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1:00 PM ET, June 5, 2018

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Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Fox News apologizes for using misleading pictures of Philadelphia Eagles kneeling in prayer, during segment about White House visit and anthem protest  —  Mayor: Trump ‘childish’ for nixing Eagles' visit  —  Fox News apologized Tuesday after receiving a torrent of criticism over the network's use …
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
The UK government approves bid from US media giant Comcast to take over Sky, indicates it will approve 21st Century Fox's rival bid if they sell Sky News  —  UK government conditionally clears Fox and Comcast offers, setting up bidding war  —  The UK government has approved a bid …
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
Sources: Rupert Murdoch meddled in Lachlan Murdoch's efforts to oust Fox News co-president Jack Abernethy; Fox News having trouble monetizing pro-Trump coverage  —  Rupert thwarted the revenge firing of an old Lachlan adversary—and it's not the new Fox News's only problem.
Stewart Clarke / Variety:
Vice strikes deal with UK broadcaster Channel 4 to add 900 hours of programming, including 200 hours of new content, to its on-demand service All4  —  More than 900 hours of Vice programming will be available on Channel 4's All4 on-demand service after the youth brand struck a deal with the British broadcaster.
Variety:
Harvey Weinstein appeared before a Manhattan court on Tuesday morning and pleaded not guilty to rape and other charges of sexual misconduct  —  Harvey Weinstein pled not guilty on Tuesday morning to charges of rape and other acts of sexual misconduct.  —  The charges involve two alleged victims.
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
The New York Times' crossword app has 400K standalone subscribers who either pay $6.95 per month or get a 50% discount with a Times subscription  —  In the past two years, The New York Times has doubled the number of subscribers to its crossword app, according to a press release from the Times.
Discussion: @mathewi and Business Wire
Kali Hays / WWD:
The Wall Street Journal's desk editors have been told they need to reapply for their positions, amid the newsroom's continued restructure  —  The Wall Street Journal is still reorganizing its newsroom and editors are taking the brunt of it.  Members of The Journal's deep bench of desk editors …
Discussion: @bysamro
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Sports site The Athletic says it has more than 100K subscribers who are charged either $5 a month or $60 per year; skeptics say subscription model is risky  —  Premium salaries lure writers; skeptics caution business model is risky  —  Stephen Curry, the star point guard for the Golden State Warriors …
Sarah Jones / Columbia Journalism Review:
Journalists discuss the hardships of entering the business with low-income backgrounds and the difficulty in placing stories on poverty and class  —  How journalism got so out of touch with the people it covers  —  To become a journalist, Rajaa Elidrissi knew she would need a strategy.
Supantha Mukherjee / Reuters:
Thomson Reuters named Brian Peccarelli and Neil Masterson as its co-chief operating officers on Monday as part of a reorg, which also sees four execs leaving  —  (Reuters) - Financial news and information company Thomson Reuters (TRI.N)(TRI.TO) named Brian Peccarelli and Neil Masterson …
 
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Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
UK trade body Association for Online Publishing, which represents Condé Nast and The Guardian, says its members lost £13.7M due to ad-blocking in 2017
Katherine Cowdrey / The Bookseller:
English PEN says it is reviewing its policies, after family of murdered journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia said PEN board member's law firm had harassed her
Max Willens / Digiday:
Podcaster Wondery to fully adopt IAB's new measurement transition; transition sees double-digit percentage drop for downloads amid artificially inflated counts
Sahil Patel / Digiday:
Amazon hasn't said how many Prime members use Prime Video Channels, which has become a big distributor for OTT networks; networks not worried about ceding power
Jason Lynch / Adweek:
Nickelodeon President Cyma Zarghami steps down after more than 30 years at the company, 10 years at the helm, COO Sarah Levy named interim president
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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
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
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple has renewed discussions with OpenAI about using its technology to power some features in iOS 18; talks with Google on using Gemini remain ongoing

Ryan Vlastelica / Bloomberg:
Alphabet closes above a $2T market cap for the first time, reaching a valuation of $2.15T after rising 10% on April 26, its biggest one-day jump since July 2015

Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai, Jensen Huang, and others join a board for advising the DHS on deploying AI safely within US critical infrastructure
 
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