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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
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Media Matters for America, New York Magazine, Washington Post, Mediaite, The Wrap, TVNewser, @brianstelter and Deadline
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 …
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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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The Guardian, Fox News, The Week, Washington Post, @susan_hennessey, Business Insider, Chicago Tonight, Mediaite, Mashable, Mother Jones, circa.com, KTLA, Vanity Fair, Jezebel, Fortune, New York Magazine, WGN-TV, ABC News, The Daily Caller, Vox and Axios
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Podcast network Gimlet Media raises $15M round led by Stripes Group, sources say at $70M post-money valuation and company to generate ~$15M revenue this year — Podcasts are popular, but the podcast industry is tiny. Here's a bet it will grow. — You are used to reading …
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@pkafka, @hankgreen, Financial Times, Hollywood Reporter and @pkafka
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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 …
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@dpfunke and @sulliview
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.
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Creative Commons, The FADER and Rami Jarrah
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.
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@tomdreisbach and Axios
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 …
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@sarihorwitz, @dangillmor, @sarahemclaugh, @stevenoverly, @matt_cagle, @conor64, Forbes, @drewharwell, @lizzadwoskin and @bayoumimoustafa
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
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Engadget
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: SoundCloud to sell stakes to Raine Group, a boutique bank, and Temasek, Singapore's state investment firm, by end of this week — SoundCloud Ltd. is close to selling stakes to the Raine Group and Temasek Holdings, deals that would help stabilize the owner of the popular music-streaming service …
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9to5Mac and Billboard, more at Techmeme »
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.
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The Wrap, AT&T, MarketWatch and Hollywood Reporter
Vicky Ward / HuffPost:
Fired White House comms chief Anthony Scaramucci speaks out about his rant to The New Yorker's Ryan Lizza, claims “spirit” of the chat was off the record — Anthony Scaramucci tells HuffPost about the highs and lows of his fiery stint at the White House and what that cuss-filled rant was really about.
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Washington Post, ABC News, New Yorker, Vanity Fair, The Wrap, New York Magazine, Slate and BGR
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