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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump ethics waiver allows Steve Bannon to interact with Breitbart despite prior ties to the news outlet — Exemptions aid Conway, Bannon and four ex-lobbyists. — President Donald Trump's executive order on ethics has been waived at least 11 times since the administration came into office in January …
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New York Times:
White House waiver that lets Bannon communicate with Breitbart News may skirt ethics rules; “there is no such thing as a retroactive waiver,” ethics chief says — The Trump administration may have skirted federal ethics rules by retroactively granting a blanket exemption …
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Pinboard has acquired bookmarking service Delicious, will put the service into read-only mode June 15 — © Nine Fives Software. Problems or questions? Contact <support@pinboard.in>
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Ross A. Lincoln / The Wrap:
The Last Word host, Lawrence O'Donnell, announces new contract with MSNBC that will cover the “next couple of years” — “The Last Word” host has been negotiating a new contract with the cable news network amid reports of behind-the-scenes tensions
Reuters:
After committing to EU to remove hate speech, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and Microsoft remove 59% of hate speech in 24 hours on average, up from 28% in Dec. — Social media companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google's YouTube have stepped up both the speed and number of removals of hate speech …
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
The AP Stylebook now includes new guidelines on data: requesting it, scraping it, reporting on it, and publishing it — It's fitting that, in a year when the Panama Papers investigation won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting (the entire leaked data set for that investigation …
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@smfrogers, @mickcote and @edwardegrosfox4
Debra Borchardt / Forbes:
High Times has been acquired by Los Angeles-based investment firm Oreva Capital in a deal valued at $70M — The 43-year-old cannabis magazine High Times has been acquired by Oreva Capital in a deal valued at $70 million. The Los Angeles-based investment firm, founded by Adam Levin …
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TechCrunch, San Francisco Chronicle, Talking New Media, Business Insider, Mashable and @romenesko
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
The Ida B. Wells Society is receiving a $150K grant from the Knight Foundation to expand its training programs aimed at supporting journalists of color — The Ida B. Wells Society is receiving a $150,000 grant from the Knight Foundation to expand its training programs aimed at supporting journalists …
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Editor & Publisher, @felixsalmon, @niemanlab and @nhannahjones
New York Post:
Sources: Verizon made a proposal to acquire Charter, but the offer, valued at $100B+, was rejected because it was too low and Charter wasn't ready to sell — Verizon boss Lowell McAdam, his company facing slowing sales of mobile phones, made a proposal to acquire cable-TV giant Charter Communications …
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Jason Guerrasio / Business Insider:
Screening Room, Sean Parker's plan to offer major movies still in theaters for $50 to home viewers, gains little traction after a year — Last year, the tech billionaire Sean Parker made headlines with his latest startup: a streaming service called Screening Room that would give users …
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IndieWire, BGR and AppAdvice.com, more at Techmeme »
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Sources: Trump's leading candidate to head the Broadcasting Board of Governors is Michael Pack, a Bannon ally and conservative documentarian and publisher — With sweeping new powers, the position would oversee public media reaching 100 countries. — The Trump administration's leading candidate …
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@jbouie, @tooedit, @alexweprin, @hadas_gold, @john_hudson, @mlcalderone and @hadas_gold
Dan Thorp-Lancaster / Windows Central:
Microsoft Garage launches curated news aggregator app Your News for Xbox One — Your Xbox One might not be the first place you'd think to install a dedicated news app, but Microsoft's experimental Garage division is filling that niche. Called Your News, the Microsoft Garage project acts …
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