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Patrick Soon-Shiong / Los Angeles Times:
A copy of the letter to readers from new LA Times owner Dr Patrick Soon-Shiong that appeared in Sunday's paper and the San Diego Union-Tribune — Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong will become the new owner of the Los Angeles Times and the San Diego Union-Tribune on Monday, when the sale is expected to be finalized.
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Joe Mozingo / Los Angeles Times:
As the LA Times returns to local ownership after 18 years, a look at its history under owners from a Civil War colonel to Sam Zell — The Los Angeles Times rose to prominence under the leadership of a bellicose, union-busting Civil War colonel who kept an arsenal of shotguns in the newsroom …
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Whitney Curry Wimbish / The Baffler:
Business journalism rarely does investigations and reporters worry that if they step outside of common economic explanations they'll be excluded — Things are going great, according to the Wall Street propaganda machine — The lingering effects of the last crash. Jay Santiago — W — O
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@thebafflermag, @thebafflermag and @whitneycwimbish
Katherine Maher / WIRED UK:
As tech firms like Facebook and Google lean more on Wikipedia to fight disinformation, Wikimedia Foundation says they should do more to support the site — If big tech companies are going to use Wikipedia as a resource, they should better support its important work, says the executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation
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Poynter, @jay_nath, @carnage4life, @johnbattelle, @lorcand and @brianmcc
Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal:
Katie Couric's production company to produce short-form online video series for digital media company theSkimm, sponsored by Procter & Gamble — Broadcaster will beef up her production company with the aim of finding sponsors and distribution outlets — Does a brand-name journalist need a brand-name platform to succeed?
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@keachhagey, @salliekrawcheck, @theskimm and @katiecouric
Robert Feder:
Chicago Sun-Times sells alt-weekly The Chicago Reader to group led by Dorothy Leavell, publisher of the African-American Chicago Crusader — The Chicago Reader, the city's leading alternative weekly for 47 years, has been sold to a group led by Dorothy Leavell, publisher of the African-American Chicago Crusader.
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Nancy Cook / Politico:
The White House press and communications teams, left without an official director since Hope Hicks left in March, are struggling with in-fighting and departures — Amid the ongoing exodus, staffers are happy to let the president act as his own top spokesman.
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Splinter, @michaelkruse, @kenvogel, @jonlemire, @mathewi, @keithboykin and @hatewatch
Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Sources: Tronc is in talks about selling nine of its properties, including the Chicago Tribune, the New York Daily News, and the Baltimore Sun — What will happen to the price of Tronc shares as investors, a good number of speculators among them, assess the post-L.A. Times value …
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@newsbyschmidt and NPR
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
YouTube Music and YouTube Premium launch in 12 new markets, including Canada, the U.K., France, Germany, and Russia — YouTube today expanded YouTube Music and YouTube Premium to the services' first new markets since they officially debuted last month. — The Google-owned video-streaming …
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TechCrunch, Variety, The Next Web, YouTube Blog and Thurrott.com, more at Techmeme »
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Indian police have linked dozens of murders and serious assaults to fake news being spread via WhatsApp — App blamed for circulating false information in India, Brazil, Kenya and now the UK — Abijeet Nath and Nilotpal Das were driving back from a visit to a waterfall in the Indian province …
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
David Dimbleby is to step down as chairman of the BBC's Question Time program after 25 years in the role, says he will return to reporting — Presenter, who has hosted the show for 25 years, says he plans to return to reporting — David Dimbleby is to step down as chairman of the BBC's Question …
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Christopher Williams / Telegraph:
Amazon's Prime Video streaming service criticized for selling films by conspiracy theorists like Alex Jones and David Icke — Amazon's television service is showing films by prominent conspiracy theorists claiming that governments are controlled by human-reptilian hybrids …
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Mashable, Fast Company, Engadget and Gizmodo
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