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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 …
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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.
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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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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 …
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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.
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 …
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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.
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Jessica Davies / Digiday:
Guardian Editor-in-Chief Katharine Viner gives bleak prognosis for journalism as social media dominates, tells marketers they're financing fake news sites — Guardian News and Media's editor-in-chief Katharine Viner's prognosis of news publishing in an algorithm- and platform-dominated world is bleak.
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
How the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism is using Medium's subscription tools for more revenue, picking up 23 subscribers in first two weeks — Most of the publishers using Medium would describe themselves as small, or small-ish. But sites like The Ringer and The Awl are huge compared …
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Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Q&A with Fusion shark correspondent Madison Stewart about Project Earth, a multi-platform story devoted to oceans, climate change, and more — Fusion announced a new beat last week through an internal memo to its staff: sharks. Filmmaker and activist Madison Stewart will add her work to Fusion's …
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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.
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Ellen Gamerman / Wall Street Journal:
Audible launches on-demand audio service Channels with six original-content shows, free with $15 per month Audible membership or $5 per month standalone service — The audio retailer unveiled six new original-content shows on Thursday — Audible just used an age-old tactic to get attention: It flashed its breasts.
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