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8:05 PM ET, July 12, 2016

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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.
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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Caitlin Dewey / Washington Post:
Some creators accuse Buzzfeed Motion Pictures of stealing their ideas on YouTube, where remix culture has always thrived
Discussion: New York Magazine and @kaytaygee
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Light Reading
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 …
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.
Discussion: @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.
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 …
Discussion: @kurtwagner8 and @riskreversal
 
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