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2:22 PM ET, June 18, 2018

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Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
Los Angeles Times names Norman Pearlstine as executive editor; Pearlstine has served as an advisor to Soon-Shiong through ownership transition  —  Norman Pearlstine, who has spent 50 years in journalism helping shape some of the nation's most prominent publications — including Time Inc. magazines …
Discussion: New York Times and Politico
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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.
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 …
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
Nancy Cook / Politico:
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.
Discussion: Chicago Tribune
Edmund Lee / New York Times:
Comcast's offer for 21st Century Fox is larger than Disney's but cash vs. stocks have tax and value implications, DOJ could see sports nets as competition issue  —  The Walt Disney Company has agreed to buy most of 21st Century Fox's assets in a deal worth $52.4 billion …
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 …
Discussion: @newsbyschmidt
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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Rolling Stone promotes Jason Fine to editor, in advance of the relaunch of its magazine, website, and live events business in July
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