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Joe Pompeo / Politico:
BuzzFeed EIC Ben Smith criticizes CNN for not defending Andrew Kaczynski, says along with recent resignations of three reporters, it sends a “terrible signal” — A CNN REBUKE FROM BEN SMITH - We were emailing yesterday and he had some thoughts on the latest CNN debacle …
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Michael Calderone / HuffPost:
Senator Amy Klobuchar asks AG Jeff Sessions whether White House contacted his office about AT&T/Time Warner deal, says any interference is unacceptable — If the White House interfered with the AT&T-Time Warner merger, Sen. Amy Klobuchar said, it would violate the First Amendment.
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Hollywood Reporter, Variety and Washington Post
Michael Calderone / HuffPost:
Report: White House won't support pending AT&T-Time Warner merger if Zucker remains president of CNN, according to a source
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DCReport.org, Recode, New York Times, The Hill, Fortune, AOL, DSLreports, @joeberkowitz, The Week, @jayrosen_nyu, @aynrandpaulryan, @totalbiscuit, @brianstelter and Washington Post
J.K. Trotter / Gizmodo:
Sources: a CNN executive vice president, Rick Davis, wrote the line that caused a furor in Andrew Kaczynski's CNN/Trump video story to explain sourcing decision
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Washington Post, Business Insider, The Daily Caller, Slate, Salon, Engadget, Motherboard, @ggreenwald, @abbydphillip, The Daily Beast, sandiegouniontribune.com, MediaFile, @yipe and @max_fisher
Brandon Weigel / Baltimore City Paper:
Baltimore Sun Media Group, owned by Tronc, plans to close 40-year-old City Paper later this year — The Baltimore Sun Media Group plans to close City Paper later this year. No official end date has been announced for the alt-weekly, now in its 40th year.
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@chrisfromabc2, @burgessev, @erikwemple, wbal.com, @notrivia and Talking New Media
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Rachel Maddow warns other media that her show received a tip with a bogus document about Trump-Russia, in what she thinks was an effort to discredit her — It wouldn't have been the first time that a major media organization had reported a stunning development that turned out to be untrue.
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The Intercept, The Wrap, The Daily Caller, @snowden, @benjaminwittes, @andymschneider, @csmcdaniel, @paulmd199, @benjaminwittes, emptywheel, Salon, HuffPost, The Daily Caller, TVNewser and YouTube
Associated Press:
Milo Yiannopoulos says he is suing Simon & Schuster for breach of contract after publisher canceled book deal; publisher dismisses suit as publicity stunt — NEW YORK (AP) — Polarizing right-wing writer Milo Yiannopoulos filed a $10 million lawsuit against a New York publishing company on Friday over a canceled book deal.
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Circa, once a news app that broke stories into small bites, is reinvented as Sinclair's site aimed at millennials, with some staff close to Fox's Hannity — What was once an imaginative mobile news app has become a big part of Sinclair's national strategy — one that critics say pushes its conservative views on audiences.
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bookforum.com, @jayrosen_nyu, @ylichterman, @ericmorrow11, @shansquared, @laurahazardowen, @digidave and @mg
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
TV networks misspell show names to trick Nielsen's automated rating system into ignoring broadcasts on nights with few viewers — In a game largely sanctioned by TV-ratings firm Nielsen, television networks try to hide shows' poor performances on any given night by forgetting how to spell.
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Vanity Fair, The Daily Caller, The Verge and Mother Jones
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
AP Washington Bureau Chief Julie Pace says undermining the press is central to Trump's agenda; NYT's WH correspondent says journos could be physically attacked — Two veteran White House correspondents, Peter Baker and Julie Pace, on what it's like covering a president like none other.
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@jayrosen_nyu, @kenvogel and @michaelkruse
Lynne Marek / Chicago Business:
Sources: Chicago Sun-Times owner Wrapports is prepared to close the newspaper if plan to sell to Eisendrath falls through and then DoJ contests a sale to Tronc — The owners of the Chicago Sun-Times are prepared to shut down the paper if a deal with an investor group falls through …
Jessica Davies / Digiday:
The Economist is using its subscription and registration data to sell targeted ad campaigns, on-and-off Economist properties — The Economist prizes its high-quality environment, but that doesn't mean it's against audience targeting. — The publisher is tapping into its subscriptions data …
Richard Horgan / Adweek:
Founders of VerySmartBrothas.com, Damon Young and Panama Jackson, fold their indie site into Gizmodo Media Group's The Root, will become senior editors — Young says Gizmodo Media Group was among a number of recent suitors — Damon Young decided to have some fun with the format …
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VSB, Fusion Media Group, Bulletin | BLAVITY and The Root
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Fusion Media Group announces it is rebranding as Splinter, will launch SplinterNews.com on July 24, will focus on news and political commentary — Fusion Media Group announced Friday that their digital publication FUSION will relaunch as “Splinter” (splinternews.com) on Monday, July 24.
Jon Levine / Mediaite:
In a series of tweets sent on Friday, Fox Business anchor Charles Payne vehemently denies sexual harassment allegations against him, calls them “an ugly lie” — Fox Business anchor Charles Payne took to Twitter Friday morning to respond to explosive allegations of sexual harassment recently leveled against him.
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The Wrap, AOL and Media Matters for America
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