Mediagazer: Sources: Snap has asked top US college newspapers to make campus editions for Snapchat Discover section, will share ad revenue with school or publication (Alex Heath/Business Insider)

10:45 PM ET, August 1, 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

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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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Neal Rothschild / Axios:

Pro-Trump media icons like Mike Cernovich are beating NYT, Bloomberg, others on White House stories, giving credibility to the fake news stories they publish — Before the tweet left President Trump's fingers, alt-right digital media personality Mike Cernovich had already reported …

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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Scaramucci interview gives The New Yorker's website a huge traffic bump, with 4.4M unique visitors; subscriptions also up 92% over daily July average

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New York Times:
Trump has removed Anthony Scaramucci from his position as communications director

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

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

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 …

Discussion: 9to5Mac and Billboard

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 — Snapchat is going back to college. — The company has asked college newspapers to produce local campus editions for its Discover section …

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 — Trinity Mirror is looking to find a further £5m in annual cost savings after reporting a £55m decline in revenue …

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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Jim Waterson / BuzzFeed:

BrexitCentral, a new site where five of seven staffers worked for Vote Leave, gains Parliament gallery access, which is unusual for a new partisan outlet — How to turn a campaign into a journalistic outlet approved by parliament. — A pro-Brexit website run by former Vote Leave campaigners …

Discussion: @walesforeurope, @alexgspence and BuzzFeed

John Koblin / New York Times:

Interview with new MTV president Chris McCarthy on reviving Total Request Live, pulling the plug on MTV News, and more — On a recent Wednesday afternoon, Chris McCarthy, the newish president of MTV, was standing at a corner of 44th Street and Broadway and gazing up at the second floor of Viacom's Manhattan headquarters.

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Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times:

Spotify passes 60M paying customers, adding over 20M so far in 2017, as sources say it plans for IPO on NYSE later this year — Unconventional public debut of music streaming service based on subscription success — Read next … Spotify has reached 60m paying customers …

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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Spotify to double down on original content and fund a new batch of podcasts in coming months, as it promotes shows from established producers

Discussion: Nieman Lab and RAIN News