Mediagazer: Source: Sean Hannity's pushing of the Seth Rich theory became a source of tension inside Fox News, a test of his relations with the network (Joe Flint/Wall Street Journal)

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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:

Source: Sean Hannity's pushing of the Seth Rich theory became a source of tension inside Fox News, a test of his relations with the network — Cars.com and a handful of sponsors have pulled their ads from the Fox News star's nightly opinion show after he advanced a conspiracy theory …

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Steven Hopkins / HuffPost UK:

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Nicole Sinclair / Yahoo! Finance:

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BBC:

UK columnist and broadcaster Katie Hopkins will leave her show on LBC radio after her controversial tweet on the Manchester attack — Broadcaster Katie Hopkins is to leave her show on LBC “immediately”, the radio station has said. — The presenter, who first rose to prominence as a contestant …

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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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