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The Guardian:
Congressman-elect Greg Gianforte has been sentenced to 40 hours community service and a $385 fine for assaulting Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs — Montana Republican gets community service and $385 fine after pleading guilty to assaulting Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs on the eve of Gianforte's election
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Cale-Guthrie Weissman / Fast Company:
The New York Times vows to stand by the Public Theater as a corporate sponsor despite Trump-Julius Caesar controversy, citing free speech — New York's venerated theater organization, the Public Theater, is facing a PR disaster over its long-running free “Shakespeare in the Park” series.
Sahil Patel / Digiday:
‘Facebook is only half in’: Creators doubt Facebook's commitment to original programming — Publishers are happy to take Facebook's funding for original video programming, but several existing and potential content partners expressed doubts that the company is committed to short-form shows for the long run.
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Hollywood Reporter:
Sources: Facebook is near a deal to revive Loosely Exactly Nicole, canceled after one season on MTV, in its push to bulk up original video programming — ‘Loosely Exactly Nicole’ was canceled after one season on MTV, but the social media giant is near a deal to revive it for a second season.
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Fortune, TVLine, Seeking Alpha and Editor & Publisher
Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
Fox has started offering a national, 24-hour feed on Hulu in 70+ markets where it hasn't made streaming agreements with local TV affiliates — Fox is turning up the heat in a fight with its TV station affiliates over how to bring its programming to streaming-media consumers with a 24-hour feed …
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@shalini, @shalini, @shalini, @edmundlee and CNET
Reuters:
Egypt has blocked 50+ sites since late May as part of a growing censorship crackdown, the latest one being Al-Bedaiah, run by journalist Khaled al-Balshi — An often fiery government critic, Egyptian journalist Khaled al-Balshi has been arrested, had his operations monitored, and staff harassed by police for years.
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@ericknecht, @smith_jeffreyt, @aaboulenein and @pschwartzstein
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Facebook is building feature to let users subscribe to news publications, expected by end of year; talks ongoing around payment model, Instant Articles — Facebook may soon help its users do something unfamiliar on the platform: pay for news by building a feature that would allow users …
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@jackmarshall, @mathewi, @marklittlenews, @webbarr, CyberJournalist.net, @toddjolmstead, Axios and Seeking Alpha, more at Techmeme »
Associated Press:
Memo: Associated Press promotes Chief White House Correspondent Julie Pace to Washington bureau chief — Senior Vice President and Executive Editor Sally Buzbee today announced a key appointment: White House Correspondent Julie Pace is AP's new Washington bureau chief.
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HuffPost, Adweek, @philiprucker and HuffPost
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Snapchat officially launches self-serve Ad Manager tool to make buying ads easier and a Certified Partners program that gives extra training to ad tech partners — To beat Facebook and Google's duopoly, Snapchat needs advertisers to build and buy campaigns with confidence.
Alexios Mantzarlis / Poynter:
Analysis shows that conservative websites are far more likely to attack fact-checkers than their liberal counterparts — During the 2016 presidential election, popular conservative websites were far more likely to criticize fact-checking organizations than their liberal counterparts …
Discussion:
@mantzarlis and Duke Reporters' Lab
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Politicians including Trump have no right to expect balanced positive and negative coverage, but media must weigh issues like fairness, overkill, and focus — The New York Daily News's front page on Friday morning screamed “LIAR” in huge type over a photo of President Trump.
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@lpolgreen, @jamesfallows, @albertocairo, @joshroiland and @sulliview
Michael Getler / European Journalism Observatory:
A former ombudsman at PBS and The Washington Post on why the role of the public editor is the most effective check on press transparency and accountability — The recent news that The New York Times is eliminating the position of Public Editor—sometimes called an ombudsman …
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@kathyenglish