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Israel's communication minister asks parliament for authority to revoke media credentials of Al Jazeera journalists and close the network's office in Jerusalem — Request made by the country's communication minister targets both the network's Arabic and English channels.
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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:
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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 …
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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 …
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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
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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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@reliablesources, @devlinbarrett, @ggreenwald, Business Insider, @mkraju, Reuters and The Week
Ian Burrell / The Drum:
Politico Europe plans expansion into UK by launching London Playbook newsletter in September and putting the Brexit Files newsletter behind its paywall — It is hardly what Brexit voters intended but the previously hobbling European Union now steps out into the media glare with a self-important strut …
Jeffrey Dastin / Reuters:
Amazon ramps up spending on creating and licensing TV shows and films, but returns on the investments are unclear — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) is quickly ramping up the billions of dollars a year it spends on creating and licensing TV shows and films …
Kevin Roose / New York Times:
How deep-pocketed political donors invest in meme production to sway the masses, with some Dems trying to catch up by funding their own viral content studios — Imagine you're a millionaire or billionaire with strong political views and a desire to spread those views to the masses.
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.
Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
Chartbeat adds subscriber analytics to its dashboard — the “single most requested feature” — Do paying users behave differently than non-paying users? — Heads up, Chartbeat users: if you've ever wished for a way to see how subscribers respond to content differently than non-subscribers, your wish has now been granted.
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Poynter and Chartbeat Blog
Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Facebook tests showing posts from local politicians in News Feed even for users not following those politicians, at most once per week — You may soon see posts from politicians you don't follow. — Facebook is testing a new feature that inserts posts from local politicians into users' News Feeds …
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Engadget and Adweek, more at Techmeme »
Corey Hutchins / Columbia Journalism Review:
The public-records battle by a Raycom-owned TV station for officials' text messages highlights all-too-common hurdles reporters can face in FOIA disputes — A PAIR OF NORTH CAROLINA sheriff's offices, in Ashe and Union counties, have a couple things in common.
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The Charlotte Observer, @coreyhutchins and @ncopengov
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