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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Three CNN staffers resign after retracted Russia-Scaramucci story: reporter Thomas Frank, editor Eric Lichtblau, and CNN Investigates executive editor Lex Haris — Thomas Frank, a reporter for “CNN Investigates,” last Thursday appeared to have a compelling exclusive on the story of the year.
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Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Project Veritas releases video of man it alleges is CNN supervising producer John Bonifield, criticizing the network's Trump-Russia coverage — The video, which arrives after three journalists resigned over a retracted Russia story, is from conservative provocateur James O'Keefe.
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Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
Sources: morale at CNN is low after the resignation of three staffers, with some questioning the harshness of the punishment — CNN President Jeff Zucker sought to rally employees on Tuesday morning after three staffers resigned over the network's retracted Russia story.
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Jennings Brown / Gizmodo:
Zillow sends cease and desist letter to architectural criticism blog McMansion Hell for using its images for parody — Real estate aggregator site Zillow has sent a cease and desist letter to the creator of McMansion Hell, the most popular lampooner of suburban ticky-tacky monstrosities.
Jessica Davies / Digiday:
Facebook video ad viewability rates range from 20% to 30%, far below the industry average, according to nine agency execs who started using third-party auditors — Facebook's metrics woes may be far from over. — After fessing up to a string of measurement errors over the past six months …
Bloomberg:
Facebook partners with Fox Sports to live stream 12+ Champions League soccer matches in the US, as part of its strategy to entice advertisers to buy more — Soccer is already the most-followed sport on the social site — Some Champions League games will be exclusive to Facebook
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Jem Aswad / Variety:
Tim Westergren steps down as Pandora CEO and exits board, CFO Naveen Chopra takes over in interim; ReDEF CEO Jason Hirschhorn joins board — Senior Music Editor @jemaswad — After a flurry of rumors beginning Sunday that Pandora cofounder Tim Westergren would step down as CEO …
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Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
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?
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
The Toronto Star, “surprised by low numbers,” is shutting down Star Touch, its expensive tablet app — It will be replaced by a more traditional app that also works on phones. — The Toronto Star announced on Monday that, “after much research,” it's shutting down Star Touch …
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Matt Pressberg / The Wrap:
Sofia Vergara's Latino-focused media company Raze launches a mobile-first digital platform — Mobile-first portal can be accessed at raze.tv — Raze, the Latino-focused media company founded by “Modern Family” star Sofia Vergara and longtime entertainment execs Emiliano Calemzuk and Luis Balaguer …
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Richard Allan / Facebook:
Facebook's VP of Public Policy for EMEA Richard Allan explains how the social network tackles hate speech and the difficulties it faces doing so across cultures — Who should decide what is hate speech in an online global community? — As more and more communication takes place in digital form …
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
21st Century Fox has received regulatory approval for its Sky takeover bid from the Republic of Ireland and is now just awaiting approval from the UK — That leaves the U.K. as the final market where a regulatory review is still ongoing. — 21st Century Fox said Tuesday …
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Tasneem Nashrulla / BuzzFeed:
A list of all the questions Fox News, the only TV network with access to President Trump, asked him and his top aides — There is a LOT happening in America right now: A debate over a controversial health care bill that could impact millions of Americans. Threats from North Korea.
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