Mediagazer: Yahoo shareholders officially approve $4.48B sale to Verizon; deal will close on June 13th (Matt Weinberger/Business Insider)

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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:

The New York Times re-examined its February 14 story on Trump campaign links to Russia that Comey testified was inaccurate and stands by its reporting — After re-examining its Feb. 14 article alleging contacts between members of the Trump campaign and senior Russian intelligence officials during …

Discussion: New York Times, Washington Post, @timobrien, @dellcam, CNNMoney, The Hill, @daviduberti and Daily Wire

Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:

Comey says he authorized a “close friend” at Columbia Law School to leak the content of his Trump memo to the press to prompt a special counsel investigation — Shortly after his dismissal as head of the FBI, James Comey authorized “a close friend” to leak the contents of his memos …

Discussion: Mediaite, @mlcalderone, Mediaite, Washington Post, CNN, LawNewz, CNN, Business Insider, Axios, The Gateway Pundit, The New York Observer, AOL, @kbandersen, Refinery29, Poynter, @oliverdarcy, CNN, @jackshafer, @tomkludt, @tomkludt, @comradewong, @brianstelter, @salenazito, @lrozen, @seungminkim, Washington Examiner, Axios and HuffPost

Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:

Comey reinforced or confirmed the bulk of recent mainstream reporting on Trump, but denounced one NYT story as almost entirely inaccurate in his testimony — Flawed: yes. Fake: no. And, sometimes, extremely useful. — That was the portrait of the mainstream news media that emerged …

Washington Post:
A look at how cable news chyrons from MSNBC, CNN, and Fox covered the Comey hearing

Discussion: @hadas_gold, Politico, @hadas_gold, @gabbilevy, @kelseymsutton, @lkherman and @chiquiesteban

Max Greenwood / The Hill:

Al Jazeera Media Network says it is under cyberattack, following Tuesday's revelation that Russian hackers may have breached the Qatar state news agency — Al Jazeera Media Network was in the midst of a cyberattack on Thursday, Al Jazeera News said on Twitter.

Discussion: Al Jazeera English, @ajenews, @ajenews, Reuters, Help Net Security, Forbes, CNNMoney, Ars Technica, Softpedia News, USA Today, Fortune, Snopes.com, Daily Mail, @patrickwintour, The Independent, Axios, The Verge, Motherboard and Fast Company

Kevin Ponniah / BBC:
Experts believe that the current diplomatic crisis in Qatar imperils Al Jazeera, which may not be closed but whose editorial policies could change

Discussion: Motherboard, @mikeybbq, @jenanmoussa, @paulgottinger, @amelscript and @mlcalderone

Committee to Protect Journalists:
Saudi Arabia revokes Al Jazeera's license to operate in the country, orders its office to close

Discussion: @pressfreedom, Arab News and Arabian Business

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Taylor Swift's full catalog is returning to Spotify and other streaming services, reversing her stance against free music on ad-supported services — After breaking upin 2014, Taylor Swift and Spotify are getting back together. To celebrate her album 1989 hitting 10 million records sold …

Discussion: @taylornation13, The New York Observer, The Guardian, VentureBeat, The Verge, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, Engadget, Business Insider, New York Times, SlashGear, BuzzFeed, Recode, Variety, Rolling Stone and Just Jared Jr., more at Techmeme »

Tim Peterson / Marketing Land:

Facebook now lets all Audience Network publishers insert ads under “Related Articles” at the bottom of Instant Articles — All publishers in Facebook's ad network can now feature ads within “Related Articles” sections at the bottom of their Instant Articles.

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Tina Dyakon / About Us | Poynter:

The Poynter Institute and the Charles Koch Foundation are creating a program to provide training to student journalists and to encourage civil discourse — The project will encourage accountability reporting and robust civil dialogue on three campuses — The Poynter Institute …

Discussion: @kellymcb, @kellymcb, @kellymcb, @markamesexiled, @janemayernyer, @elongreen and @mlcalderone

CNN:

Reality Winner, accused of leaking to The Intercept, is denied bail after pleading not guilty to removing classified material from a government facility — Parents of accused NSA leaker speak out — Augusta, Georgia (CNN)Reality Winner pleaded not guilty in federal court Thursday …

Discussion: HuffPost, NPR, NBC News and @charliearchy

Alex Dobuzinskis / Reuters:

Gianforte is expected next week to enter a plea of no contest or a plea of guilty to misdemeanor assault; conviction carries a max sentence of 6 months in jail — Montana Republican congressman-elect Greg Gianforte is expected next week to enter a plea of no contest or a plea of guilty …

Discussion: @paleofuture, @jenesaispatrick, @reuters and @green_footballs

Julia Carrie Wong / The Guardian:
Greg Gianforte apologizes to Ben Jacobs for his conduct, says he will donate $50K to CPJ; Jacobs says he has “accepted” the apology

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Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:

Sources: Verizon will cut about 15% of AOL-Yahoo staff, or as many as 2.1K jobs, after merger closes — The proportion of jobs being made redundant across AOL and Yahoo is around 15 percent globally, we have confirmed with our sources. — This shakes out to as many as 2,100 jobs being lost as part of the corporate merger.

Discussion: Recode, MediaNama, Light Reading, RT, The Hill, Multichannel News, BGR, The Daily Caller, Variety, The Wrap, Business Insider, Axios, Variety, Seeking Alpha and @techcrunch, more at Techmeme »

Matt Weinberger / Business Insider:
Yahoo shareholders officially approve $4.48B sale to Verizon; deal will close on June 13th

Discussion: @bendwalsh, Adweek, Reuters and Seeking Alpha, more at Techmeme »

Kristen Hare / Poynter:

Interview with Audrey Cooper, editor in chief of The San Francisco Chronicle, on changing newsroom culture: celebrating success and avoiding toxicity — This piece originally appeared in Local Edition, our newsletter following the digital transformation of local news. Want to be part of the conversation?

Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:

Profile of Ear Hustle, a podcast co-hosted and co-produced by inmates at San Quentin State Prison about life on the inside — When Nigel Poor wakes up in the dead of night with a concern about her podcast, she can't fire off a text to her co-host. She can't give him a quick call, drop him a line on Twitter or stop by his house.

Rani Molla / Recode:

Cisco: online video is expected to triple bandwidth consumption in the next five years — What the internet will look like in 2021. — Video will make up 82 percent of all internet traffic in 2021, according to forecasts released today by Cisco, which sells networking equipment.