Mediagazer: PBS NewsHour announces it will expand its broadcast and digital arts reporting initiative, CANVAS, with a $1.7M investment from the Knight Foundation (Claire Selvin/ARTnews)

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 …

Discussion: Politico, @digiday, @karaswisher, @kimmaicutler, TechCrunch and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »

Marc Tracy / New York Times:

Jay Fielden 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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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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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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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.

Discussion: Variety, The Wrap, Business Insider, @ptibz, @edzitron, @danamrich, Los Angeles Times, Associated Press and The A.V. Club, more at Techmeme »

Claire Selvin / ARTnews:

PBS NewsHour announces it will expand its broadcast and digital arts reporting initiative, CANVAS, with a $1.7M investment from the Knight Foundation — The television program has created a website for its arts reporting initiative, Canvas. Read More — The post Knight Foundation Gives $1.7 M …

Discussion: Knight Foundation, @tylergreenbooks and @judywoodruff

Jim Waterson / The Guardian:

Restrictions on political coverage during voting places UK broadcasters in a precarious legal situation as they cover cabinet resignations during EU elections — Strict broadcasting laws place restrictions on coverage of politics during voting periods — Attempts by Conservative MPs …

Discussion: @martinbelam

Emily Cadei / Sacramento Bee:

McClatchy names Kristin Roberts vice president of news as of May 27, making her the first woman to lead McClatchy's news division — Kristin Roberts, one of four regional editors and executive editor for politics at McClatchy, has been named vice president of news, the company announced Wednesday.

Discussion: American Press Institute and @sleavenworth

Michael McGowan / The Guardian:

Actor Geoffrey Rush awarded A$2.9M in damages from the News Corp Australia's Daily Telegraph, the largest defamation payout to a single person in Australia — Court hears that actor offered to settle for $50,000 and an apology but never heard back from News Corp

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Laura Pitel / Financial Times:

The Wikimedia Foundation has filed an application to the European Court of Human Rights over Turkey's ban on Wikipedia since April 2017 — Wikipedia is taking Turkey to Europe's top human rights court as it escalates a two-year battle to overturn the country's ban on its website.

Discussion: Wikimedia Foundation, BBC, Agence France-Presse and @laurapitel

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?

Discussion: @martinsfp, Politico, @daisandconfused and CNN