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1:50 PM ET, July 12, 2017

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Washington Post:
Sources: to defend Donald Trump Jr., GOP operatives are going to try and discredit the reporters covering the story, using conservative media to attack them  —  The White House has been thrust into chaos after days of ever-worsening revelations about a meeting between Donald Trump Jr …
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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
How pro-Trump media reacted to Donald J. Trump Jr.'s emails, based on internal Slack chatter at Breitbart, Fox broadcasts, and more  —  Donald Trump Jr. released emails moments before N.Y. Times report  —  Raheem Kassam, editor-in-chief of Breitbart London, reacted to the story …
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Sources: investigators are examining whether Trump's digital operation, run by Jared Kushner, helped guide Russia's fake news attacks on Clinton in 2016  —  WASHINGTON  —  Investigators at the House and Senate Intelligence committees and the Justice Department are examining whether …
Thuy Ong / The Verge:
Netflix, Spotify, and Twitter among companies rallying today in support of today's “Net Neutrality Day of Action” protest  —  Amazon, Reddit, Facebook, Google and Twitter are fighting the FCC's changes  —  Technology giants like Amazon, Spotify, Reddit, Facebook, Google …
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Ted Johnson / Variety:
Sparking skeptical responses, AT&T says it will join other tech and media firms in Wednesday's “day of action” protesting rollback of net neutrality rules  —  Senior Editor @tedstew  —  On Wednesday, thousands of websites, public interest groups, and internet companies are staging a …
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Khari Johnson / VentureBeat:
Facebook to gradually expand worldwide beta of display ads in Messenger's Home screen, which follow an auction-based model  —  Facebook Messenger will start to extend its home screen ads beta worldwide in the weeks ahead, Messenger head of product Stan Chudnovsky announced today.
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Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Dana Canedy is the first woman and person of color to serve as the administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes  —  The Pulitzer Prizes announced Wednesday that journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winner Dana Canedy will be the next administrator of the annual journalism competition.
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Digital publisher Thrillist names Ocean MacAdams, formerly head of GoPro's entertainment division, as its president, replacing co-founder Adam Rich  —  The one-time MTV executive will oversee video production efforts at the male-skewing online publisher.  —  Thrillist has tapped …
Discussion: @natjarv and @bmorrissey
Natalia Scalzaretto / Reuters:
Google will allow users to post stories, videos, and photos on Google Earth within the next 2-3 years, the project's Director Rebecca Moore said on Tuesday  —  2 MIN READ  —  RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) wants users to post millions of stories, video and photos …
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Judith Matloff / Columbia Journalism Review:
Profile of husband and wife, Jennifer Griffin and Greg Myre, who cover the same beat, national security, she for Fox and he for NPR  —  The phone call came in the middle of the night from a US military source involved in the air campaign against ISIS.  It was September 2015 …
Discussion: @nprextra and @cjr
 
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