Mediagazer: Lyle Denniston, a well-known reporter who has covered the Supreme Court for 58 years, retired last week at age 86 (Jesse Wegman/New York Times)

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Jamie Horowitz, president of Fox Sports National Networks, is fired less than a week after 21CF began probe of allegations of sexual harassment — Jamie Horowitz onstage at the ESPN portion of the 2013 Summer Television Critics Assn. tour at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on July 24, 2013 in Beverly Hills.

Hadas Gold / Politico:

Free-press organizations make plans to increase documentation of media restrictions and threats or attacks against US journalists — Citing Trump's tweets and extreme political rhetoric, watchdogs groups begin documenting threats against U.S. media. — Long accustomed to chronicling threats …

Discussion: @jysexton, @politico and @jayrosen_nyu

Travis Gettys / Raw Story:

Journalist and author Jared Yates Sexton, who has been tweeting about neo-Nazi creator of the CNN GIF Trump shared, says he's received numerous death threats — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — The reporter who revealed the “obviously racist” and antisemitic Reddit user who created …

Discussion: @bunchofsteve, @roganbarbara, The Wrap, The Guardian and Washington Post

Jackie Wattles / CNNMoney:
Twitter says Trump's CNN wrestling tweet doesn't violate its rules, even though it appeared to incite his supporters, with some posting even more violent images

Avi Selk / Washington Post:
A Reddit user who posted comments on the site about stabbing Muslims has claimed to be the creator of the CNN WWE GIF tweeted by Trump

Discussion: The Hill, ABC News, Mother Jones, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Gateway Pundit, Anti-Defamation League, The Guardian, The Daily Caller, @wexler, @davidspjm and @jaketapper

Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:

How New Jersey's Star-Ledger snapped photos of Gov. Christie on a beach he'd closed to the public, taking aerial pictures from a small plane — The (Newark, New Jersey) Star-Ledger is committed to keeping Gov. Chris Christie honest — even if it takes a private plane.

Vivienne Chow / Variety:

Chinese tech and media company Tencent lost $14B on the Hong Kong stock exchange after being criticized by the Communist Party-run paper People's Daily — Chinese media and technology giant Tencent suffered a dramatic loss of $14 billion on the Hong Kong stock exchange Tuesday …

Discussion: TechCrunch

Elzio Barreto / Reuters:

Tencent-owned China Literature, China's largest publishing and e-book company, files for IPO and is expected to raise as much as $800M — China Literature Ltd, a Tencent Holdings Ltd unit and the country's largest online publishing and e-book company, has filed for a Hong Kong initial public offering …

Discussion: Financial Times

Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:

The Wall Street Journal officially ends eight blogs: the Law Blog, China Real Time, India Real Time, Speakeasy, Off Duty Daily, Dispatch, The Daily Fix, Numbers — Goodbye to Law Blog, China Real Time, India Real Time, Speakeasy, and four others. — On the heels of ending its news digest app …

Discussion: @joe_palazzolo, @preetbharara, Wall Street Journal, @michael_calia, Wall Street Journal, @dangillmor and Editor & Publisher

Josh Chin / Wall Street Journal: WSJ announces the end of China Real Time Report site; its archives will remain online, and @ChinaRealTime will continue to tweet links to China stories

Erik Hayden / Hollywood Reporter:

John Oliver devotes 19 minutes to documenting how Sinclair Broadcast Group, which owns 173 US TV stations, injects right-wing talking points into local TV news — The ‘Last Week Tonight’ host dedicated a 19-minute segment to the rise of Sinclair Broadcast Group, and its “noticeably” right-leaning slant.

Discussion: Salon, Broadcasting & Cable, @kljdavis, Rolling Stone and The Wrap

Mark K. Miller / TVNewsCheck:
FCC approves Sinclair Broadcast Group's purchase of seven stations from Bonten Media

Discussion: Federal Communications …, Lost Coast Outpost, @mclyburnfcc and Broadcasting & Cable

Reuters:

New regulations in China require at least two “auditors” to vet all audiovisual content posted online to ensure it adheres to “core socialist values” — China's latest maneuver in a sweeping crackdown on internet content has sent a chill through a diverse community of filmmakers …

The Guardian:

Sources: Robbie Gibb, head of BBC's Westminster operation, and James Landale, BBC's diplomatic editor, interviewed for Theresa May's head of comms role — James Landale and Robbie Gibb interviewed for the role after Katie Perrior quit before general election

Discussion: @jimwaterson

Wall Street Journal:

On top of its troubles with ESPN, Disney's broader cable TV business is suffering, with Disney Channel and Freeform losing 4M subs each over last three years — It's not just ESPN. Ratings have fallen significantly at Disney's biggest television brands, led by Disney Channel and Freeform …

Discussion: @greta and @jbflint

Andrew Keshner / New York Daily News:

Wilson Alejandro Mejia-Velez appeals life sentence he received for killing Manuel de Dios Unanue, EIC of Spanish-language paper El Diario, 25 years ago in NY — A teen sentenced to life in prison for gunning down a journalist in a Queens bar 25 years ago says he deserves a second chance.

Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:

The BBC published its annual plan on Tues, revealing that it's working with Facebook to reduce the impact of fake news, prioritising live video in its app, more — The BBC is prioritising live video content on its mobile News app to challenge market leaders Facebook and Youtube as it looks …

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Ivana Kottasová / CNNMoney:
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Jesse Wegman / New York Times:
Lyle Denniston, a well-known reporter who has covered the Supreme Court for 58 years, retired last week at age 86

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David Bond / Financial Times:
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Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Sources: EU may accept Apple's proposal to open its NFC payments tech to rivals, and may close its antitrust probe in May, letting Apple avoid hefty fines

George Steer / Financial Times:
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