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Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:
Following calls for his firing, Bill Maher apologizes for using the n-word on his show; HBO calls the comment “completely inexcusable and tasteless” — The HBO late-night host Bill Maher apologized on Saturday for using a racial epithet during an interview with Senator Ben Sasse …
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Vindu Goel / New York Times:
How Marissa Mayer made $239M in her time at Yahoo: stock-heavy compensation buoyed by Yahoo's increasingly valuable Alibaba and Yahoo Japan investments — SAN FRANCISCO — When a withered Yahoo is absorbed by Verizon Communications in the next week or so, it will be the end of an era …
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@rosemaryhkelly, @profpadfield, @mrsmwiti, @davidegreenwald, @zeynep, @karaswisher and @markpinc, more at Techmeme »
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Online financial news network Cheddar strikes deal with Fusion to air a daily two-hour show on weekdays on Fusion's TV channel starting later this month — Cheddar, a digital-only financial news network that bills itself as “the leading post-cable network,” is coming to traditional TV.
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Cheddar and @jonsteinberg
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Government leakers and the journalists who depend on them deserve to be honored, not jailed — Ever since taking office, President Trump has been condemning leaks, leakers and the journalists they leak to. — “I've actually called the Justice Department to look into the leaks,” Trump said in February.
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@sulliview, @kenvogel, @dabeard, @digiphile and @colmorrisdavis
Alyssa Bereznak / The Ringer:
Profile of Craigslist's Craig Newmark, who has positioned himself as an advocate of trustworthy journalism, donating millions to orgs like Poynter, ProPublica — Up next for the man who changed how we find apartments? Bird-watching and an active role in fighting fake news.
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@markstencel
Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
The Telegraph and Vice UK launch on Snapchat Discover today, focusing on the UK's June 8 election — The Telegraph and Vice UK are launching on Snapchat Discover June 5 to bring political coverage to the app's 10 million U.K. daily users ahead of the general election June 8.
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Press Gazette, Marketing Week and @subhajitb
Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Racist #LondonBridge tweets by 2 Breitbart News staffers anger even colleagues at Breitbart, undermine denials the site serves as a platform for hateful views — Breitbart employees expressed strong displeasure on Sunday with two of their colleagues for inflammatory comments posted to Twitter …
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New York Times, Mediaite, @oliverdarcy, @oliverdarcy, @andybechtel, @ericmgarcia and @peterwsinger
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Lenfest Institute to distribute $1M in grants to support local news innovation this year, focusing on ideas for major metro areas — The well-heeled Lenfest Institute for Journalism in Philadelphia plans to distribute $1 million over the rest of this year to support local news innovation projects …
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The Lenfest Institute … and @davisshaver
Robert Feder:
Sources: Edwin Eisendrath and Thane Ritchie lead the two groups that plan bids to compete with Tronc for the Chicago Sun-Times and Reader — Hoping to thwart Chicago Tribune owner tronc, a former Chicago alderman and a suburban hedge fund manager are expected to step up with competing bids …
Dionne Searcey / New York Times:
Nigeria considers new ways to enforce copyright as mobile phone use and music streaming grow — LAGOS, Nigeria — Forcing a smile, Seyi Shay, a music star in Nigeria, stood for hours under the hot lights of a film studio to record a video. Three changes of clothes, two wigs and multiple touch-ups later …
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@dionnesearcey and @dionnesearcey
Corinne Grinapol / Adweek:
The Economist signs a video licensing deal with Bloomberg Media Distribution for short-form series Daily Watch — Bloomberg Media Distribution will distribute The Economist's Daily Watch series — The Economist is the latest publication to partner with Bloomberg Media Distribution …
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
The intense focus on pro-Trump bots on Twitter ignores the human media figures bent on pushing pro-Trump stories — On May 30th, Empty Lighthouse Magazine published an article with an alarming headline: “Why Did Trump Get Millions Of Twitter Bots To Follow Him This Week?”
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Vanity Fair, @cwarzel, @nxthompson, @moira, @kantrowitz, @katienotopoulos, @cwarzel and Slate
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