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Jon Passantino / BuzzFeed:
Source: CNNMoney executive editor Rich Barberi tells staff not to publish any content involving Russia before clearing with him and a CNN VP — The decision came after the network deleted and retracted a post on Friday. — CNN is imposing strict new publishing restrictions …
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The Hill, @nickpistor, Mediaite, The Wrap, Talking Biz News and CNN
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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.
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@cnn, CNN, @scaramucci, Philly.com, Breitbart, iMediaEthics, Mediaite, TASS and The Daily Caller
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Facebook courts talent agencies as it prepares to debut TV-quality shows by late summer with budgets of up to $3M/episode, as well as short-form videos — Facebook is talking to Hollywood studios and agencies about producing TV-quality shows with an eye toward launching original programming …
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CNBC, Business Insider, Marketing Week, Engadget and Fortune, more at Techmeme »
James West / Mother Jones:
Interview with Brian Knappenberger, director of “Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press”, on the Gawker-Hogan lawsuit, its financing, journalism's importance — In June 2016, Gawker Media filed for bankruptcy and put itself up for auction. The company's high-profile demise came …
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@sulliview, @codybrown and www.wnyc.org
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Alexis Sobel Fitts / Wired:
A look at some Alt-Right wiki sites, which were created as an alternative to Wikipedia and its perceived liberal bias — Vox Day thinks that Wikipedia is the worst. But the things that bug him aren't the typical complaints you'll hear about the crowd-sourced encyclopedia …
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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Fortune, The Drum, Recode, TechCrunch, Engadget, VentureBeat, Adweek, Light Reading, xda-developers, Multichannel News, @shiraovide, @lucas_matney and C21Media
Julissa Treviño / Columbia Journalism Review:
Interview with AP's Venezuela foreign correspondent Hannah Dreier on her three-year-long assignment in the country ahead of her move to ProPublica next month — Once considered among the richest countries in the world, Venezuela is now known for food shortages, lack of basic medical care …
Catalina Albeanu / Journalism.co.uk:
Inside Blankspot, a fully reader-backed reporting initiative to cover underreported stories in Sweden, started by journalist Martin Schibbye — The organisation has story-specific Facebook groups where the public can contribute their knowledge or follow journalists on reporting trips
Nilagia McCoy / Shorenstein Center:
Analysis finds predominantly negative coverage of Muslims and refugees on CBS, Fox, and NBC news programs contributes to negative public opinion of Muslims — By Meighan Stone, Entrepreneurship Fellow, spring 2017, and former president of the Malala Fund — Photo: Dulles International Airport travel ban protest, Geoff Livingston.
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Kathy Gannon / Associated Press:
Pakistani journalists see an increase in attacks from religious extremists, criminals, government agencies, and the military as torture becomes the norm — HARIPUR, Pakistan (AP) — Bakhsheesh Elahi was waiting for the morning bus when a lone gunman on a motorcycle pulled up beside him and shot him dead.
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 …
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Houston Chronicle and @cjchivers
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 …
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Fortune, The Ticker, Bookseller News and TorrentFreak
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