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7:30 AM ET, August 2, 2017

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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Lawsuit: Fox News pundit Rod Wheeler claims the network worked with a wealthy Trump supporter and the White House to create a fake story about Seth Rich's death  —  The Fox News Channel and a wealthy supporter of President Trump worked in concert under the watchful eye of the White House …
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Paul Farhi / @farhip:
Fox News President Jay Wallace: lawsuit claim that Fox posted Seth Rich story to “detract” from Russia stories is erroneous, and Fox denies discrimination claim  —  Statement from @foxnews news president Jay Wallace on Rod Wheeler lawsuit claims:pic.twitter.com/bbXDqsZydx
YouTube Blog:
YouTube details additional steps to tackle terrorist content, including machine learning-based detection, consultation with wider panel of experts, more  —  A little over a month ago, we told you about the four new steps we're taking to combat terrorist content on YouTube …
Media Matters for America:
How Circa, Hannity, and other right-leaning media pushed claim that Donald Trump Jr.'s Russia meeting was a “setup”, after Trump's lawyers proposed the idea  —  Trump's legal team suggested giving Trump Jr. meeting details to Circa, spinning meeting as “setup” by Democrats
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Daniel Funke / Poynter:
An incomplete list of 27 people who have taken buyouts at The New York Times includes two bureau chiefs, five Pulitzer Prize winners  —  About three months after The New York Times announced a round of buyouts to shift the newsroom balance toward reporting, a growing list of journalists …
Discussion: @dpfunke and @sulliview
Dell Cameron / Gizmodo:
Gizmodo files FOIA lawsuit for FBI files on Fox News CEO Roger Ailes after first seeking the records May 18  —  This morning, Gizmodo filed a lawsuit against the FBI seeking access to any files it holds on Roger Ailes, the one-time chief executive of Fox News.
Discussion: @tomdreisbach and Axios
Jimmy Wales Foundation:
Sources: Bassel Khartabil, the head of Creative Commons in Syria who had been imprisoned since 2012, was executed shortly after he disappeared in 2015  —  Troubling news coming out of Syria about the death of Bassel Khartabil, the Wikipedian and Head of Creative Common in Syria, who has been imprisoned in Syria since March 15, 2012.
Washington Post:
How Facebook unevenly silences posts about discrimination, censoring important conversations, while often allowing blatantly racist content to remain  —  Francie Latour was picking out produce in a suburban Boston grocery store when a white man leaned toward her two young sons and …
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Amazon outbids Sky for UK rights to tennis' ATP World Tour in a deal thought to be worth £10M/year; it's Amazon's first major live TV sports deal outside the US  —  Amazon Prime streaming service will now show nearly all elite men's tennis events except the four grand slams
Discussion: Engadget
Brent Lang / Variety:
In Q2, Time Warner beats Wall St expectations with revenues up 5% to $7.3B and earnings-per-share up to $1.33/share, up from $1.29/share a year ago  —  Time Warner's second quarter earnings got a boost from “Wonder Woman's” box office success and subscriber growth at its cable operations.
Discussion: The Wrap and AT&T
Joshua Adams / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with Anthony Ponce, who quit his job as an NBC reporter to become a Lyft driver and produce a podcast, Backseat Rider, which has been downloaded 1.5M+ times  —  Anchor and reporter at NBC is a job most journalists dream of having.  Anthony Ponce left just such a gig last year …
 
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Jessie Tseng / AAJA Voices:
AAJA: America's newsrooms on track to miss ASNE's new 2025 workforce diversity deadline; minorities to make up 39% of US, but only 17% of newsroom workforce
Alex Heath / Business Insider:
Sources: Snap has asked top US college newspapers to make campus editions for Snapchat Discover section, will share ad revenue with school or publication
Discussion: The Verge
Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
UK newspaper group Trinity Mirror's half-year revenue down £55M to £320M, as print advertising drops 27% and digital income rises 4.3% to £41.4M
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Dave McNary / Variety:
Lionsgate and Hemisphere Media Group have launched Pantaya, said to be the first Spanish-language streaming service, for $5.99 a month
Gavin J. Blair / Hollywood Reporter:
Sony Pictures posts a loss of $86M for the April to June quarter, compared to a $103M loss in the same period last year
Discussion: The Wrap and The New York Observer