Mediagazer: 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 (Hollywood Reporter)

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Source: J.P. Morgan Chase to remove all ads from NBC News over Megyn Kelly's interview with InfoWars' Alex Jones until after episode airs — So far, advertisers—with one notable exception—have remained quiet as Sandy Hook families criticize the NBC host for her sit-down with the Infowars founder

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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:

The mainstream media shouldn't try to shield its audience from Alex Jones or pretend he doesn't exist; it should interrogate him — Last Sunday night, as the second episode of her new NBC newsmagazine show was wrapping up, Megyn Kelly ran a short teaser for next week's highly anticipated interview …

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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Exec producer for Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly defends Alex Jones interview, saying they are not giving him a platform because he does not go unchallenged

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Salman Masood / New York Times:

Pakistan court sentences man to death for committing blasphemy in posts on Facebook and WhatsApp, in a first for the country — ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — An antiterrorism court in Pakistan has sentenced a Shiite man to death for committing blasphemy in posts on social media.

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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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Sahil Patel / Digiday:
‘Facebook is only half in’: Creators doubt Facebook's commitment to original programming

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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:

The NYT is teaming up with Alphabet's Jigsaw to expand its comments, using Perspective, an algorithmically-driven application, to weed out toxic comments — Comments have seen better days. — In the last few years, several news organizations — NPR, Reuters and Recode, among them …

Discussion: Nieman Lab, Recode, Wired, New York Times, Bloomberg, @jeffjohnroberts, @madalinacrc, Fortune, @benmullin and Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check

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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

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 …

Discussion: @shalini, @shalini, @shalini, @edmundlee and CNET

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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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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.

Discussion: @ericknecht, @smith_jeffreyt, @pschwartzstein, Engadget and @aaboulenein

Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:

The Sun-Times has agreed with the Justice Department to extend the deadline for potential buyers to June 19 — The Chicago Sun-Times has agreed with the Department of Justice to extend the deadline for potential buyers at least one more week. — The Sun-Times has agreed with the Justice Department …

Discussion: @raylong

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.

Discussion: 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.

Discussion: VentureBeat, @joshconstine, Los Angeles Business Journal, campaignlive.co.uk, Business Insider, CNBC, The Drum and Seeking Alpha, more at Techmeme »

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