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Jacqueline Alemany / CBS News:
Sources: White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and deputy press secretary Raj Shah to exit the Trump administration; Sanders to leave at year's end — Two of the most visible members of the Trump administration are planning their departures, the latest sign of upheaval in a White House marked by turmoil.
Jane Wakefield / BBC:
Reuters Institute study: usage of Facebook for news has declined in a number of countries including the US, as messaging apps like WhatsApp gain popularity — Fewer people are using Facebook to discover and discuss news, as messaging apps such as WhatsApp gain in popularity, a study has suggested.
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Wall Street Journal:
Comcast offers $65B all-cash bid for most of 21st Century Fox, a 19% premium on Disney's offer, kicking off a potential bidding war with Disney — Offer is seen as kicking off a fight with Disney for the Hollywood studio owner — Comcast Corp. CMCSA -.22% on Wednesday offered to buy …
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Mat Honan / BuzzFeed:
Inside the Open Markets Institute Conference attended by politicians and media execs who discussed the role of Facebook and Google in the media industry — You can't bust a trust if the trust busts you first. — Reporting From Washington, D.C. — The rising anti-Trust movement gathered Tuesday …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
News outlets should make sure to qualify and identify Trump's tweets as false in their headlines to avoid acting simply as retweets promoting his viewpoint — Consider this headline. — In one sense, the headline is true. President Trump did indeed say that there is no longer a nuclear threat from North Korea.
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Rachel Kaser / The Next Web:
Twitter will soon offer users in US personalized news updates, alerting them to events or breaking news based on their interests, like the accounts they follow — Twitter today announced an upcoming addition to its suite of mobile notifications. Namely, it will soon offer users personalized news updates …
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Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Twitter will soon begin curating dedicated pages for events, with tweets, videos, and more, that will be promoted across notifications, Explore tab, and more
Jason Guerrasio / Business Insider:
MoviePass says it surpassed 3M subscribers and expects to hit 5M by the end of the year as growth slows — - MoviePass announced it has passed the 3 million paid subscribers mark. — However, growth for the movie ticket subscription service is slowing.
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Vernon Loeb, Houston Chronicle managing editor, will be the Atlantic's politics editor starting in July as it seeks to double the size of its politics team — Vernon Loeb is a newspaper guy whose career has proceeded in loops. He worked for 17 years at the Philadelphia Inquirer …
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
Sources: CNN President Jeff Zucker quietly renewed his contract through the 2020 election several months ago; AT&T execs were aware and supportive of deal — Donald Trump's old boss, and favorite media adversary, is back for a rematch.
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Axios:
Net neutrality repeal and ruling in AT&T's favor will likely lead to more vertical integration by content providers and change how users experience the internet — The FCC's dissolution of net neutrality regulations took effect Monday. And a landmark court decision on Tuesday approved …
Campbell Brown / Facebook:
Facebook plans to separate archives for political ads and for ads promoting news publishers' political content; publisher archive will be ready in a few weeks — Campbell Brown, Head of Global News Partnerships — I want to clarify some misconceptions around our new political ads policy …
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Todd Shields / Bloomberg:
Sources: FCC's Ajit Pai planning a vote on limits to how many TV stations a company can own on July 12, ahead of court decision on station ownership limits — - Chairman Pai said to be readying proposal for July meeting — Action would come before court verdict affecting Tribune deal
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David Beard / Poynter:
The Boston Globe's health and science site STAT is streaming a 30-minute documentary on the opioid epidemic, charging readers $9.99 to watch it — The Poynter Institute's Morning Mediawire breaks down and delivers the most important stories you need to start your day. Delivered to your inbox every morning before work.
Bloomberg:
Fox's coverage of the World Cup soccer tournament in Russia will see eight of its 12 broadcasters commentating on the game from the network's LA studio — - Eight of 12 announcers stay in L.A. studio to save money — Absence of U.S. team forces Fox to lower ratings projections
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