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Michael Calderone / HuffPost:
Journalists condemn White House ban on video at press briefing as WHCA President Jeff Mason says the group is working on the issue — “They don't want the American public to see this live,” CNN's Wolf Blitzer said as video coverage is again barred. — Deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee …
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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
White House-press relations turn toxic as communications team tries to hire more staff and President Trump berates media in public, schmoozes in private — Five months into Donald Trump's presidency, White House-media relations are hanging by a thread. — The White House is facing daily criticism …
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@dylanbyers, @sopandeb, @brianstelter and ABC News
Susan Wojcicki / YouTube Blog:
At VidCon, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki announces 1.5B logged-in viewers visit YouTube each month, says YouTube TV will expand to 10 markets, and more — I just got off stage after a great conversation with Rhett and Link at VidCon, where we announced a number of exciting new updates.
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Graham Ruddick / The Guardian:
Facebook launches Online Civil Courage Initiative in UK to fight hate speech and extremist content, will train and support charities and anti-terror groups — Firm's Online Civil Courage Initiative, already launched in Germany and France, aims to help charities and NGOs identify and eliminate hate speach
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Katrina Manson / Financial Times:
Group of Arab states tells Qatar to close state-owned Al Jazeera and all affiliated channels as part of a list of demands to be met in 10 days — Read next … Kuwait has passed on a list that gives Qatar 10 days to comply with a series of demands from the Arab states that cut ties with it more than two weeks ago.
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Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Gabe Pressman, the senior correspondent for WNBC-TV, has died at 93; he was among the first local TV reporters in NYC, and believed by many to be the first — Gabe Pressman, the senior correspondent for WNBC-TV and the indefatigable dean of New York's television reporters, who chased breaking news …
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New York Times:
The Wall Street Journal is conducting a review of hundreds of articles by foreign affairs correspondent Jay Solomon, who was fired on Wednesday — The Wall Street Journal is conducting a review of hundreds of articles by Jay Solomon, who was the paper's chief foreign affairs correspondent.
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@erinmcunningham, Talking Biz News, Washington Post, The Atlantic and Editor & Publisher
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Sources: Bloomberg News lays off about a half-dozen employees amid newsroom reorganization — Bloomberg News has reorganized a part of the newsroom into a “breaking news” team to handle first versions and first 15 mins of breaking news, mainly to focus an expanded breaking news team to catch and break news faster.
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@talkingbiznews and @vb2b
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Sources: Tesla is talking to music labels about creating its own streaming service that would be bundled with its cars — Why not work directly with Spotify, Apple and others? Good question. — Put this one in the “You can do that, but why would you want to do that?” file …
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Facebook Media:
Facebook launches Facebook Safety for Journalists, an initiative designed to help reporters protect their accounts and themselves on Facebook — By Catherine Cole, Journalism Partnerships, Facebook and Antigone Davis, Head of Global Safety, Facebook — As part of the Facebook Journalism Project's goal …
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@mattnavarra, We are the European …, Committee to Protect … and Online Journalism Blog
Liz Pelly / CASH Music:
How some popular Spotify playlists in its Browse section are controlled by a small group of firms, some owned by big labels, making or breaking upcoming artists — Not all Spotify playlists are created equally. To begin understanding this, look at them closely. Literally.
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@future_of_music, @cstrecords and @cheriehu42
Washpostpr / Washington Post:
The Washington Post launches ModBot, a proprietary tool that uses machine learning to moderate comments — The Washington Post has launched ModBot, a software application that utilizes artificial intelligence to moderate comments. The proprietary technology uses machine learning …
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One Man & His Blog, Journalism.co.uk and @gjbarb
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