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US prosecutors charge Julian Assange with violating the Espionage Act in an indictment that says he “repeatedly encouraged” sources to steal government secrets — Federal prosecutors on Thursday accused WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange of violating the Espionage Act …
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Benjamin Goggin / Business Insider:
GateHouse Media cuts jobs for the second time in 2019; CEO of its parent company says the changes could affect about 200 people and are a small restructuring — - The local-newspaper giant GateHouse Media is laying off journalists across the US, multiple sources told Business Insider.
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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Jay Fielden is out as Esquire editor in chief after three years as part of a reshuffling under Hearst Magazine President Troy Young — Jay Fielden is leaving his position as Esquire's editor in chief, a job he held three years, he and Hearst Magazines announced Thursday.
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Ryan Browne / CNBC:
Ireland's Data Protection Commission, the lead EU supervisory authority for Google, announces investigation into Google's online advertising data collection — KEY POINTS — Ireland's Data Protection Commission says its probe will examine whether Google's processing of data in advertising transactions breaches EU privacy rules.
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Jessica Davies / Digiday:
Companies that have taken a strict approach to GDPR feel punished by falling ad revenues while rivals flourished, and are now loosening their terms — Complacency is a dangerous mistress. But it's a trap many companies are in danger of falling into when it comes to the General Data Protection Regulation …
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Columbia Journalism Review:
A newly released report on DOJ's subpoena of AP phone records in 2013 shows that DOJ also considered subpoenaing phone records of WaPo, NYT, and ABC — With its latest leak indictment last week, the Department of Justice under Donald Trump is now on pace to break the previous record …
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Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Distorted videos of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, slowed to about 75% of original speed to make her speech appear slurred, circulate on Twitter, YouTube, Facebook — Distorted videos of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), altered to make her sound as if she's drunkenly slurring her words …
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Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News:
As Twitter tests an increased ad load, users report a higher number of spammy or malicious promoted tweets — Twitter is running a test that has increased the number of promoted tweets showing up in people's timelines — and it has resulted in a range of user complaints about their new prevalence …
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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Rotten Tomatoes says it will now calculate the Audience Score using only ratings or reviews from users whose ticket purchase has been verified through Fandango — Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes is taking additional steps to confirm that audience members actually see a movie before leaving a rating or review.
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Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Instagram says IGTV will now support landscape video, following feedback from creators and users, as the service struggles to gain traction — The vertical video experiment is over — Instagram is no longer all-in on vertical video. The company announced today that its longform video offshoot …
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CBC News:
Canadian government names eight media organizations to sit on an advisory panel to recommend news operations for CAD$600M media support fund over five years — The federal government has named the eight Canadian organizations that will sit on a special advisory panel tasked …
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Wall Street Journal:
Facebook says it won't pay commissions to employees who sell political ads; source: Zuckerberg decided to keep selling political ads after an internal debate — Company leaders considered dropping such ads, which are now viewed as a headache — Facebook Inc. said it stopped paying commissions …
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Julia Alexander / The Verge:
YouTube announces that it will round down real-time subscriber counts starting August, and exact subscriber counts will no longer be displayed — Sites like Social Blade may be impacted — YouTube is introducing a major change to the way real-time subscriber counts are displayed …
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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
NYT management raises concerns in internal memo as requests for book leave grow, leaving managers worried about exclusive reporting and newsroom needs — Baker, Abrams, Stewart, Schmidt, Kantor, Twohey, Rutenberg, Nagourney, and lots more: who doesn't have a deal?
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