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At a meeting with Facebook, HuffPost EIC Lydia Polgreen and BuzzFeed News EIC Ben Smith criticized the social network's one-sided deference to conservatives — Critique comes just before social-media executives are to appear before House committee — At a private meeting late last week …
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David Shepardson / Reuters:
In a hearing, Facebook, Alphabet, and Twitter tell House Judiciary Committee that they are not discriminating against content for political reasons — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook Inc (FB.O), Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) and Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) told a U.S. House panel on Tuesday …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Snap partners with NewsWhip, Storyful, SAM Desk, and TagBoard to help journalists better mine the billions of public videos and photos shared on its app — Snapchat is launching a news partnership initiative with the goal of helping journalists and news organizations better mine the billions …
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@sarafischer, @joshconstine and Fortune, more at Techmeme »
Sean Burch / The Wrap:
In internal email, Tribune Media Chief Exec Peter Kern expresses disappointment at decision by FCC's Pai, says it creates “more uncertainty” about merger — Tribune Media chief executive Peter Kern said he is “disappointed” the FCC is looking into stopping its $3.9 billion merger …
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Margaret Harding McGill / Politico:
Sources: Sinclair largely lost the good will of FCC Commissioner Pai by refusing to listen to the agency's concerns about station spin-offs — 'Sinclair's style in Washington is exhibit A of how to squander the most favorable regulatory environment in decades,' said one industry official.
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Anna Marie de la Fuente / Variety:
Univision's Chief Content Officer Isaac Lee is leaving the company to set up his own TV production business — In another shakeup at Univision, Isaac Lee, chief content officer of the Spanish-language giant and its longtime programming supplier and shareholder, Televisa, is leaving the company as of today.
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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Vox Media is licensing Chorus, the CMS it uses to operate its sites, to other news outlets; CEO Bankoff says talks are ongoing with 20 companies — After cutting partnership deals with The Ringer and Funny or Die, Vox Media hopes to sell publishing technology to publishers of all sizes
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Maria Curi / Politico:
16 Congressional lawmakers will testify against hikes in newsprint tariffs in front of the International Trade Commission on Tuesday — Members of Congress from both sides of the aisle are increasingly working on finding relief for the newspaper industry, which has been hit hard by tariffs imposed …
Rick Porter / Hollywood Reporter:
Sacha Baron Cohen's show “Who Is America?” attracted just 327K viewers when it premiered on Sunday, despite mass hype — Sacha Baron Cohen's Showtime series has been a controversy magnet, but the audience for Sunday's debut is pretty small. — Who Is America? …
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Tom Rachman / The Atlantic:
The Daily Mail's incoming pro-Europe editor Geordie Greig, who replaces Paul Dacre, faces challenges grappling with the Mail's Brexiteer past and readership — The Daily Mail tabloid encouraged a vote for Brexit. Will a new, pro-Europe editor make readers change their minds—or unsubscribe?
Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge:
Roku unveils Roku TV Wireless Speakers that use company's Roku Connect platform to link-up with Roku-powered smart TVs over WiFi, coming in October for ~$200 — The first speakers to use the new Roku Connect platform are also Roku's first foray into the speaker market
Sarah Jeong / The Verge:
Inside the world of self-published romance on Amazon Kindle Unlimited, where authors collaborate and compete to game Amazon's algorithm — To cash in on Kindle Unlimited, a cabal of authors gamed Amazon's algorithm — On June 4th, a group of lawyers shuffled into a federal court in Manhattan …