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Myanmar judge finds Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo guilty of breaching the colonial-era law on state secrets, sentences them to seven years in prison — YANGON (Reuters) - A Myanmar judge on Monday found two Reuters journalists guilty of breaching a law on state secrets and sentenced …
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New York Times, @reuters, @pearswick, @samanthabarry, @mai10pm, @yangoninformer, @lotteleicht1, @mitatweets, @debritz, @sdkstl, Yahoo and Committee to Protect …


CNN pulls three episodes of Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown from CNN Go, two featuring Asia Argento and one directed by her, following sexual harassment claims — CNN has pulled episodes of Parts Unknown that featured Asia Argento from its streaming service following allegations …
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The Daily Caller, The Hill, Jezebel, Variety, HuffPost, Newsweek, Slate, Vulture, Daily Mail, The Daily Beast, The Wrap, Complex, Page Six, TMZ.com, Deadline, Mediaite, The Guardian and Fortune


BBC, Sky, ITV, Channel 4, BT, and TalkTalk call for UK government to introduce independent regulatory oversight of the content carried over social networks — The heads of Britain's largest media and telecoms companies have called for the government to introduce independent regulatory oversight …
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Business Insider and Telegraph


An American's thoughts about “pressthink”, the common sense of the journalism profession, in Germany, based on 53 interviews with members of the German media — I have been circulating among you since the first day of June, asking strange questions. This is what I learned.
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@venohr and @jayrosen_nyu


Ad giant WPP taps company veteran Mark Read as new CEO and is expected to announce the news early this week, after Mr. Sorrell's resignation in April — Read succeeds Martin Sorrell and inherits an ad firm challenged by Facebook, Google — WPP WPP -.26% PLC has chosen Mark Read …
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USA Today, more at Techmeme »


Inside Comicsgate, a loose coalition of Twitter users and YouTubers who deride female and minority characters, creators, and fans — If you follow comics professionals on Twitter, Sunday was a surreal day. All of a sudden, it seemed like everyone was posting the exact same tweet.


Interview with The Atlantic's president, Bob Cohn, on Alex Hardiman's role and finding a medium between a premium subscription model and an ad-supported model — - The Atlantic has hired Alex Hardiman, head of news products at Facebook, as chief business and product officer.


Source: Omarosa recorded nearly every conversation she had while working in the White House, including ones with “all of the Trumps,” on her personal smartphone — Omarosa taped nearly every conversation she had while working in the White House, including ones with “all of the Trumps …
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Mediaite


Q&A with NYT movie reviewer AO Scott on how online publishing has changed film reviewing, attending screenings, and social media spoilers — How do New York Times journalists use technology in their jobs and in their personal lives? A. O. Scott, a chief film critic of The Times, discussed the tech he's using.


Documents show American Media lost $72M for year ending in March; NJ investment firm Chatham Asset Management owns over 80% of AMI and is backstopping its debt — WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Enquirer has long explained its support for Donald Trump as a business decision based on the president's popularity among its readers.


Iranian courts sentenced at least seven journalists to long prison sentences, public flogging, exile, and more for covering protests by a religious order — The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned the harsh sentences Iranian authorities imposed on at least seven journalists …
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Iran HRM and Voice of America


Inside Canadian network Global's cost-cutting “multi-market content” model, where local news for 12+ markets is produced in Toronto using green screens — Global's late-night local newscasts, from Saskatoon to Halifax, are all produced in a Toronto green-screen studio.
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@canadaland and @goldsbie