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6:20 AM ET, August 7, 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:
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
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
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 …
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.
Discussion: 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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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
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
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Radio network Entercom is buying 45% of DGital Media, a podcast producer whose roster includes political shows like Pod Save America
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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: Broadcasting & Cable
Dani Deahl / The Verge:
YouTube Red subscribers can now save songs, albums, and playlists for offline listening in YouTube Music app
Discussion: Android Central and Engadget
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