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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 …

Discussion: New York Times, Washington Post, @ericliptonnyt, New York Magazine, Mediaite, Hot Air, @slpng_giants, @mateagold, @noahbookbinder, @amlwhere, @sunfoundation, @joshgerstein and @hadas_gold

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 …

Discussion: Vanity Fair, Business Insider, @ericliptonnyt, @levinecarrie, Raw Story, @sunfoundation, @nytpolitics, The Daily Caller, AP News, The Week, The Wrap and Sunlight Foundation

George Slefo / Ad Age:

Google says it will preinstall an ad filter in Chrome starting early 2018 aimed at ads deemed “annoying” by the Coalition for Better Ads — Google's Chrome browser will soon come with preinstalled technology that will block the most annoying ads currently marring the web experience, the company confirmed on Thursday.

Discussion: Google, Variety, Chromium Blog and Engadget, more at Techmeme »

Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal:

Sources: Google will give publishers at least 6 months to prepare for a Chrome-based ad filter coming next year, offering a self-service tool for analyzing ads — Internet giant describes tool as a ‘filter’ for ads that are bothersome to web users — Google has told publishers it will give …

Discussion: TechCrunch, Recode, The Verge, Business Insider and @mathewi

Michael Barthel / Pew Research Center:

Despite some subscriber surges, a Pew analysis shows that total weekday circulation for US daily papers fell 8% in 2016, the 28th consecutive year of declines — Following last year's presidential election, some major U.S. newspapers reported a sharp jump in digital subscriptions, giving a boost to their overall circulation totals.

Discussion: Pew Research Center, Pew Research Center, Poynter and LJ INFOdocket

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 …

Discussion: San Francisco Chronicle, TechCrunch, Folio, Denver Westword, Talking New Media, @romenesko, Business Insider and Mashable

Pinboard:

Pinboard has acquired bookmarking service Delicious, will put the service into read-only mode June 15 — Pinboard has acquired Delicious. Here's what you need to know: If you're a Pinboard user, nothing will change. Sad! If you're a Delicious user, you will have to find another place to save your bookmarks.

Discussion: @pinboard, Observer, @morisy, @adrianchen, @waxpancake and @lmorchard, more at Techmeme »

Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:

The Intercept is launching a three-tiered paid membership program with perks like invites to events, access to behind-the-scenes reports, and tote bags — “We'd be happy to see a healthy portion of our budget paid for by the membership program.” — Just because a newsroom is backed …

Discussion: @niemanlab, @jbenton and @adamcommentism

Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed:

Pro-Trump writer Cassandra Fairbanks sues Fusion senior reporter Emma Roller, alleging defamation for tweet claiming Fairbanks made a “white power hand gesture” — A pro-Trump journalist and political activist sued a Fusion reporter in federal court in Washington, D.C. Thursday …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, @cassandrarules, @petersterne, @chrisgeidner, @petersterne, @freedomofpress, @bernstein, @popehat, @ryanlcooper, @meaganmday, @bernstein, @internethippo, @noahmccormack, @asherlangton, @ashleyfeinberg, @cassandrarules and @bernstein

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 …

Discussion: Adweek, @felixsalmon, @niemanlab, @nhannahjones and Editor & Publisher

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

Discussion: @lawrence, @neiljacobs, TVNewser, CNNMoney, HuffPost and Deadline

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 …

Discussion: @smfrogers, @mickcote and @edwardegrosfox4

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Chris Welch / The Verge:
YouTube updates “ad friendly” guidelines, takes a stronger stance on hateful and demeaning content, and inappropriate use of family entertainment characters

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Yesha Callahan / The Grapevine:
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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

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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.

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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

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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

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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Virginia judge dismisses $13M defamation lawsuit against Katie Couric and others over documentary on gun rights

Daily Star:
BBC driver Mohammed Nazir among 80 killed in Kabul today and four BBC journalists among 300+ injured during suicide bomb explosion in Afghan's diplomatic region

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Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
The Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% of its employees and tells staff in an email that it is eliminating its advocacy and global programs divisions

Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg:
Sources: EU regulators are planning to fine Apple under the DMA, after it failed to let developers steer users to cheaper deals and offers outside the App Store

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
Interpol says a global operation has taken down over 22,000 malicious IP addresses or servers linked to cyber threats and led to the arrest of 41 individuals

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