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5:40 PM ET, June 24, 2017

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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.
Jim Dalrymple II / BuzzFeed:
CNN Deleted A Story Linking Trump And Russia, Then Issued A Retraction After Questions Were Raised  —  The story cited a single, unnamed source claiming that a Senate committee was investigating a Russian fund with connections to President Trump's transition team.
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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Adam Goldman / New York Times:
CIA set up back channel to get missing journalist Austin Tice freed, but effort fizzled in April after Syria's nerve gas attack  —  WASHINGTON — In the early days of the Trump administration, national security officials began exploring ways to free Austin Tice, an American journalist …
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 …
Nature:
US court finds Sci-Hub, LibGen infringed on copyright, grants science publisher Elsevier $15M in damages  —  Some doubt that the publishing giant will see any money from the pirate site.  —  Rights & Permissions  —  One of the world's largest science publishers, Elsevier …
Bloomberg:
News Corp. CEO Robert Thomson says the company is in “very advanced” discussions with Facebook about subscriptions  —  CEO Thomson says he discussed content value with Zuckerberg  —  News Corp. says talks focused on subscription mechanism  —  News Corp., publisher …
Geoff Weiss / Tubefilter:
Facebook Is Launching A Standalone App Exclusively For Video Creators  —  Facebook is set to launch a standalone app for video creators later this year, the company's product director, Daniel Danker, announced during a presentation entitled The Future of Facebook Video this morning at VidCon.
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Lynne Marek / Chicago Business:
Sources: The Chicago Sun-Times isn't interested in a $1 bid from a group led by Eisendrath because the bid will keep current owners liable for future expenses  —  Owners of the Chicago Sun-Times aren't interested in a $1 bid for the newspaper from a group led by former Ald.
 
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King's College hospital withdraws complaint alleging that a Sun reporter impersonated the friend of a Grenfell Tower victim to get an interview
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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
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
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
The gunman motivated by the Pizzagate conspiracy theory, Edgar Maddison Welch, gets four years in prison
Washpostpr / Washington Post:
The Washington Post launches ModBot, a proprietary tool that uses machine learning to moderate comments
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Sources: Tesla is talking to music labels about creating its own streaming service that would be bundled with its cars
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing

Kevin Roose / New York Times:
A look at Amazon's revamped drone delivery program near Phoenix, Arizona, where the company's new MK-30 drones deliver dozens of packages a day to customers
 
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