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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Facebook partners with seven news orgs, including ABC News, CNN, and Fox News, to roll out a series of news shows on Facebook Watch this summer — After going through the fake-news wringer, Facebook is shelling out money on original news content. The strategy is partly aimed at driving …
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Noreen Malone / New York Magazine:
The New Yorker's editorial staff are unionizing with the NewsGuild of New York — The era of white-collar organized labor is fully upon us: the editorial staff of The New Yorker wants to unionize. This morning, organizers sent a letter to the magazine's editor, David Remnick …
Michael Wilson / New York Times:
A Brooklyn eatery lost customers and faced a massive online backlash after a HuffPost article identified its owner as the brother of a right-wing troll — The night that ended far differently started out normal. It was Thursday at Mekelburg's, a busy Brooklyn grocery with a cafe and bar …
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Nick Baumann / HuffPost:
After naming woman behind anti-Muslim Twitter account, a HuffPost reporter's Twitter account was temporarily suspended, while he and colleagues were threatened
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Pan Kwan Yuk / Financial Times:
Daily Mail's Paul Dacre to step down in November as editor, a post he has held for 26 years, will serve as chairman and editor-in-chief of Associated Newspapers — Paul Dacre will step down as editor of the Daily Mail in November, bringing the curtain down on a 26-year run at the tabloid …
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The Guardian, @janinegibson, @jimwaterson, The Independent, @newstatesman and @bethrigby
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook tests Lip Sync Live feature to compete with musical.ly and says users can now upload videos with copyrighted music — Facebook users will no longer have their uploaded videos with copyrighted background music taken down thanks to a slew of deals with all the major record labels plus many indies.
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Tim Peterson / Digiday:
Snap hires Flipboard's ex-Head of Publisher Partnerships Sarah Gallagher to lead its newly created 12-person support team for publishers — Snapchat is looking to get publishers more invested into the platform with a key new hire of a publishing veteran. — Former Flipboard …
Jason Schwartz / Politico:
Details of media access to next week's summit between Trump and Kim Jong Un in Singapore remain unsettled; journalists hope White House pushes for broad access — Reporters express concerns about the historic summit between the president and a repressive dictator in a host country known for censorship.
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Hannah Karp / Billboard:
Sources: Spotify has offered advance fees to managers and indie acts in exchange for licensing music directly to Spotify, cutting out music labels in some cases — Spotify has offered advances to a number of managers and indie acts in exchange for licensing their music directly to the streaming service, sources tell Billboard.
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Tim Peterson / Digiday:
Sources: YouTube has been interviewing people with proven journalism backgrounds for a position that is believed to relate to a new YouTube news initiative — YouTube, like Facebook, has a spotty history when it comes to news content. But, also like the social network …
Jon Levine / The Wrap:
Fox News host Shannon Bream offered an on-air apology on Tuesday night following Monday segment on Philadelphia Eagles players — Fox News host Shannon Bream offered an on-air apology on Tuesday night following a Monday segment where she suggested that Philadelphia Eagles players who were kneeling …
Taylor Lorenz / The Atlantic:
YouTube suspended some prominent gambling channels starting last week, citing community guidelines violations; some accounts have been reinstated after appeals — “This is my full-time job. You spend so many years to build it up and they can just erase it with one button."
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@rachelmetz, @thebigjackpotli, @letsgiveitaspin and Social Blade
Matthew Flamm / Crain's New York Business:
Business publication Fast Company is unionizing with the Writers Guild of America East — Business magazine's 40 editorial staffers become 14th media group to join the Writers Guild of America East — Joe Ricketts could not stop the trend of media outlets unionizing. In fact, he may have helped it.
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