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1:55 AM ET, July 9, 2017

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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.
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
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
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.
Cory Doctorow / Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Amid Unprecedented Controversy, W3C Greenlights DRM for the Web  —  Early today, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) standards body publicly announced its intention to publish Encrypted Media Extensions (EME)—a DRM standard for web video—with no safeguards whatsoever for accessibility …
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.
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.
Gwyneth Doland / Columbia Journalism Review:
Alternative weeklies are trying to stay afloat by launching their own nonprofits and partnering with advocacy groups that have a direct interest in coverage  —  JULIE ANN GRIMM was at an annual convention of alternative news organizations last year when it struck her: Why not start a nonprofit?
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 …
 
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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
Tom Ley / Deadspin:
SB Nation removed a post written by an editor, that alluded to a Boston Celtics player coming “out of the closet” but won't confirm if the editor was fired
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