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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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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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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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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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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.


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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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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The Wrap, Deadline, Hollywood Reporter, The Next Web, Variety, The Verge and Engadget


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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Hollywood Reporter, RAIN News and hypebot


Parse.ly report: Google sends traffic to newsy articles on tech, business, sports; Facebook sends traffic to lifestyle, politics, and local events stories — When you're publishing to Facebook, or tweaking a headline to align with some carefully honed SEO strategy, how closely do you take note of story topic?
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24/7 Wall St., Business Insider and Mashable, Thanks:@amontalenti


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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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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@zeynep, @daviduberti and @zachary_cohen


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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