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Sources: Sean Spicer is no longer expected to do a daily, on-camera briefing after Trump's foreign trip, as Trump weighs broader communications shakeup — Several officials say Spicer is no longer expected to do a daily, on-camera briefing after Trump's foreign trip.

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David McCabe / Axios:

FCC votes to begin rolling back Obama-era rules governing net neutrality for ISPs — The long-anticipated rollback of net neutrality rules has officially begun. The FCC voted along party lines on Thursday to formally consider Chairman Ajit Pai's plan to scrap the legal foundation for the rules …

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New York Times:

Trump's urging that Comey jail reporters is denounced by journalists and press freedom groups as an act of intimidation — During a private meeting in February with the former F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, President Trump floated a proposal that, even by the standards of a leader …

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The Daily Beast hires former Gawker president Heather Dietrick as its new president and publisher — News site's pick to lead was Nick Denton's right hand through Gawker Media's legal struggles — The Daily Beast has always aimed at being smart and edgy, and is now turning to someone …

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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Facebook says it's now limiting News Feed distribution of posts that withhold or exaggerate information at the individual post level, to combat clickbait — Facebook's leverage over news publishers can be worrisome, but today it's putting its muscle to good use.

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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:

The Atlantic relaunches its homepage to emphasize density, doubling the number of “above the fold” stories — The casual reader could be forgiven for assuming that The Atlantic is not a hot center of high-velocity digital innovation. We are, after all, 160 years old.

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David Montero / Los Angeles Times:

Alex Jones settles defamation lawsuit brought against him by Chobani, retracts comments made about refugees in Twin Falls, Idaho — Inside the Chobani Yogurt factory in Twin Falls, Idaho. — Alex Jones backed down. Again. — The far-right conspiracy theorist agreed Wednesday to settle …

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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:

Fox News is redesigning its newsroom to enhance communication and creativity among its programming, news, and digital teams, and to create a more open space — Plan is to enhance communication in a more open space at its Midtown headquarters — Fox News has been making big changes …

Discussion: CNNMoney, Crain's New York Business, @anoushasakoui and @jbflint

Thomas E. Patterson / Shorenstein Center:

Shorenstein report on media coverage of Trump's first 100 days finds Trump was the topic of 41% of all news stories analyzed, and most of them were negative — A new report from Harvard Kennedy School's Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy analyzes news coverage of President Trump's first 100 days in office.

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Tim Peterson / Marketing Land:

Twitter lets you see which advertisers are targeting you, opt out from individual interest categories, and will remove support for Do Not Track on June 18 — As it begins to store people's off-Twitter browsing data for longer, the company adds new data controls and ends Do Not Track support.

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Hadas Gold / Politico:

Sources: Donald Trump will have an off-the-record lunch with network anchors today; the lunch is expected to cover Trump's upcoming foreign trip — President Donald Trump is set to have an off-the-record lunch with network anchors on Thursday, two sources with knowledge of the plans and a White House official confirmed.

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