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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Fox News suspending ties with Trump veep possibility Gingrich — Fox News had a Newt Gingrich problem — and it just announced a solution. — The cable news channel is suspending its ties with Newt Gingrich since Gingrich is on Donald Trump's vice presidential short list.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Sharing Netflix or HBO Go Passwords Is Now Technically Federal Crime Under 9th Circuit Ruling — A court ruling last week now means that the act of using someone else's password to access an online service — including Netflix or HBO Go — is a violation of federal computer laws.
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/Film, Fortune, IndieWire, Plagiarism Today, MacRumors, TechCrunch, SFist, Fox17, Hit & Run, The Daily Caller and AOL
Jonah Peretti:
CEO Jonah Peretti says accusations BuzzFeed stole ideas from independent video producers are “patently false”, reveals results of internal investigation — I recently noticed your campaign against BuzzFeed on Twitter. You claim BuzzFeed is stealing your ideas and the ideas …
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@akilahobviously, Akilah Hughes, @thenewsham, @kelseymsutton, @peretti, @max_read, @devdevnumnums, @peretti, @gbaroth and @akilahobviously
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Court filing: Gawker's Chief Restructuring Officer William Holden says 55 potential bidders have emerged for the company — William Holden also testifies that Gawker staffers are worried about exposure to lawsuits and that the company has had to adjust salaries.
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@alexweprin, @alexweprin and @eriqgardner
Mathew Ingram / Fortune:
Twitter signs deal with Bloomberg to livestream three of its daily shows, will share revenue on ads sold alongside videos — Twitter has been ramping up its commitment to streaming live video fairly rapidly over the past week or so, rolling out an experiment from the Wimbledon tennis tournament followed …
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Nieman Lab, Recode, Folio, Ad Age, @alexweprin, @rafat, @mathewi, FishbowlNY, Bloomberg Media, TVNewser, Mashable, Cision, CBS News and Wired
Farai Chideya / FiveThirtyEight:
Shorenstein Center study: Trump dominated political coverage in eight major news outlets in the first half of 2016 — Donald Trump and the race to be the Republican presidential nominee dominated political coverage in the first half of 2016, according to a study released Monday …
Katharine Viner / Guardian:
How journalism has adapted to the era of social media, where creating an emotional connection trumps getting the facts straight — But the consequences go far beyond journalism — ne Monday morning last September, Britain woke to a depraved news story. The prime minister, David Cameron …
Jessica Goodfellow / The Drum:
CNBC International trialling streaming its daily morning show, Street Signs, on Facebook Live this week following increase in site traffic post-Brexit — CNBC International will trial streaming its daily morning show Street Signs via its Facebook page this week to tap into a resurgence …
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Light Reading
Susannah Nesmith / Columbia Journalism Review:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution used machine learning to sort documents scraped from state websites to flag cases of doctors disciplined for sexual misconduct — The Atlanta Journal-Constitution last week rolled out a remarkable, ambitious investigation into sexual assault and misconduct by doctors.
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@stevejoffe and @mtdukes
Sheldon Whitehouse / Columbia Journalism Review:
Barrage of opinion pieces against fossil fuel industry probe requires critical scrutiny to differentiate between honest opinion and industrial-scale propaganda — Beginning in 1999, the Department of Justice pursued (and ultimately won) a civil lawsuit against several major tobacco companies.
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DeSmogBlog, Media Matters for America, Washington Times, US News, Carolina Journal, @johnlockenc, @johnlockenc, @brucebartlett, @naomioreskes, @junkscience, @sasjabeslik, Guardian, CFACT, @senbrianschatz, @climatetruthorg, @cjr, @mikebastasch, Hit & Run, @senmarkey, Washington Free Beacon and The Daily Caller
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Fox reaches settlement in 2010 lawsuit over unpaid internships in film, TV, and digital divisions — The five-year-old case that redefined the legality of the controversial labor practice may be coming to an end. — A major labor lawsuit over unpaid internships in the entertainment …
Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Nearly all of Vine's business and product executives have departed recently, including its editorial lead Ankur Thakkar — What's Twitter doing with its six-second video app? — Nearly all of the top product and business leaders at Vine, Twitter's three-year-old short-form video service …
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@kurtwagner8 and @riskreversal