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Anthony Bourdain, writer, chef, and TV host, has died by suicide at age 61 — New York (CNN)Anthony Bourdain, a gifted storyteller and writer who took CNN viewers around the world, has died. He was 61. — CNN confirmed Bourdain's death on Friday and said the cause of death was suicide.
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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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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The Trump administration's seizure of a reporter's phone and email records chills every serious reporter and follows a clear blueprint from the Obama era — It was never a question of “if.” — It was always a matter of “when.” — The seizure of a New York Times reporter's phone …
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Washington Post:
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 …
Greg Wilson / Fox News:
Charles Krauthammer, Pulitzer-winning Washington Post political analyst and Fox News contributor, reveals he is in the final stages of losing battle with cancer — Charles Krauthammer, the beloved and brilliant Fox News Channel personality who gave up a pioneering career in psychiatry …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Verizon names CTO Hans Vestberg CEO effective August 1, 2018, replacing current CEO Lowell McAdam — Lowell McAdam is stepping down as CEO of Verizon Communications on Aug. 1, to be replaced by former Ericsson chief exec Hans Vestberg, the telco announced Friday.
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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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Jon Levine / The Wrap:
Esquire hires Ryan Lizza as chief political correspondent; Lizza was fired from The New Yorker in late 2017 after a review of sexual misconduct allegations — Lizza was previously fired over a sexual misconduct accusation — Esquire had hired CNN contributor Ryan Lizza to serve …
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Marlee Baldridge / Nieman Lab:
Pew survey: American public broadcasting in good health as monthly sessions in the NPR apps, radio station memberships, and audiences for member stations rise — It was barely a year ago that PBS and NPR fans were worried about whether American public broadcasting might be about to disappear.
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Nikil Saval / Columbia Journalism Review:
Today's smaller newsrooms are not only the result of the internet; newspapers have faced corporate pressure for profits and worker productivity for decades — The news has become faster, better, stronger. But how much is too much? — 2897 WORDS — Photographs by William Mebane
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Mark Di Stefano / BuzzFeed:
Britain's That's TV, which has licenses in 14 markets, is circumventing the rules of an initiative to foster local news to receive subsidies from the BBC — Former Tory culture minister Ed Vaizey says the government must now “pull the plug” on the failed Local TV initiative, following a BuzzFeed News investigation into That's TV.
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Dell Cameron / Gizmodo:
Former FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler says the agency's comment system wasn't hit by a DDoS attack in 2014 during net neutrality debate, as claimed by ex-FCC IT chief — A former FCC senior official who issued false statements to reporters, claiming a cyberattack hobbled the agency's comment system …
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