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8:35 AM ET, July 9, 2018

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New York Times:
HBO must transform from a boutique operation into something bigger and broader, says its new overseer, AT&T exec John Stankey, at town hall meeting with staff  —  Change is coming to HBO, now that it is part of the AT&T corporate family.  That much was clear to the 150 employees …
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Marcy Wheeler delves deeper into why she outed a source, including safety concerns for innocent people amid House GOP tactics and the source's actions  —  It's pretty much an inviolable rule of journalism: Protect your sources.  —  Reporters have gone to jail to keep that covenant.
Antoni Slodkowski / Reuters:
Myanmar court charges two jailed Reuters journalists for violating the Official Secret Act, moving case into trial stage after 6 months of preliminary hearings  —  YANGON (Reuters) - A court in Myanmar on Monday charged two jailed Reuters journalists with obtaining secret state documents …
Jason Easley / POLITICUSUSA:
The media value of live coverage of Trump rallies: from April 28 to July 5, CNN gave Trump no free advertising, MSNBC gave $56.7K worth, Fox News gave $15.1M  —  FacebookTwitterSubscribeGooglePinterest PrintMailFlipboard  —  The cable news landscape has changed.
Lorna Fraser / IPSO:
UK study: coverage of youth suicides is disproportionate to the number of incidents and is reported in a more sensational way compared to other age groups  —  In the second in our series of blogs with Samaritans, Lorna Fraser, Executive Lead of their Media Advisory Service …
Kate Lamb / The Guardian:
Cambodia announces new directive to fight fake news posted online; violators could face imprisonment and fines, prompting fears over press freedom  —  Cambodia's media has under come increasing pressure after the closure of one independent newspaper and sale of another
Discussion: Khmer Times
Wall Street Journal:
Disney CEO Bob Iger is applying his formula of targeting a company that is not for sale to acquire 21st Century Fox, with his once secure legacy on the line  —  With Disney's pursuit of Fox, CEO Robert Iger's signature strategy faces its biggest test yet  —  LOS ANGELES— Disney DIS .27% …
Caitlin Kelly / Poynter:
Newspaper veterans from a variety of publications reminisce about some of the deepest and most enduring friendships they forged in the newsroom  —  Many journalists who have spent time working in a newsroom forge there — in that sometimes chaotic and stressful environment …
Nielsen:
Nielsen Music Mid-Year Report: on-demand audio streams in the US grew 45.4% year-over-year to 268.2B in the first half of 2018  —  The music industry is in the midst of a growth spurt that has led to 15-year record revenues for the major label groups and continues to break new consumption records for the first half of 2018.
Peter Caranicas / Variety:
ScriptBook claims it can predict target audiences and box office outcomes for films, and even help improve gender parity, using AI trained on 6,500 scripts  —  Script analysis company says computers can be more successful than humans in greenlighting projects
Washington Post:
Source: Twitter has been suspending 1M+ accounts per day in recent months, more than double its rate from October, in its fight against disinformation  —  SAN FRANCISCO - Twitter has sharply escalated its battle against fake and suspicious accounts, suspending more than one million accounts …
Elon Green / Columbia Journalism Review:
Interview with CBC's Connie Walker on growing interest in and representation of Indigenous people, how specific cases can tell bigger stories, and more  —  AMID REPORTS THAT THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT has forcibly separated children from thousands of migrant families, listening …
 
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Claire Atkinson / NBC News:
As Amazon's ad business surges, some advertisers worry they are giving it the data and market power it needs to eventually run them out of business
David Beard / Poynter:
Jillian Jorgensen, City Hall bureau chief of New York Daily News, explains how her reporting prompted a ruling that Trump pay $48K more in taxes for 2018-2019
Seb Joseph / Digiday:
Formula One is in talks to launch its F1 channel on Amazon Prime in countries where broadcasters don't have exclusive rights
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New York Times:
Japanese journalist Jumpei Yasuda, missing in Syria since 2015, appears in a new video obtained by Japanese TV channels; in video, he noted it was October 2017
Discussion: TokyoReporter
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Univision is exploring a sale of Fusion Media Group, which includes Gizmodo, Deadspin, Lifehacker, The Root, and a stake in The Onion