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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 …


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 …
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The Wrap, @andrewdfish, @freedomofpress, The Week, @ggreenwald, @joshgerstein and @darshnasoni


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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@parul_sehgal, Adweek, @miriamelder, Jezebel, The Huffington Post, @ggreenwald, @rcallimachi, @alexckaufman, @amandahess, @madhartman, @bendwalsh, @ansonmackay, @jackshafer, @annehelen, @lpolgreen and PAPERMAG


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.
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DW.COM, PR Newswire and Financial Times


How New York Times letters editor Thomas Feyer picks 10 to 15 letters a day from roughly 1K submissions, which have seen a surge since the election — They pour in around the clock, roughly a thousand a day: from poets and bricklayers, from politicians and psychiatrists, from laypeople and Nobel Prize winners alike.


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


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 …


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.
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Hollywood Reporter and @media_ink


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 …
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@coreyhutchins, @clccarney, @coreyhutchins, @kirksiegler, @daviduberti, @michaeloreskes and The Atlantic


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.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch, @currentpubmedia and Community Idea Stations


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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@rafat, @pierce, @matt_levine, @trengriffin, @jonsteinberg, @pardesoteric and @daveyalba, Thanks:@petergorenstein


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.
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@benmullin, @robinkwong, @brettdl and @poynter

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