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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CNN drops the series Believer with Reza Aslan after Aslan, an Iranian-American religious scholar, called Trump a “piece of s**t” in a tweet after London attack — CNN no longer believes in “Believer,” the non-fiction series it launched earlier this year with Reza Aslan, the Iranian-American author and religious scholar.
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BuzzFeed:
NowThis News requires its staffers to sign a non-compete that bars them for two years from taking a job at places like CNN, Vice, BuzzFeed, and Vox — New hires at the social news outlet must sign a contract that forbids them from taking a job at places including CNN, Vice, BuzzFeed and Vox.
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Robert Little / NPR:
Slain NPR journalists Gilkey and Tamanna weren't random victims; their convoy was targeted by attackers tipped off to the presence of Americans in Afghanistan — NPR journalists David Gilkey and Zabihullah Tamanna died a year ago this week, ambushed on a remote road in southern Afghanistan …
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Adweek, @chadgarland, Poynter, @davidvujanovic, @mevstatieva, @nprinskeep, @npr, @davidgura and @mthomps
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Comey hearing draws nearly 20M broadcast and cable TV viewers, according to Nielsen, while Twitter says 2.7M viewers tuned into its Bloomberg stream — A congressional hearing rarely attracts much attention, but Thursday's testimony by fired FBI Director James Comey brought major ratings …
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Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Recode, Recode, @grynbaum, @librab103, @algiordano, @pkafka, @simonowens, New York Times, @sdkstl, @pbump, @pkafka, Bloomberg Media, Newser, Mediaite, Business Insider, Nielsen Newswire, Washington Post and Poynter
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Stephen M. Kohn / Washington Post:
Comey's leak to the press is constitutionally protected, despite hints from Trump's lawyer that the former FBI director may deserve prosecution
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Business Insider, @braddjaffy, @gortnacul_house, @davidjoachim, @davidjoachim, @davidjoachim, @eriqgardner and @rjmaclean
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 …
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@dangillmor, @kellymcb, @mlcalderone, @kellymcb, @kellymcb, @kellymcb, @markamesexiled, @janemayernyer, @elongreen and @mlcalderone
TechCrunch:
Sirius XM invests $480M in Pandora for a 16% stake; Pandora sells Ticketfly, which it acquired for $450M in October 2015, to Eventbrite for $200M — Jun 9, 2017, 6:04 amJun 9, 2017, 11:48 am — Troubled streaming music service Pandora has finally found a white knight of sorts to boost …
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PR Newswire, Marketwire, Tennessean.com, Fast Company, Radio & Television …, Engadget, Bloomberg, The Verge, Deadline, MarketWatch and Reuters, more at Techmeme »
Alanna Petroff / CNNMoney:
The UK election upset has increased the risk that Rupert Murdoch's planned takeover of Sky may be delayed, some analysts say — How Trump-Murdoch ties may influence Fox probe — The shock U.K. election result has increased the risk that 21st Century Fox's planned takeover of broadcaster Sky …
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Hollywood Reporter and Financial Times
Ricardo Baca / Columbia Journalism Review:
High Times' recent sale to a Los Angeles-based investment firm may give the magazine a chance to reinvigorate its neglected editorial operation — A display of High Times magazine covers during the High Times Cannabis Cup at Denver Mart in Denver, Colorado on April 20, 2014.
Caroline Scott / Journalism.co.uk:
How BuzzFeed UK teamed up with Facebook for two livestreams dissecting UK election results, giving predictions and reactions, as well as hosting celebrities — 'We have reporters that are great at thinking on their feet - we are able to adapt and throw all our energy into something.'
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Digiday, @janinegibson, @andydangerfield, @janinegibson and @janinegibson
Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
The National Press Club sides with CQ Roll Call's John Donnelly, criticizes FCC's response after security officer's altercation with the reporter — Official response does not satisfy critics — A Tale of Becket, McCain and Preet Comey Will Tell Congress Trump Asked Him to Drop Flynn Probe …
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Talking Biz News, @jpballoujourn1, @mlcalderone and @npcpresident
Josh Horwitz / Quartz:
Tencent launches a new WeChat feature to collect and debunk online rumors, but government sources debunking political articles in the app may cause confusion — Today Chinese internet giant Tencent launched a new feature (link in Chinese) for its WeChat app designed to collect and debunk online rumors …
Jason Snell / Six Colors:
Apple's Podcasts app to report to podcasters how many people are listening and where listeners stop or skip, and will enable downloads of full seasons — Today at the Worldwide Developer Conference, Apple made some major announcements about improvements to its offerings to the podcast world.
Discussion:
MacRumors, @matthew_bogart, @dkiesow and @mlieber
Matt Volz / AP News:
Prosecutor expects Gianforte to plead guilty to misdemeanor assault on Monday, with potential maximum sentence of 6 months in jail and $500 fine — HELENA, Mont. (AP) — U.S. Rep.-elect Greg Gianforte of Montana will plead guilty to assaulting a reporter the day before being elected the state's …
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@mattdpearce, @carrasquillo, Reuters, @paleofuture, @jenesaispatrick, @reuters and @green_footballs
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