Mediagazer: Following the detention of Russian journalist Ivan Golunov, three major Russian papers publish nearly identical front pages expressing solidarity (Marc Bennetts/The Guardian)

6:50 PM ET, June 10, 2019

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Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin:

[Thread] News Media Alliance study relies on an offhand comment Marissa Mayer made in 2008 to extrapolate how much money Google has made from news publishers — A group called the News Media Alliance got the NYT to run a piece last night saying that Google made “$4.7 billion” from the news industry. And now that the study is out, the number appears to be just as shaky as it initially seemed to a few of us. 1/5 https://www.nytimes.com/...

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Brian Stelter / CNN:
At US House hearings on Tuesday, newspaper lobbyists will pitch the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act to let pubs jointly negotiate with big tech

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Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:

Facebook removes far-right conspiracy outlet Natural News, which had nearly 3M followers and promoted vaccine disinformation — Far-right site promoted vaccine disinformation and mass arrests of the left, with more followers than Infowars before it was banned.

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Lucinda Southern / Digiday:

The New York Times is looking to expand The Daily's international audience, currently 20% of its listeners, with a weeklong series of European politics — The New York Times' news podcast “The Daily” is delving deeper into European politics with a weeklong series to help grow its global audience.

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Kali Hays / WWD:

Esquire promotes Michael Sebastian, digital director for the magazine, to editor in chief overseeing print and digital; Nick Sullivan becomes creative director — As one source put it, the magazine is getting “the full Cosmo.” — Esquire's June cover with Brad Pitt, Quentin Tarantino and Leonardo DiCaprio.

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