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10:20 AM ET, June 20, 2017

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Tara Palmeri / Politico:
Sources: Spicer is leading a search for his replacement as press secretary, having spoken with radio host Laura Ingraham and Daily Mail editor David Martosko  —  White House press secretary Sean Spicer has spoken with radio host Laura Ingraham and Daily Mail editor David Martosko, among others.
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
During an appearance on Fox & Friends, rumored White House Press Secretary candidate Laura Ingraham says the role is not one she's “dying to do”  —  During her Tuesday appearance on Fox & Friends, Laura Ingraham indicated that she wasn't super-excited about the possibility …
Discussion: Washington Post
Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg.com:
Sources: the White House is considering hiring a new press secretary as Spicer may move into a more senior strategy role, though no final decision has been made
Michael Calderone / HuffPost:
CNN senior White House correspondent Jim Acosta says reporters should walk out over “pointless” briefings as White House restrictions against press grow  —  “There must be collective action or else the stonewalling will continue,” Jim Acosta told HuffPost.
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
CNN to invest $40M in its in-house startup Great Big Story over the next two years, turning it into 24-hour streaming service, distributed on Sling TV, others  —  Startup to shift from social distribution to 24-hour channel  —  Great Big Story said to be valued at as much as $250 million
Discussion: @gerryfsmith and @tomgara
Mariella Moon / Engadget:
YouTube updates policies to ensure that LGBTQ+ videos without graphic content are allowed in Restricted Mode  —  YouTube has updated its policies to explicitly state that any LGBTQ+-themed video with no graphic/mature language and content is allowed in Restricted Mode.
Discussion: YouTube Creator Blog and BetaNews
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
UK regulator Ofcom submitted its review of the proposed 21st Century Fox-Sky takeover deal to the UK govt; UK Culture Sec expected to make statement on June 29  —  Culture secretary Karen Bradley confirmed receipt, but no details about the content were immediately disclosed.
Anthony Crupi / Ad Age:
Megyn Kelly's interview with Alex Jones featured 17 paid ad spots compared with shows premiere which carried 34, and had 43% fewer viewers than inaugural show  —  After a week of controversy, chicanery and the sort of reflexive hand-wringing that accompanies any event that provides the media …
Gursimran Hans / Press Gazette:
International Federation of Journalists slams attempts by Gulf states to force closure of Al Jazeera, says journalists must not be used as “political footballs”  —  Amid tension between other Gulf states and Qatar, the International Federation of Journalists has demanded …
Discussion: Fortune
Nilagia McCoy / Shorenstein Center:
In a new Shorenstein paper, Iranian journalist Yeganeh Rezaian examines the difficulties women reporters face while working in Muslim countries  —  Yeganeh Rezaian, Joan Shorenstein Fellow (fall 2016) and  —  Iranian journalist, formerly of Bloomberg News and The National
Discussion: Nieman Lab
Brian Flood / The Wrap:
Sources: Bloomberg EiC killed a story about growth of Fox Business Network despite months of work, staffers told it was because they don't cover competitors  —  Anousha Sakoui's feature was in the works for four months  —  Bloomberg's editor-in-chief personally killed a feature about the growth …
Discussion: @edmundlee and @pkafka
Evelyn Small / Washington Post:
A look back at how Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham composed her Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir, Personal History  —  In 1983, I had been a researcher at The Washington Post Co. for only a few months when Katharine Graham, the chairman of the board, called me into her office one day.
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Univision News has found its moment in the Trump era, aggressively covering immigration and hiring reporters from places with few press freedoms like Venezuela  —  The Spanish-language network is a striking example of a news organization that is meeting the needs of a frightened and information-famished audience.
 
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Trey Williams / MarketWatch:
Tribune Media, McClatchy, and Tegna sell stakes in CareerBuilder to Apollo Global investor group
Kareem Shaheen / The Guardian:
Nazlı Ilıcak and brothers Ahmet and Mehmet Altan are the first Turkish journalists to go on trial over alleged coup support
Discussion: France 24 and Associated Press
Bloomberg:
Facebook's efforts to build a library of high-end original videos are meeting resistance from publishers frustrated by the way the company has treated them
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Karl Bode / Techdirt:
Tivo report: nearly 50% of pay TV subscribers are considering cord-cutting this year
Discussion: Fortune
Wall Street Journal:
Time Warner signs 2-year $100M deal with Snap; Turner, Warner Bros. studio will create up to 10 original shows a year for Snap, which will keep 50% ad revenue
Wall Street Journal:
Vice Media raises $450M from private equity firm TPG at a $5.7B valuation, will use the money partly to create a new subscription service for mobiles
 

 
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Lee-Anne Mulholland / The Keyword:
Google files its proposed remedies in the DOJ's search antitrust lawsuit, including letting browser companies have multiple default agreements across platforms

Joseph Menn / Washington Post:
A US judge finds NSO Group liable for exploiting a bug in WhatsApp to spy on 1,400 users and that WhatsApp is entitled to sanctions against NSO

Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
OpenAI unveils o3 and o3-mini, trained to “think” before responding via what OpenAI calls a “private chain of thought”, and plans to launch them in early 2025

 
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