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11:50 AM ET, July 18, 2016

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Luke Mullins / Washingtonian:
Inside the conflict that led to the departures of CEO Jim VandeHei, COO Kim Kingsley, and others at Politico this year  —  It was early evening in Politico's newsroom, four days before the Iowa caucuses.  —  Reporters were working sources and checking TV screens as a presidential debate was about to get under way.
David Mindich / Columbia Journalism Review:
Why the US media and journalists began pushing back against Donald Trump after months of holding back  —  Donald Trump and Joseph McCarthy photo illustration by Christie Chisholm  —  As Edward R. Murrow wrapped up his now-famous special report condemning Joseph McCarthy in 1954 …
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
BuzzBot, an automated bot for FB Messenger from BuzzFeed, will gather and distribute news on the RNC by interacting with attendees, requesting photos, videos  —  Amanda Hickman was living in New York City in 2004 when the Republican National Convention got ugly.
Discussion: The Wrap and Vanity Fair
Eamonn Forde / Guardian:
While music labels criticize YouTube, unknown artists see it as a great promotional tool  —  But with countless artists and enterprises using the site as a springboard to success, things aren't so simple  —  s artists, record labels, music publishers and managers line up to lobby the US Congress …
Brooke Fox / Bloomberg:
SB Nation expands into radio, partners with Gow Media LLC for distribution; SB Nation Radio will be available on website, 500 terrestrial and satellite stations  —  Vox online sports brand to develop podcasts, talk-style shows  —  Gow's Yahoo Sports Radio to be renamed as part of arrangement
Discussion: @brookefox91 and @voxmediainc
Sam Thielman / Guardian:
New suit claims DOJ intentionally conducts inadequate searches of its records for FOIAs by using decades-old computer system, refuses to use new $425M software  —  A new lawsuit alleges that the US Department of Justice (DoJ) intentionally conducts inadequate searches of its records using …
Discussion: LawNewz, @joeyerardi and @grady_booch
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Time chief content officer Alan Murray on the future of Time Inc: shared beats, more digital verticals, and some paid content  —  Alan Murray was moderating a panel with the CEO of AOL earlier this year and wanted to know: What do legacy media companies have that digitally minded startups don't?
Discussion: @poynter and @poynter
Miranda Ward / Mumbrella:
Mashable Australia appoints SBS' Jerico Mandybur as country editor  —  Mashable Australia has appointed Jerico Mandybur as its new Australia editor, replacing Jen Ryall who has relocated to New York to take on the role of real-time editor with the publication.
Discussion: FishbowlNY
Issie Lapowsky / Wired:
Clinton has assembled a tech team of over 50 engineers and developers for her presidential campaign, while Trump just focuses on using social media  —  Giving up Google wasn't easy for Stephanie Hannon, if it's easy for anyone.  A person can get used to the big salary, cushy perks …
Discussion: @jayrosen_nyu and Fortune
Reggie Ugwu / BuzzFeed:
Inside the small teams at Spotify, Google, and Apple that make tens of thousands of playlists listened to by tens of millions of people around the world  —  When he's choosing  —  your music for you, Carl Chery, 37, is in Culver City, California, sitting at his desk in an office with no signage …
 
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Rachel Sanderson / Financial Times:
Italian gossip magazine owner Urbano Cairo acquires 48.8% of RCS Mediagroup, owners of Corriere della Sera and Spain's El Mundo, at an implied valuation of $1B
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
MuckRock building database of exceptions used by state, federal governments to deny FOIA requests with goal of helping users understand rejections, file appeals
Discussion: @spj_tweets
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