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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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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.
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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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Dave Lawler / Axios:
Greg Gianforte wins Montana House seat in special election after being charged with assault
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AJ Vicens / Mother Jones:
Citizen Lab report details how emails phished from journalist critical of Russia were falsified, then leaked for disinformation campaign; 200+ others targeted — Citizen Lab, a Toronto-based human rights research group that focuses on cyber security and surveillance, issued a report Thursday offering …
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Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
At least seven advertisers have said they will pull ads from Sean Hannity's show on Fox News — Several advertisers have pulled TV spots over the ‘Hannity’ host's reporting on Seth Rich, while conservatives are mounting a counter-boycott. — As more reporters and activists contact companies …
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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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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.
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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Nicole Sinclair / Yahoo! Finance:
Disney CEO Bob Iger says company was not hacked, and the threat of releasing a stolen movie appears fake: “we don't believe that it was real” — Disney (DIS) Chairman and CEO Bob Iger said that recent reports that Disney was hacked were inaccurate. — “To our knowledge we were not hacked,” Iger told Yahoo Finance.
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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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Matthew Garrahan / Financial Times:
Spotify adds four directors to its board, including former Disney COO Tom Staggs and YouTube's former head of product, Shishir Mehrotra — Appointment of former Disney COO Tom Staggs hints at ambitions in streaming video — Read next … Spotify, the music streaming service …
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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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