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A civil case pending in a New York appeals court is testing whether the state's shield law protects small, subscriber-based news organizations — In 1970, when Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller signed legislation protecting New York journalists from being forced to reveal their anonymous sources …

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Republican coal baron Robert Murray is suing John Oliver, HBO, Time Warner, and the writers for Oliver's show over the most recent episode of Last Week Tonight — A Republican coal baron is suing John Oliver, HBO, Time Warner, and the writers for Oliver's show over the most recent episode of Last Week Tonight.

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Reuters Digital News Report: ad blocking growth has stalled, digital assistants are outstripping watches, 18% of 18-24yo people in US pay for online news, more — The Reuters Institute's annual report on digital news contains some surprises. — The United States recently elected an unusual president.

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Emily Peck / HuffPost:

An internal email from 6 female WSJ reporters reveals growing frustration with how the paper's leadership has addressed the gender pay gap and racial diversity — An internal email obtained by HuffPost reveals growing unrest. — The Wall Street Journal's staff is about as diverse …

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The Wall Street Journal fires foreign affairs correspondent Jay Solomon after evidence emerges about his involvement in a prospective business deal with source

Chris Ariens / TVNewser:

Sources: conservative pundit Hugh Hewitt will host a live half-hour show on MSNBC, airing Saturdays at 8am and beginning this week — MSNBC is expanding weekend news with live programming until 9 p.m. ET Saturday and Sunday nights, TVNewser has learned. — As part of the expansion …

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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:

The Knight Prototype Fund awards $1M to projects aimed at fighting misinformation, including a mobile game that tracks falsehoods and a media literacy program — A mobile game that tracks falsehoods, a tool that busts lie-spewing internet bots and projects aimed at increasing the reach …

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Tom Glaisyer / DemocracyFund:
Democracy Fund and Knight Foundation pledge $2M during 2017 in campaign for nonprofit journalism, with $750K aimed at helping organizations find sustainability

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Chris Stergalas / Washington-Baltimore News Guild:

Baltimore City Paper's editorial staff has joined the Washington-Baltimore News Guild, which also represents members of the Baltimore Sun and Washington Post — Baltimore City Paper's editorial staff has joined the Washington-Baltimore News Guild, the — union representing members …

Matt Rosoff / CNBC:

Jeff Bezos advice at Future of Newspapers conference: ads alone won't support investigative journalism; hire, don't eliminate workers; and ask people to pay — Jeff Bezos made his fortune founding Amazon, and spent $250 million of that fortune buying The Washington Post in 2013.

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Jack Shafer / Politico:

Trump has left the WH communications director job open since mid-May, when Michael Dubke resigned, suggesting he wants the job for himself to control messaging — He wants to be communications director. — Trump doesn't really want to be president. If he did, he'd nominate candidates …

Discussion: @nickgillespie, @timothynoah1, @jackshafer, @dcakraemer and @lindseyadler

Abhimanyu Ghoshal / The Next Web:

Yahoo's News Digest app, which delivered news updates twice daily, to shut down June 30 — Under former CEO Marissa Mayer, Yahoo failed to build anything truly exciting over the past five years - except for a single truly notable app, Yahoo News Digest. Now, under the reign of its new owner Verizon …

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Shareen Pathak / Digiday:

Profile of 14-year-old media consultancy MediaLink, an industry connector and its move into recruitment as the company's revenue reaches $54M/year — A longtime ad sales chief, who has made several pilgrimages to Cannes Lions, is reliant on MediaLink to set much of his itinerary for a week of meetings and parties along La Croisette.

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Kaitlyn Tiffany / The Verge:

Tumblr, known for its activism on internet issues like net neutrality and the SOPA/PIPA fight, may change to be less outspoken, now that it's owned by Verizon — One of the open internet's fiercest defenders has a new boss — In 2014, Tumblr was on the front lines of the battle for net neutrality.

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