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11:40 AM ET, July 15, 2016

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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
White House Correspondents' Association editorial makes false equivalences on Clinton's and Trump's response to and interaction with media  —  The campaign of Donald Trump has offended the notion of a free press in some of the following ways:  —  • Bashing outlet after outlet after outlet …
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USA Today:
White House Correspondents' Association expresses concern about treatment of press during 2016 campaign, says both candidates threaten free press  —  The White House Correspondents' Association is alarmed by the treatment of the press in the 2016 presidential campaign.
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Interview with Eddy Cue on TV skinny bundles and cable boxes, getting Hollywood content to consumers, working with studios, and making Apple Music stand out  —  The senior vp also dishes on what he learned from Steve Jobs, why the company won't be buying a Hollywood studio anytime soon and why agents should be “very, very excited.”
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Casey Newton / The Verge:
Facebook Messenger supports Instant Articles on Android today, will be coming next week to iOS  —  When Facebook announced its platform for bots at the F8 developer conference this year, publishers raced to push news into Facebook Messenger.  But until now, their stories have loaded …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Twitter signs a live-streaming deal to bring Pac-12 university sports to its service  —  Twitter's quest to become a live-streaming service continues this morning with another announcement of a new partnership that will bring live events to its social network.
Associated Press:
Donald Trump seeks $10M in damages from former campaign staffer Sam Nunberg for violating nondisclosure agreement by leaking information to New York Post  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a highly unusual campaign dispute, Donald Trump is seeking $10 million in damages from his former political …
Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
ComScore study: display ads on sites of premium publishers like Hearst, Gannett, and ESPN are more effective than those on non-premium sites  —  What's the difference between The New York Times, and, say, DNAInfo New York?  Maybe about $20.  —  The Times, along with outlets like ESPN …
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
eMusic launches eStories, an audiobook service with 80K titles at a cost of $11.95 per title, to compete with Audible  —  eMusic, the veteran digital music company that was acquired in 2015 by Israeli media startup TriPlay, is expanding its horizons.  Today the company is launching eStories …
Discussion: Engadget and Digital Book World
Isaac Chotiner / Slate:
Interview with New York Times reporter Rukmini Callimachi on ISIS, al-Qaida, and dealing with dangerous sources  —  The New York Times' Rukmini Callimachi on the group's ruthless tactics, the perils of getting close to dangerous sources, and the emotional toll of reporting on terrorism.
Discussion: @ichotiner and @longreads
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Vevo updates its design with vertical video, adds user profiles, hires playlist curators and hosts for original video, plans paid tier later in 2016  —  How do you reinvent music television for a generation that grew up not watching MTV, but YouTube, Vine and Snapchat?
Mike Farrell / Multichannel News:
DirecTV and U-Verse to provide commercial-free, unedited coverage of Republican National Convention and Democratic National Convention  —  DirecTV, U-Verse to offer gavel-to-gavel, commercial-free coverage  —  With the upcoming Republican and Democratic national conventions promising …
Mathew Ingram / Fortune:
Q&A with Nick Denton on the value of comments, how Gawker writers moderate discussions, and how conversations mean more than likes or shares  —  Gawker Media founder Nick Denton has a lot of things on his mind right now, not the least of which is the future of his company as it goes through …
 
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Tresa Baldas / Detroit Free Press:
US appeals court rules criminal mugshots can be withheld; lead plaintiff Detroit Free Press, backed by about 60 news organizations, weighs Supreme Court appeal
Discussion: Politico and Reuters
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
BuzzFeed to invite reporters from Donald Trump's media blacklist to its “Red, White, & Blacklisted” GOP convention party next week
Discussion: @marylees
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
How The Washington Post is using Genius web annotator to provide speedy analysis during election season
Discussion: @poynter
Ben Dowell / RadioTimes:
Karen Bradley is new culture secretary as John Whittingdale is sacked
Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
Sky News proposes ending its business bulletins in cost-cutting effort, will incorporate business news into schedule and online
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Sydney Morning Herald:
How China extends its control over almost all Chinese language media in Australia using a “carrot and stick” approach
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Virtual And Augmented Reality Investments Up to $2 Billion Over Last 12 Months
Discussion: VentureBeat, Forbes and Fast Company
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Viacom in talks to sell 49% of Paramount to China's Wanda Group, wants deal that values Paramount at $8B-$10B, is also in talks with undisclosed suitor
 

 
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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Google releases Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking, an experimental “reasoning” model that “explicitly shows its thoughts” and can use them to strengthen its reasoning

Benj Edwards / Ars Technica:
Researchers unveil Genesis, an open-source generative physics engine that trains robots in simulated reality 430K times faster than in the real world

New York Times:
In 150+ X posts, Elon Musk led the charge to kill a bipartisan spending deal, in part by sharing misinfo, which may lead to a government shutdown over Christmas
 
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