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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.

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, MacRumors, Plagiarism Today, TechCrunch, SFist, Fox17, Hit & Run, The Daily Caller and AOL

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

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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@thenewsham, @kelseymsutton, @peretti, @max_read, @devdevnumnums, @peretti, @gbaroth and @akilahobviously

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, Bloomberg Media, TVNewser, FishbowlNY, Mashable, Cision, CBS News and Wired

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 …

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 …

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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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

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

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 …

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