Mediagazer: Ex-US attorney Preet Bharara will join Some Spider Studios, his brother's media company, as EVP, and will write articles for the firm's entertainment site, Cafe (Sydney Ember/New York Times)

4:47 PM ET, June 26, 2017

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Profile of American Media CEO David Pecker, a longtime friend of Trump who says the National Enquirer supports the president because its readers do — The tabloid is defined by its predatory spirit. Why has it embraced the President with such sycophantic zeal?

Peter Kafka / Recode:

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Fox Sports is eliminating its ~20-person web writing staff, based in Los Angeles, to invest in online video production — About 20 staffers will lose jobs in department's transition — Fox Sports 1 gains in ratings against ESPN with opinion shows — 21st Century Fox Inc.'s sports department …

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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Uptime, YouTube's experimental app for watching videos with friends, opens to all — YouTube's experimental app Uptime, which lets you watch videos with friends while reacting and commenting, has now opened up to all users. The app was first launched in March of this year …

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Al Tompkins / Poynter:

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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 …

The Conversation:

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Sheila N. Dang / Reuters:

Time Inc. licences Fortune brand to Barclays for stock indexes based on Fortune 500 — Time Inc (TIME.N) said Monday it will license its Fortune brand for stock indexes based on the Fortune 500 in a new partnership with Barclays PLC (BARC.L) in an effort to diversify Time's revenue into the growing index-investing business.

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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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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

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Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Ex-US attorney Preet Bharara will join Some Spider Studios, his brother's media company, as EVP, and will write articles for the firm's entertainment site, Cafe

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