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Noah Bierman / Los Angeles Times:
A behind-the-scenes look at the North Korea summit and journalists' efforts to ask Kim Jong Un about denuclearization — It was as good a moment as any. Rivers of sweat rolled down my face amid Singapore's searing heat and 75% humidity. — I was separated by a moat from President Trump …
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale tweeted that CNN reporter Jim Acosta should have had press credentials removed for asking questions at Singapore summit — CNN chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta hit back at President Trump — 's 2020 campaign manager's call for his press credentials …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
NYT to review Ali Watkins' work, including her relationship with Senate Intelligence Committee aide James A. Wolfe and what she disclosed to former employers — The New York Times is reviewing the work history of Ali Watkins, a Washington-based reporter at the newspaper whose email …
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Washington Post:
A Customs and Border Protection agent questioned national security reporter Ali Watkins about her sources in June 2017; agency now is examining agent's actions — The actions of a Customs and Border Protection agent who confronted a reporter covering national security issues …
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Sara Salinas / CNBC:
Judge rules that AT&T can complete its $85B merger with Time Warner, did not impose conditions on the approval — - The Justice Department sued last year to block the merger, citing concerns that AT&T, owner of satellite television provider DirecTV, could charge rival distributors …
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Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Canadian outlet The Logic to offer subscriptions for $300 per year with a focus on the intersection of business, tech, policy, politics, and culture — “Is it a tech story? Is it a business and tech or policy and politics story, is it a cultural story? Well, it's actually all the above …
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Poynter, The Logic, David Skok and Talking Biz News
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Adblock Plus's parent company Eyeo launches Trusted News, a browser extension for Chrome, which helps users identify fake news — eyeo, the company behind the popular browser-based ad block product Adblock Plus, is no stranger to controversy. Which is just as well given its new …
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Bijan Stephen / The Verge:
Newsweek has relied on stories optimized for search engines since Google change last year, leading to stories in bad taste after suicides of Bourdain and Spade — Warning: This piece contains language and content regarding suicide that some people may find sensitive or triggering.
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Vladimir Kozlov / Hollywood Reporter:
Major Russian broadcasters partner to build More.TV, a streaming service with both ad and subscription-based options featuring movies, TV, more, slated for 2019 — More.TV will compete with Netflix and Amazon Prime, also becoming a new vehicle for Hollywood fare.
Financial Times:
Interviews with 25+ employees who worked closely with former WPP boss Martin Sorrell shows routine verbal abuse, and questions about use of company funds — Martin Sorrell's driver had worked for the WPP chief executive for 15 years, ferrying the ad land king around London in a Range Rover.
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The New York Times Company:
The New York Times introduces a personalized weekly newsletter, “Your Weekly Edition”, curated by editors and machine-learning algorithms — The New York Times has introduced “Your Weekly Edition,” an experimental newsletter of the stories readers might have missed, published and delivered every Friday.
Erin Arvedlund / Philly.com:
Tariff on Canadian paper has raised the price of newsprint by about 30%; commerce department decision to make tariff permanent or to scrap it coming late summer — A single tariff benefiting one paper factory in Washington state could prompt the loss of thousands of U.S. newspaper jobs, industry executives say.
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