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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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Facebook introduces 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 …
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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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Lara O'Reilly / Wall Street Journal:
Reddit is rolling out video ads, redesigning its ad-buying platform, and partnering with media agencies to build self-service ad products — Reddit is rolling out video ads and improving its ad-buying platform — CANNES, France - While Snapchat had its Ferris wheel and Google and Facebook …
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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.
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Andrew Bucholtz / Awful Announcing:
Charles Harder, the lawyer in the Gawker-Hogan case, sues Gizmodo Media on behalf of Randall Busack of Pregame.com, for Deadspin story about sports betting site — Just over a year after Hulk Hogan was awarded $140 million in his lawsuit against Gawker (he eventually received a $31 million settlement …
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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 …
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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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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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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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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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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
Journalists condemn White House ban on video at press briefing as WHCA President Jeff Mason says the group is working on the issue
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The Guardian:
King's College hospital withdraws complaint alleging that a Sun reporter impersonated the friend of a Grenfell Tower victim to get an interview — Sun apologises for not following media protocol and King's College accepts journalist did not impersonate friend
Stephanie Strom / New York Times:
Food & Wine is relocating to Birmingham, Alabama, where Time Inc.'s test kitchens are located; Hunter Lewis, the editor of Cooking Light, will become EIC — Food & Wine, the glossy, chef-focused food magazine, is moving to Birmingham, Ala., joining a stable of other publications owned …
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