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12:50 PM ET, August 2, 2017

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Pete Vernon / Columbia Journalism Review:
Politico published full transcript of WSJ's interview with Trump, after paper only ran excerpts; transcript shows friendly chat between Trumps, WSJ EIC Baker  —  The Wall Street Journal got a sit-down interview with the President of the United States on July 25 as he was engaged in a war …
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.
Claudia Koerner / BuzzFeed:
Trump has launched a news program, hosted by his daughter-in-law Lara and streamed via his Facebook page, promising “REAL news”  —  In one video, Lara Trump said she'd be back every week to provide updates on the president's accomplishments.  —  After months of denigrating …
Discussion: thecut, Boing Boing, RT and Mediaite
Dolia Estevez / Forbes:
SEC filing: Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim sold $10M worth of shares in the New York Times, a day after the paper posted Q2 earnings  —  Mexican telecom mogul Carlos Slim Helú sold $10 million worth of shares in the New York Times, according to a report filed Tuesday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Discussion: The New York Observer
ABC News:
Coalition of journalism organizations launch US Press Freedom Tracker with donation from Rep. Greg Gianforte who body-slammed a reporter  —  A coalition of press freedom advocates launched the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker on Wednesday, a first-of-its-kind database that will document affronts to press freedom in the United States.
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: @sulliview and @dpfunke
David Ford / Fusion Media Group:
Susie Banikarim, formerly chief content officer at Vocativ, appointed editorial director of Gizmodo Media Group  —  Gizmodo Media Group is thrilled to announce that Susie Banikarim has been named Editorial Director.  In this role she will oversee all editorial operations for Gizmodo …
Discussion: Variety, @oliverdarcy and @raju
Facebook:
Facebook says it will start ranking faster loading web pages higher in News Feed over the coming months, warns that some sites could face a fall in traffic  —  We're always listening to our community to understand how we can improve their experience of News Feed.
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.
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.
Blake Montgomery / BuzzFeed:
PayPal, GoFundMe, Patreon have suspended the accounts of a number of alt-right bloggers and personalities, causing a backlash and accusations of political bias  —  Prominent members of the so-called alt-right and other right-wing movements often rely on crowdfunding platforms …
 
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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
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
Washington Post:
How Facebook unevenly silences posts about discrimination, censoring important conversations, while often allowing blatantly racist content to remain
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
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