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7:05 PM ET, July 20, 2016

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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Twitter permanently suspends Breitbart tech editor Milo Yiannopoulos for repeated violation of rules regarding targeted abuse of users  —  Twitter has banned one of its most notoriously contentious voices.  On Tuesday evening, the microblogging service permanently suspended the account …
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
U.S. authorities seek rights to The Wolf of Wall Street film which they claim was financed by funds stolen from Malaysia  —  A complaint filed by the government discusses money to Martin Scorsese's company and who Leonardo DiCaprio thanked during the Golden Globes.
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Rogers Ailes Stares Into the Abyss From Atop the TV News World  —  CLEVELAND — Donald J. Trump's coronation as the Republican nominee for president Tuesday night was a signal accomplishment not only for the candidate, but also for the man who commands the most important control room in American politics …
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CNNMoney:
Ailes lawyer Susan Estrich says he is in talks with 21st Century Fox to end his tenure as Fox News chairman after sexual harassment suit, with no firm terms yet
J.D. Durkin / Mediaite:
Source: multiple current and former Fox News female employees have told investigators probing Gretchen Carlson's allegations that Ailes sexually harassed them
Discussion: CNNMoney
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Sources: Megyn Kelly Told Murdoch Investigators That Roger Ailes Sexually Harassed Her
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
After 14 years at the Associated Press, executive editor Kathleen Carroll is retiring at the end of 2016  —  Kathleen Carroll, the executive editor at The Associated Press and its top editorial staffer, will retire at the end of the year.  —  She has led the AP for 14 years.
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Michael Calderone / @mlcalderone:   Kathleen Carroll stepping down end of the year, as AP begins search for new top editor.
Brian Flood / The Wrap:
Nearly 50 journalists have accepted buyouts at The New York Times  —  Nearly 50 New York Times journalists have accepted a buyout offer and will exit the paper in the coming months.  —  The Times had a standing offer and is attempting to trim the staff, which currently stands at about 1,300 employees, according to Poynter.
Hadas Gold / Politico:
BuzzFeed Washington bureau chief John Stanton wrestled to ground at BuzzFeed's RNC party after asking ex-New York Mayor Rudy Guiliani a question  —  CLEVELAND— BuzzFeed's Washington Bureau Chief John Stanton was wrestled to the ground by security at his outlet's own party …
Melinda Newman / Forbes:
If candidates pay to license songs from performing rights organizations like BMI, bands can't prohibit song use  —  Last night at the Republic National Convention, shrouded in a cloud of fog, Donald Trump emerged to introduce his wife, Melania Trump, to Queen's 1977 classic anthem, “We Are The Champions.”
Kim Hjelmgaard / USA Today:
Prominent Belarusian journalist Pavel Sheremet killed in car bombing on his way to work in Kiev; car owned by his editor-in-chief  —  Pavel Sheremet, 44, a prominent Belarusian journalist who had been working in neighboring Ukraine where there are relatively fewer barriers to independent reporting …
Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
Interview with TPM founder Josh Marshall on the publications' subscription product TPM Prime, which has amassed 11K subscribers over the past four years  —  What are the benefits of paying Talking Points Memo $50 a year (or $5 a month) for a TPM Prime subscription?
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Former News of the World lawyer Tom Crone faces professional misconduct charges and could be disbarred  —  Bar Standards Board hears evidence against Tom Crone, one-time legal affairs manager for the newspaper's publisher, News International  —  Tom Crone, the former News of the World lawyer …
Brittny Mejia / Los Angeles Times:
A profile of Jarrett Hill, the reporter who uncovered Melania Trump's plagiarism of Michelle Obama's 2008 convention speech  —  Jarrett Hill describes his reaction in an L.A. Starbucks when he realized, and tweeted, that portions of Michelle Obama's 2008 speech were seemingly plagiarized …
Discussion: @morganradford, TVSpy, Forbes, Guardian and BBC
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Under pressure to double digital revenue to $800M by 2020, The New York Times is expanding native advertising unit T Brand Studio into a full-fledged agency  —  When The New York Times' T Brand Studio opened for business two and a half years ago, it sold marketers including Netflix and Cole Haan …
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Alleged owner of biggest torrent site, KickassTorrents, arrested in Poland for copyright infringement and money laundering as US seizes KAT domains  —  With millions of unique visitors per day KickassTorrents (KAT) has become the most-used torrent site on the Internet, beating even The Pirate Bay.
 
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Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
Aldertrack rebrands as The Daily Line, continues its granular reporting of Chicago politics
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Amina Canter joins Refinery29 as executive VP of partnerships and distribution, as it seeks to boost deals with TV networks, digital distributors
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Matt Burgess / WIRED UK:
BBC releases BBC+ app, lets users customize and manage content on mobile devices, available for iOS and Android
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Interview with Morgan DeBaun, founder and CEO of Blavity, a news site focused on black issues and reaching 3M millennials every month
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