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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
The New York Times says reporter Ali Watkins, whose email and phone records were seized by the US government, will be transferred to a new beat in New York — Ali Watkins, the New York Times reporter whose email and phone records were secretly seized by the Trump administration …
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Marlee Baldridge / Nieman Lab:
A look at NJ's bill to use $5M to support local media: five universities as collaborators, a board to oversee grants, language emphasizing media independence — The dollar amount isn't huge, and it will barely put a dent in the crisis of local news. But it's also an official statement …
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Marcy Wheeler / emptywheel:
Marcy Wheeler, author of natsec-focused emptywheel blog, says she went to FBI in 2017 about a source she thinks is lying and had role in Russian election attack — I'd like to put a human face — my own — to the risk posed by GOP gamesmanship on the Mueller investigation.
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Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:
Facebook's political ads disclosure algorithm blocks ads for lawn-mowing, waxing salons, Walmart, and more that use the words “bush” and “Clinton” — Under rules for the new archive that strives for transparency in politics, all sorts of organizations with names linked …
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Matthew Townsend / Bloomberg:
Barnes & Noble fires CEO Demos Parneros for allegedly violating policies, says the action was unrelated to financial reporting — - Book and gift seller declines to say why he'd been terminated — High-level executives at a slew of companies have been ousted
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Stephen Carlisle / Nova Southeastern University:
A VA district court ruling that commercial use of a photo found on the internet was fair use ignored key provisions of the Copyright Act and disregarded facts — On June 11, 2018, another head scratching decision came out of the Eastern District of Virginia, one that has the potential …
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PetaPixel, @unite4copyright, @mediamixed, @azambelich, @thatgrlaudrey, Newsweek, Engadget and Trademark and Copyright Law
Rhett Jones / Gizmodo:
On Tuesday, Wikipedia Italy set all of its pages to redirect to a statement protesting a July 5 EU Parliament initial vote on changes to copyright law — Last month, members of European Parliament voted to move forward with a sweeping overhaul of the European Union's copyright laws that critics …
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BBC, Plagiarism Today, DW.COM, The Local and Personanondata, more at Techmeme »
Taylor Blatchford / Poynter:
How Washington State University Vancouver research director Mike Caulfield plans to work with US students to create Wikipedia pages for 1,000 local news orgs — Americans are more overwhelmed than ever by the news landscape, but one researcher hopes a small step will help readers evaluate sources …
Jaclyn Peiser / New York Times:
Some high school newspapers find themselves censored by administrators for writing about school shootings, sexuality, and the reasons for a teacher's dismissal — High school educators across the country have been clamping down on students who publish articles on protests, sexuality and other hot-button issues.
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@cjr, @eveewing, @jackiepeiser, Columbia Journalism Review, @lkherman, @bgrueskin, @yabutaleb7 and @dangillmor
Paresh Dave / Reuters:
Sources say Google's delay in joining a consortium of ad tech companies has complicated its members' GDPR compliance efforts — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google's delayed entry into a consortium of advertising technology companies has spoiled the members' push to comply with a new European privacy law …
Mark Di Stefano / BuzzFeed:
Sources say BBC rushed out its new BBC Sounds app, which aims to host BBC radio and podcast content, with questions remaining about its purpose and focus — Behind the scenes, BBC developers are proposing the “Spotify for podcasts”, but the UK audio industry is watching carefully.
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Stewart Clarke / Variety:
BBC and Channel 4 release gender pay gap figures for 2018 showing improvements, with BBC reducing the gap to 8.4% and Channel 4 to 22.7% — U.K. pubcasters are making progress on closing the gender pay gap. The BBC said Wednesday it had reduced pay disparity between the sexes …
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