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Julia Carrie Wong / The Guardian:
US House candidate Greg Gianforte “body-slams” Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs in Montana, is charged with misdemeanor assault; audio captures altercation — Audio obtained of Greg Gianforte attacking a reporter on the eve of a special election to fill a congressional seat vacated by a member of the Trump administration
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James Ball / BuzzFeed:
President Trump has ordered the DOJ to launch an inquiry into leaks about the Manchester attack investigation, saying the culprit should be prosecuted — “The leaks of sensitive information pose a grave threat to our national security.” — Donald Trump announced he had ordered the Department …
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CNNMoney:
Montana papers including The Missoulian, The Billings Gazette, and The Independent Record pull endorsements after Gianforte is charged with misdemeanor assault — GOP candidate allegedly ‘body slams’ journalist — Greg Gianforte, the Republican candidate in Montana's special congressional election …
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Steven Hopkins / HuffPost UK:
The New York Times defends running leaked Manchester bombing photos, saying its coverage has been “comprehensive and responsible” — The New York Times has defended its decision to publish crime scene photographs from the Manchester Arena bombing which police said were “distressing” to the victims families.
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Michael Calderone / HuffPost:
Gianforte's attack shows the peril of asking questions in Trump's America, as reporters have described being arrested, slapped, and more in the past three weeks — Political reporters have described a pattern of being arrested, pinned, slapped and body slammed.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Facebook's Instant Articles to begin supporting Google AMP and Apple News Format, after several publishers pulled out of the platform due to poor ad revenue — One of the problems publishers face today in making their content more readable on mobile devices is that there are multiple, competing formats available for this purpose.
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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Lauren Kern, executive editor at New York magazine, is leaving to become first-ever editor in chief of Apple News — Apple News is getting its first ever editor in chief. — Lauren Kern will leave her role as executive editor of New York Magazine on June 2nd for the Cupertino-based company …
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Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
Talent agent, film producer, sports promoter, and a former Univision owner, Jerry Perenchio dies at 86 — In his long career, Jerry Perenchio, who died Tuesday at his Bel-Air home, deftly pulled the levers of power to create culturally defining media events, propel political candidates …
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David Uberti / Columbia Journalism Review:
Columbia Journalism Review asks for help from journalists to track local staff cuts; recent request about Gannett found at least 60 jobs cut in 15 newsrooms — America's local journalists are disappearing. But nobody knows exactly how quickly. — Earlier this month it was Gannett …
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Michael Calderone / HuffPost:
As Cars.com pulls ads from his show, Fox News' Sean Hannity says progressives are trying to silence his conservative voice — The Fox News host defiantly pushes back against critics in a HuffPost interview just as a first advertiser flees. — As Fox News host Sean Hannity came under fire …
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The Moscow Times:
Dmitry Popkov, who reported on police corruption in Russia as editor of the Ton-M newspaper, has been shot dead — A journalist who reported on police corruption has been killed in the Russian city of Minusinsk. Dmitriy Popkov, editor-in-chief for local newspaper Ton-M …
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Maged Atef / BuzzFeed:
Egyptian authorities have blocked nearly two dozen news sites, targeting publications that have been critical of the government, ahead of an election — “The state simply wants to have full control over all the media until the elections are over.” — Reporting From — Cairo
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