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9:00 PM ET, August 6, 2017

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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Fox News suspends Eric Bolling while it investigates reports that he sent lewd photos to female colleagues  —  Fox News has suspended Eric Bolling following the report last night about allegations he send lewd photos to female colleagues.  —  Mediaite received the following statement from Fox News:
Jason Silverstein / New York Daily News:
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein: “We don't prosecute reporters for doing their jobs”, won't rule out prosecutions, says no policies have been revised yet  —  The Justice Department likely won't be going after journalists for publishing leaks on the Trump administration …
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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 …
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
Ken Doctor / TheStreet:
Six major US newspaper companies demand that LexisNexis stop distributing their content to media monitoring organizations  —  Six major U.S. newspaper companies have demanded that LexisNexis, a major aggregator and distributor of news content, stop business practices that the publishers …
Discussion: Nieman Lab
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Columbia Journalism School is launching a new master of science in data journalism, the school's fourth degree, for just just under $100K  —  Say a highly-placed source has a mountain of incriminating data they want to make public.  Who are they going to send it to?
Discussion: @kreissdaniel
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Monocle launches short-run, 48-page, summer print newspaper, financed through ads and preorders with issues available on newsstands for £5  —  “We've spent a lot of time looking at the state of the international news market and looking at what's working and what's not working …
Eric Johnson / Recode:
Tonia O'Connor, Univision's newly appointed CRO, says some of the former Gawker verticals will get shows on Fusion TV  —  Tonia O'Connor, Univision's newly appointed CRO, says some of the former Gawker verticals, now called Gizmodo Media, will get shows on Fusion TV.
Harun Maruf / Voice of America:
Somalia's National University to reopen its journalism school for the first time in 26 years, with classes beginning as soon as next month  —  Being a journalist in Somalia carries both risk and reward.  The risk comes from al-Shabab militants and other armed groups who have killed …
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Radio network Entercom is buying 45% of Dgital Media, a podcast producer whose roster includes political shows like Pod Save America  —  The broadcaster is taking a 45 percent stake in the startup.  —  Earlier this week, podcast startup Gimlet raised $15 million — which gave us the opportunity …
 
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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Brown Sugar, a streaming video service for blaxploitation films and similar fare, launches a channel on Roku
Discussion: Multichannel News
Dani Deahl / The Verge:
YouTube Red subscribers can now save songs, albums, and playlists for offline listening in YouTube Music app
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
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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
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing

Kevin Roose / New York Times:
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