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Joan E. Solsman / CNET:
Apple adds a browse tab and sidebar to Apple News and is integrating a news sidebar into Stocks app — Apple is adding a new browse tab and sidebar to its Apple News curation of articles, the company said Monday at its Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, California.
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Nieman Lab, TechCrunch and CNBC, more at Techmeme »
Tony Maglio / The Wrap:
Discovery signs $2B deal with PGA Tour for international broadcast rights through 2030, will develop a PGA Tour-branded OTT streaming service — Discovery and the PGA Tour have struck a massive $2 billion deal for tournament rights outside of the United States through 2030.
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Bloomberg, Ad Age, Broadcasting & Cable, Adweek, Multichannel News, MediaPost and Business Insider
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Sy Hersh's new memoir was born out of a failed book project on Dick Cheney which he had to abandon when his sources grew fearful amid govt crackdown on leakers — WASHINGTON — Seymour M. Hersh didn't even want to write a memoir. — He had been on contract for a book about Dick Cheney, the former vice president.
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism hires ex-Gizmodo Media Group CEO Raju Narisetti to run its Knight-Bagehot program for business journalists — The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism has hired Raju Narisetti to run its Knight-Bagehot program for business journalists.
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journalism.columbia.edu, @columbiajourn, @aparnamuk, @craignewmark, @ghoshworld, @jeffjohnroberts and @mitrakalita
The Verge:
Apple to bring live sports, news, and access to Charter Spectrum channels to Apple TV; iTunes Movies and Apple TV 4K will offer Dolby Atmos — Along with better support for cable companies like Spectrum — Apple announced some new features for its Apple TV set-top box during WWDC today.
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VentureBeat, TechCrunch and VentureBeat, more at Techmeme »
Alexis C. Madrigal / The Atlantic:
TV viewing in America peaked to ~9 hours per day in 2010, and remains at about 8 hours per day today despite Netflix, Amazon Prime, Facebook Video, and YouTube — With Netflix and Amazon Prime, Facebook Video and YouTube, it's tempting to imagine that the tech industry destroyed TV.
Discussion:
@alexismadrigal
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Source: Twitter disbands live video unit, folds it into content partnerships team; ex-Head of News Peter Greenberger and exec Todd Swidler are leaving — Global video-partnerships head Todd Swidler, head of news Peter Greenberger are leaving the company — Twitter has disbanded …
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Seeking Alpha
Hadas Gold / CNNMoney:
The White House has announced its intent to nominate Bannon ally Michael Pack to lead the Broadcasting Board of Governors — Pro-Trump media's mission to take down Mueller — President Donald Trump will nominate a conservative documentarian and Stephen Bannon ally to lead a large government agency …
Rukmini Callimachi / New York Times:
NYT journalists behind “The ISIS Files” answer readers' questions about the methods and ethics of collecting and publishing the 15K Islamic State documents — Rukmini Callimachi joined The New York Times in March 2014 as a foreign correspondent, covering Al Qaeda and the Islamic State.
Discussion:
American Press Institute
Columbia Journalism Review:
Study of editors at 135 of the largest English-language newspapers in the US finds 73% are male, 90% white, 60% have a journalism degree, and 7% went to an Ivy — The editors of 135 of the country's biggest English-language newspapers are a well-educated bunch: Almost a third have an advanced degree …
Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
Reporters say it's becoming more difficult to cover the White House, with Trump's inner circle shrinking and sources now afraid to talk — Trump is acting on his own. His inner circle has shrunk. And sources are being more careful than ever — or trying.
Discussion:
@clarajeffery, @rschooley, @buzzfeednews and @perlberg
Andrew Eversden / Current:
Indian Country Today relaunches with a business model focused on grant funding and audience donations and will produce a newscast for Native radio stations — Indian Country Today, a publication focused on Native American issues, is relaunching Monday with a business model styled …