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Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Spotify hires Dawn Ostroff as chief content officer, to join in August; Ostroff had been president of Condé Nast Entertainment, the publisher's video studio — Spotify has hired Dawn Ostroff, a veteran television and video executive, as its new chief content officer …
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Spotify, Variety, Variety, The Wrap, Variety, @eldsjal, RAIN News, Adweek, Bloomberg, Fortune, Tubefilter, @thr, MediaPost, Ad Age, @musicbizassoc, @pkafka and @cheriehu42, more at Techmeme »
Selina Wang / Bloomberg:
Twitter to require email or phone number confirmation for new accounts, use ML to take action on spammy accounts, add warning on accounts behaving suspiciously — - Platform will require new accounts to confirm email or phone — Twitter will place warning sign on suspicious accounts
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Twitter, VentureBeat, The Wrap, @yoyoel, @policy, @jack, The Daily Caller, Engadget, @bborrman, @kelseymsutton and @joshsternberg, more at Techmeme »
Trevor Timm / The Intercept:
Reality Winner pleads guilty to violating the Espionage Act, agreeing to 63 months in prison, the longest known term for a violation linked to a media leak — Whistleblower Reality Winner entered into a plea deal with the Justice Department on Tuesday, ostensibly putting an end to her case …
Nicole Friedman / Wall Street Journal:
Iowa-based Lee Enterprises will operate BH Media's newspapers under a five-year deal for $5M/year and a cut of earnings over $34M; BH Media CEO to step down — Warren Buffett says the challenges to the industry are ‘clear,’ but ‘I believe we can benefit by joining efforts’
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NASDAQ.com, @saragregory, @nicolefriedman, @johnnewsomnr, @saragregory, News & Tech, Associated Press, @t_hamzik, @johnnewsomnr, @citizenmurphy and @bryandevasher
Ben Munson / FierceCable:
Cisco announces it is working with Disney's StudioLAB, an innovation space at its Burbank studios, on remote collaboration, security, and IP-based video tech — Cisco is the newest founding member and Innovation Partner for Walt Disney Studio's StudioLAB, an initiative aimed at developing next-generation media and entertainment.
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Variety and VentureBeat
Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
Charter Communications announces its first original scripted series, L.A.'s Finest, to be offered to Spectrum cable subscribers in 2019 — The 13-episode drama will premiere in 2019. — It's official: Bad Boys spinoff L.A.'s Finest, starring Jessica Alba and Gabrielle Union …
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Variety, TVWeek.com, Deadline, The Wrap and TV Tattle
Marlee Baldridge / Nieman Lab:
The MIT Technology Review has rebranded its design and print edition, which will now focus on one subject per issue, like blockchain — The rebrand expands each issue from a summary of articles into a small book discussing the past, present, and future of a single technology.
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@glichfield and Talking Biz News
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
USA Today Network is launching a conservative opinion newsletter, offering both aggregated content and original takes, similar to theSkimm — Since its founding in 1982, USA Today has prided itself on a feel for all 50 states that eludes East Coast media. Now its network is launching …
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@noltenc, @owillis and @damemagazine
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Sony is shutting down Sony Crackle, its ad-supported video service, in Canada on June 28 — Sony Pictures is shuttering Sony Crackle in Canada: The ad-supported video service will be closing its doors in Canada on June 28. Crackle Canada has been telling consumers about the closure …
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Tubefilter
Sean Burch / The Wrap:
Apple CEO Tim Cook says the company decided to rely on human editors to curate Apple News, over algorithms, because “news was kind of going a little crazy” — Tim Cook wants your news experience to be a little less stressful — and that's why Apple is leaning on humans …
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@waltmossberg, @kevglobal, @jonsteinberg31, @thejoyvictory, @tomwarren, @sarahfrier, @mathewi, The New York Observer, @rasmus_kleis and Apple
David Beard / Poynter:
Kathy Shaw, a Massachusetts journalist who worked on a database tracking abuse by clergy across the world following Spotlight series, died Sunday night — The Poynter Institute's Morning Mediawire breaks down and delivers the most important stories you need to start your day.
Discussion:
@dabeard, @poynter, Washington Post and Reuters
Polly Curtis / HuffPost UK:
HuffPost UK, based in London, is relocating to Birmingham (UK) for a week and hosting an open newsroom in the city, as part of its HuffPost Listens project — We're setting up an open newsroom in the city centre and inviting people to tell us what really matters. Here's why - and how you can get involved
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