Mediagazer: Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon say they don't sell customers' personal web browsing history, in response to cancellation of new FCC privacy rules (Jacob Kastrenakes/The Verge)

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Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:

Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon say they don't sell customers' personal web browsing history, in response to cancellation of new FCC privacy rules — Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon published blog posts this morning responding to the backlash they've been receiving since Congress voted to revoke …

Aaron Hicklin / Out Magazine:

Profile of Lydia Polgreen, the new Huffington Post editor whose background as a queer black woman of limited means makes her a refreshing presence in journalism — The last time Lydia Polgreen felt boredom — real boredom, the soul-crushing kind — she was 21 and working for a company …

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Josh Gerstein / Politico:

Two journalists who believe they are on the so-called “kill list” of individuals targeted by the US for deadly drone strikes are suing Trump — Two journalists who believe they are on the so-called “kill list” of individuals targeted by the U.S. for deadly drone strikes …

Discussion: @andrewdfish, @freedomofpress, The Week, @ggreenwald, @joshgerstein and @darshnasoni

Committee to Protect Journalists:

Turkish courts release at least 25 journalists, jailed after July 2016 coup attempt, pending trials — Courts in Istanbul and Antalya ordered the release pending trial of at least 25 journalists jailed in the aftermath of the July 2016 failed coup attempt in Turkey.

Discussion: DW.COM, PR Newswire and Financial Times

Associated Press:

Police raid offices of Belsat TV in Belarus and confiscate equipment after its coverage of protests — MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Police in authoritarian Belarus are searching the offices of a Polish satellite TV channel that has given extensive coverage to a recent wave of anti-government protests.

Discussion: Radio Free Europe/Radio …, @pressfreedom and Committee to Protect …

Rick Rojas / New York Times:

Behind the scenes at The Montclair Local, the new New Jersey weekly that sparked an old-fashioned newspaper war with The Montclair Times upon its launch — MONTCLAIR, N.J. — In a newsroom wedged into a storefront here, reporters worked on stories about the contentious issues driving …

Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:

NBC News and MSNBC confirm that they will host their annual after-party following the White House Correspondents' Association dinner — The White House Correspondents' Dinner, bruised by President Donald Trump's boycott, will at least have one good after-party this year: from NBC News and MSNBC.

Discussion: Hollywood Reporter and @media_ink

Corey Hutchins / Columbia Journalism Review:

Q&A with Kirk Siegler, a reporter on NPR's national desk who covers America's “urban-rural divide,” a relatively new beat for the news organization — NOT LONG AFTER THE 2016 ELECTIONS, Kirk Siegler—a reporter on NPR's national desk—traveled from his home in Los Angeles to Orofino …

Discussion: @coreyhutchins, @clccarney, @coreyhutchins, @kirksiegler, @daviduberti, @michaeloreskes and The Atlantic

Mike Janssen / Current:

Virginia's Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corp. will receive $181M for the sale of two TV stations in the FCC spectrum auction — Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corp. in Richmond, Va., will receive $181 million for the sale of two Virginia TV stations in the FCC spectrum auction, the broadcaster announced Thursday.

Discussion: Richmond Times-Dispatch, @currentpubmedia and Community Idea Stations

David Pierce / Wired:

After almost a year of broadcasting, business news startup Cheddar gets up to 1M live views per day across all platfroms including Facebook, Twitter, Vimeo — As a dozen members of the production team at Cheddar, a startup internet TV company, settle into their cramped control room …

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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:

BuzzFeed is closing its in-house, open-source innovation lab in October with the intention of integrating engineers and hackers directly into the newsroom — BuzzFeed is closing its in-house, open-source innovation lab in October after two years of experimentation at the crossroads of technology and media.

Discussion: @benmullin, @robinkwong, @brettdl and @poynter

Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:

Sources: next week, a grand jury in Manhattan will hear new testimony in a federal investigation of Fox News that had been led by Preet Bharara — In the months after former Fox News chairman Roger Ailes resigned last summer, it appeared that the sexual-harassment scandal that brought down the powerful Fox chief would be short-lived.

Discussion: Politicus USA, @mlcalderone, Business Insider, @gabrielsherman, @gabrielsherman and Washington Post

Bloomberg:

Sources: Verizon plans to start selling a live online TV package with dozens of channels this summer, separate from go90 — Verizon Communications Inc. has been securing streaming rights from television network owners in preparation for the nationwide launch of a live online TV service, according to people familiar with the matter.

Discussion: BGR, Business Insider, PR Newswire, MacRumors, AppAdvice.com, 9to5Mac, Variety, Engadget, ZDNet, The Verge, Deadline, Multichannel News and @techinsider, more at Techmeme »

Nathan McAlone / Business Insider:
How Verizon stumbled when Go90 launched in 2015, spending $200M+ on programming but falling short with discovery, and how it rebuilt with Vessel's tech team

Discussion: Consumerist, The TV Answer Man!, @stevetweedie, @ctoolesaysstuff, @ampressman and @mathewi

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