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James Vincent / The Verge:
Trump accuses Google of rigging its search results to suppress positive news about him and says the situation “will be addressed” — The president said that Google had “rigged” its search results to suppress positive coverage — The perceived leftwing bias of big tech companies …
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Washington Post:
Trump's economic adviser Kudlow says White House is “taking a look” at whether Google results should be regulated, amid concerns about alleged conservative bias — The Trump administration is “taking a look” at whether Google and its search engine should be regulated by the government …
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Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed News:
CNN is facing backlash after it was revealed Lanny Davis was a source for its Trump Tower story on July 26, the substance of which he has since backtracked on — Attorney Lanny Davis says he was an anonymous source in a July CNN story that reported his client, Michael Cohen …
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
The Associated Press signs deal with blockchain startup Civil, licensing its content to Civil newsrooms and collaborating on blockchain tech for news — Civil Media Company is a startup that aims to support a network of high-quality news outlets through the sale of cryptocurrency.
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Tim Arango / New York Times:
Sonoma West, composed of four newspapers in Sonoma County, CA, launches a direct public offering, likely a first for a local paper, with a goal of raising $400K — A weekly newspaper publisher in Northern California is selling stock to its readers, who hope to save their paper and, some of them believe, democracy.
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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
BuzzFeed News is working with Google to test a membership model that will ask readers to contribute, similar to that used by The Guardian — BuzzFeed News is working with Google to pilot a membership model that will ask readers to contribute to the news outlet.
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Gene Maddaus / Variety:
CBS hit with a shareholder class action lawsuit that claims the company misled investors by failing to disclose sexual harassment allegations against Moonves — CBS was hit on Monday with a shareholder class action suit, arguing the company misled investors by failing to disclose sexual …
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
San Diego State University study: 2% of teens regularly read a newspaper, while one-third polled said they had not read a book for pleasure in the last year — A study released Monday shows just two percent of American teens read a newspaper on a regular basis.
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: HuffPost owner Oath has been pitching advertisers on a service that analyzes its 200M+ Yahoo Mail inboxes; source says practice began 10+ years ago — Web giant analyzes more than 200 million inboxes for clues about what products people might buy—a practice much of Silicon Valley has declared off-limits
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Kristen Hare / Poynter:
18 newsrooms, including Scalawag Magazine and The Daily Tar Heel, receive $100K+ in grants from the Community Listening and Engagement Fund — This is the second round of grants from the Community Listening and Engagement Fund. — In April, 34 news organizations received grants to help them better listen to their communities.
Brian Crecente / Rolling Stone:
How Grand Theft Auto became a powerful tool for music discovery where gamers have listened to more than 75B minutes of music in the last five years — In the five years since launch, GTA V and GTA Online gamers have listened to more than 75 billion minutes of music, according to Rockstar Games
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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Sources: a Bloomberg News reporter was reassigned after Well Fargo CEO complained about the reporter following a story on the bank's relationship with the NRA — A Bloomberg News reporter who covered Wells Fargo was reassigned earlier this year after the bank's CEO called the news organization's editor …
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