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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Writer Katie McHugh out at Breitbart after inflammatory tweets following London attack — Katie McHugh, the Breitbart writer who tweeted a number of incendiary remarks in the immediate aftermath of the London terror attack, is no longer with the right-wing news site, four sources familiar with the situation told CNN.
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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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Todd Van Luling / HuffPost:
Senator Al Franken has canceled an upcoming appearance on Bill Maher amid controversy — “Senator Franken believes that what Bill Maher said was inappropriate and offensive," a spokesperson said. — A spokesperson for Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) confirmed to HuffPost that the senator …
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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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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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Sahil Patel / Digiday:
Sources: publishers testing Facebook's mid-roll video ads are making money, when videos scale; one video with 24M views brought in $11K, after FB's 45% cut — Three months since Facebook started running ads in publishers' videos, participants are finding there's money to be made — as long as they have a ton of scale.
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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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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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Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
After blocking Google users from reading free articles in February, The Wall Street Journal's subscription business soared but traffic from Google plummeted 44% — Publisher says Google visitors dropped after hardening paywall — Google says ‘first click free’ good for users and publishers
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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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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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Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Apple unveils macOS High Sierra with auto-play blocking and tracking protection in Safari — In addition to other announcements, Apple today has unveiled the latest version of macOS in form of macOS 10.13. The update will be available to the public later this year and includes new features …
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