an agreement to buy various assets of North Jersey Media Group, whose portfolio includes a prominent Garden State daily, The Record of Bergen County.
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
In court filings, Hulk Hogan's lawyers say Gawker Media concealed a $200K loan to Nick Denton for personal bankruptcy counsel  —  It's also argued that an indemnification agreement doesn't cover Denton.  —  Hulk Hogan doesn't think that Gawker's Chapter 11 should save Nick Denton from having to declare personal bankruptcy.
Kara Swisher / Recode:
Comcast to allow Netflix onto its X1 video platform later this year, a major move in a relationship that once stoked net neutrality concerns  —  The move means the once contentious pair are now pals.  —  Cable giant Comcast will allow popular Web video streaming service Netflix onto its X1 platform …
Stuart Dredge / Guardian:
YouTube increases support staff so even smaller creators can talk to actual humans when dealing with various issues  —  Video service is augmenting new tech with real people to help guide the successors to Zoella and PewDiePie  —  YouTube wants to provide more of a “human touch” …
Ben Sisario / New York Times:
How 17-year-old singer Hailey Knox uses live-streaming mobile app YouNow to develop performance skills and interact with 80K followers  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. — At VidCon, a sprawling conference here for the young stars of online video, success has a particular sound: a sudden, earsplitting shriek …
 
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Anita Busch / Deadline:
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BBC:
About 100 BBC Monitoring jobs to be axed amid £4m cuts
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