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Many call for Bill Maher to be fired after his use of the n-word on his show; HBO calls the incident “inexcusable and tasteless” — UPDATED: HBO has responded to Bill Maher's use of a racial epithet on Friday night's episode of “Real Time,” calling it “inexcusable and tasteless.”
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Liz Spayd / New York Times:
In her final column, Liz Spayd says NYT's elimination of public editor position sends “ambiguous signal” and wonders if the paper is growing weary of criticism — There probably hasn't been a time in recent American history when the role of the media was more important than now.
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Interview with Phil Corbett, the New York Times associate managing editor for standards, on the paper's editing process and streamlining — The Erik Wemple Blog checked in with several sources at the New York Times for input on the newspaper's storied and multilayered editing process.
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@becket and @ericliptonnyt
Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
Four journalism groups ask congressional ethics office to investigate Greg Gianforte's alleged assault of Ben Jacobs and also ask Trump to denounce violence — Four groups representing journalists plan to call on Congress to investigate the alleged assault of a reporter by Rep.-elect Greg Gianforte …
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The Guardian, @kemc, @freepress and Real Stories
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Nick Vivarelli / Variety:
Interview with Nader Sobhan of iflix, which recently raised $90M to take on Netflix in emerging markets, on producing an original show in Arabic and censorship — After launching in Asia in 2015, streaming service iflix is positioning itself as a low-cost alternative to Netflix in emerging markets.
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
The $5.7B defamation lawsuit brought by Beef Products Inc. against ABC over “pink slime” reports goes to trial in South Dakota on Monday — A journey to South Dakota to hear arguments whether preconceived negative spin in the media should result in massive punishments.
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@alexweprin, @michaelstjames, @taylorjwofford, @jo_tovey, @hadas_gold, @emily_cohn, @eriqgardner, @eriqgardner and @eriqgardner
Hannah Kuchler / Financial Times:
Google's Contributor services now let some publishers ask ad-block users to whitelist sites or pay a small fee per page view to make up for lost ad revenue — Group to launch ‘funding choices’ and charge people through new Contributor service — Read next
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@jason_kint and @matthewstoller, more at Techmeme »
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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
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@matthewstoller, @mathewi, Nieman Lab, RT, Financial Times, DoubleClick, BGR, AdExchanger, Consumerist, the Econsultancy blog, MSPoweruser, Fortune, Pocket-lint, Ars Technica UK, Inside AdWords, Softpedia News, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, ZDNet, Axios, Recode, Business Insider, TechCrunch, @film_girl, @reneritchie, @film_girl, Variety and Ad Age, more at Techmeme »
Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Q&A with Megyn Kelly, whose new Sunday night NBC show debuts June 4, on forthcoming interviews, the future of Fox News, and more — Megyn Kelly in 90 seconds — Megyn Kelly is managing expectations for her move to NBC — up to a point. — “Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly,” …
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Real Stories and @cnnmoney
Max Willens / Digiday:
Refinery29 gets a 63% click-to-open rate on its biggest newsletter, Refinery29 Everywhere, higher than the average rate of 15% for media newsletters — Refinery29 knows how to stand out in its readers' inboxes. Its biggest newsletter, Refinery29 Everywhere, boasts a click-to-open rate of 63 percent …
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@rafat, @digiday and @meena_thiru
Ed Christman / Billboard:
Music publisher Concord Bicycle Music acquires Imagem, paying what sources say is close to $600M and making Concord sixth largest music publisher in the world — Justin Timberlake during the 69th annual Cannes Film Festival at the Palais des Festivals on May 11, 2016 in Cannes, France.
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New York Times
Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
Tax experts question relationship between DailyCaller.com and nonprofit Daily Caller News Foundation, which produces most of the content for the site — The Daily Caller is a media success story, a conservative news site that in seven years of existence has become one of the most called-upon outlets …
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EXPOSEDbyCMD, @byamberphillips, Observer, @johnbonazzo, @byamberphillips, @callumborchers, @sue_sullivan and Wonkette
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
The Wall Street Journal is shutting down its standalone What's News app on June 30 with plans to revamp its main news app — The Journal is the latest news organization to build a mobile-first secondary app as a user-interface playground — and then return focus to the core app.
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@s_m_i, @annett_tim, @s_m_i and @jbenton
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