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8:25 AM ET, June 10, 2018

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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Anthony Bourdain, writer, chef, and TV host, has died by suicide at age 61  —  Remembering the life of Anthony Bourdain  —  Programming note: CNN will air “Remembering Anthony Bourdain,” a special report on the life and legacy of the chef, storyteller and writer, tonight at 10 p.m. ET.
New York Times:
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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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Press advocates bash US government's seizure of years of email and phone data from NYT reporter Ali Watkins, covering time she worked at multiple outlets  —  The revelation that federal prosecutors seized years' worth of email and phone records from a New York Times reporter drew criticism …
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 …
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
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Pixar co-founder John Lasseter, on leave since November following misconduct allegations, will not return to Disney but will have a consulting role through 2018  —  LOS ANGELES — John Lasseter, the animation titan who has been on leave from the Walt Disney Company since November because of what he called …
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 …
George Slefo / Ad Age:
Sources: Defy Media has left some publishers unpaid, with amounts up to $40K, since shutting down its programmatic ads division  —  Defy Media recent decision to shut down its business serving ads has left some publishers unpaid, according to publishers and executives familiar with the company's situation.
Marta Martinez / Nieman Lab:
Colombia's El Spectador is connecting with millennial audiences via La Pulla, a weekly YouTube series with 500K+ subscribers that examines complex subjects  —  La Pulla is run out of El Espectador, Colombia's oldest newspaper.  But to remain independent, the team fundraises for its own salaries, equipment, and expenses.
Bloomberg:
European broadcasters emulate Hulu as they try to join forces to build streaming platforms to fight the expansion of Netflix, HBO, and Amazon into Europe  —  Broadcasters are setting aside old rivalries to battle a common streaming enemy.  —  , and  —  For the past two decades …
Louise Matsakis / Wired:
Britannica Insights Chrome extension offers snippets from the encyclopedia to accompany Google's featured snippet results  —  IN JANUARY 2014, Google made a fundamental change to its search product: It started showing answers to user queries directly in so-called snippets, no further clicks required.
Hannah Karp / Billboard:
Sources: Spotify offers several hundred thousand dollar advances to music managers and indie acts for direct licensing, to earn 50% of revenue per stream  —  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.
Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Ex-Tronc Chairman Ferro behind the delayed sale of LAT and San Diego Union Tribune to Patrick Soon-Shiong as Ferro pressures Soon-Shiong to buy all of Tronc  —  “Any would-be scenarios involving Tronc include odd tradeoffs, weird valuations, and questions of sheer feasibility."
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Marlee Baldridge / Nieman Lab:
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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