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DOJ seized years of phone and email records of NYT national security reporter Ali Watkins as part of an investigation into leaks of classified information — WASHINGTON — Federal law enforcement officials secretly seized years' worth of a New York Times reporter's phone and email records …
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Former director of security for Senate Intelligence Committee, James A. Wolfe, is charged with lying to FBI about repeated contacts with three reporters — By Washington Post Staff June 7 at 10:39 PM — James A. Wolfe, 58, the former director of security for the Senate Intelligence Committee …
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Sources: in reorg, BuzzFeed is cutting 20 jobs on the business side as Chief Revenue Officer Lee Brown writes in a memo that it's also hiring for over 45 jobs — It's part of a move away from Facebook and toward other revenue sources. — BuzzFeed, which laid off about 100 people last fall …
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Agence France-Presse:
Sources: BuzzFeed plans to shut down its French version after four years, with 14 staff set to lose jobs; chief editor calls the move “brutal” and “unexpected” — Paris (AFP) - US news website BuzzFeed is to shut down its French version after four years online, staff told AFP on Thursday.
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Joe Otterson / Variety:
Apple will develop Shantaram, a novel about an Australian man on the run in Bombay, as a drama series; news follows Apple's announcement of two half-hour series — In a competitive situation, Apple has landed the rights to develop Gregory David Robert's novel “Shantaram” as a drama series.
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Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Amazon buys rights to exclusively livestream 20 Premier League football matches per season for three seasons starting from 2019 — US online retailer will exclusively livestream 20 matches per season from 2019 — Amazon has broken Sky and BT's stranglehold on Premier League football …
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Ilyse Liffreing / Digiday:
Direct-to-consumer brands lower their Facebook ad spend and turn to radio, print, and Instagram as competition for space has made Facebook ads too expensive — Four years ago, when Rich Fulop founded Brooklinen, the direct-to-consumer luxury bedding startup, the customer acquisition strategy …
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@digiday, @petersontee and @jyarow
Mike Farrell / Multichannel News:
PricewaterhouseCoopers predicts over-the-top TV revenue, which grew 15.2% in 2017 to $20.1B, will rise 12.2% this year and reach $30.6B by 2022 — Study says international growth, original content will fuel increases — PricewaterhouseCoopers predicts that over-the-top revenue …
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Geordie Greig, current editor of The Mail on Sunday and previously of the London Evening Standard and Tatler, will become the new editor of the Daily Mail — Editor of Mail on Sunday to replace Paul Dacre who is stepping down after 26 years — Geordie Greig is to be the new editor of the Daily Mail …
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Stephanie Chan / VentureBeat:
Facebook launches fb.gg, a portal where users can browse gaming livestreams, and gives emerging streamers access to monetization tools with Level Up program — Facebook launched its Gaming Creator program in January to boost gaming livestreams on its platform.
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TechCrunch, Tubefilter, Variety, Facebook, Adweek and Engadget, more at Techmeme »
Vivian Schiller / Civil:
Veteran media executive Vivian Schiller is named CEO of the Civil Foundation, a nonprofit that will set journalistic standards for media startup Civil — Editor's note: Vivian Schiller has been appointed as the inaugural CEO of the Civil Foundation, an independent, nonprofit organization …
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@mg, @kwerb and @rasmus_kleis
Mark Di Stefano / BuzzFeed:
Guardian cartoonist objects after editor refused to publish his cartoon of a slain Palestinian medic in a fireplace between Theresa May and Benjamin Netanyahu — Steve Bell hit back at the Guardian for claims his cartoon had Nazi overtones. … Guardian cartoonist Steve Bell has written …
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