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2:05 PM ET, June 27, 2017

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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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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
Discussion: Variety and @alexstone7
Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed:
Despite denouncing Milo Yiannopoulos, emails and documents show Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alexander Marlow worked with him on his new company, MILO, Inc.  —  An early editorial budget for Milo Yiannopoulos' post-Breitbart company listed Alexander Marlow as “Executive Producer.”
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 …
Discussion: CANADALAND and Financial Post
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Variety
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 …
Discussion: Variety
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.
Discussion: @tasneemn
 
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