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11:50 AM ET, August 5, 2017

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Trevor Timm / Columbia Journalism Review:
As pundits decry leaks of transcripts of the president's calls with foreign leaders, it is clear that news value and public interest outweigh any damage  —  The Washington Post made waves on Thursday when it published the full transcripts of President Trump's erratic phone calls with the leaders …
Sam Levine / HuffPost:
Attorney General Jeff Sessions says the DoJ is reviewing its policy on media subpoenas as part of a crackdown on leaks  —  “We will not allow rogue anonymous sources with security clearances to sell out our country," the attorney general said Friday.  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Friday …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Leaks must be handled with care, but they're necessary, and leakers and journalists who depend on them should be honored, not jailed  —  Ever since taking office, President Trump has been condemning leaks, leakers and the journalists they leak to.  —  “I've actually called the Justice Department …
Discussion: @sangernyt
Wall Street Journal:
Google is working on Stamp, a Snapchat-like feature based on AMP with stories findable in search and on publisher sites, is talking with Vox, CNN, WaPo, more  —  ‘Stamp’ media product is based around company's ‘AMP’ mobile web pages  —  Google is developing technology to let publishers …
Adi Robertson / The Verge:
Inside Patreon, which has 50K active creators, 1M+ patrons, is set to process $150M in 2017, and supports a myriad of people that otherwise may not get funding  —  In 2013, Peter Hollens was an aspiring a cappella singer surviving, in his words, by living on ramen in someone else's house.
Discussion: @jimprosser
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Recent clashes in the White House press room have spurred debate about where the line between legitimate journalistic inquiry ends and incivility begins  —  Reporters are supposed to push their sources for answers.  But how far can they push before “aggressive reporting” starts to look like badgering, grandstanding or just plain rude?
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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Brown Sugar, a streaming video service for blaxploitation films and similar fare, launches a channel on Roku  —  Brown Sugar, the streaming video service that bills itself as being “like Netflix, only blacker,” officially launched a channel on Roku streaming devices Friday.
Discussion: Multichannel News
Silvia Killingsworth / The Awl:
The Awl has migrated from Medium back to WordPress, its former content management system  —  Good morning!  How did you sleep?  Me neither.  —  As you may have noticed, The Awl looks a bit different today—that's because we moved back to WordPress, our former (robot voice, arms) content management system.
Dani Deahl / The Verge:
YouTube Red subscribers can now save songs, albums, and playlists for offline listening in YouTube Music app  —  Offline mode just got a major upgrade  —  YouTube Red users have had the option to listen to music offline in YouTube Music for some time, but only through the offline mixtape feature …
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
The Wall Street Journal names Jason Anders as its chief news editor, a newly created role  —  Wall Street Journal deputy editor Matt Murray sent out the following announcement on Friday:
David Uberti / Splinter:
Slate management calls for second union vote, with paper ballots and run by the NLRB; organizers agree on vote, but want it run by a private third party  —  Slate has been a solidly liberal voice online for the past two decades.  So when its staff decided to form a union earlier this year, they didn't expect a drawn-out labor fight.
 
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Teresa Mioli / Journalism in the Americas:
The Buenos Aires Herald, one of the last English-language newspapers in Latin America, is closing after 140 years in print
Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
Maria Elena Salinas is leaving Univision as an evening news anchor after more than three decades on the air
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Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Sources: EU may accept Apple's proposal to open its NFC payments tech to rivals, and may close its antitrust probe in May, letting Apple avoid hefty fines

George Steer / Financial Times:
Nvidia closed down 10% on Friday, falling the most since March 2020 and losing more than $200B of its market value, as investors pull back from AI bets

Gaby Del Valle / The Verge:
The US Senate reauthorizes FISA's Section 702; some communication service providers had threatened to stop cooperating with the US government in case of a lapse

 
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