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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump speciously describes an NYT journalist making a request for confirmation to an FBI press liaison in 2017 as the NYT “feeding false stories” about him — In his long-running quest to prove the real collusion was collusion against Donald Trump, the president on Friday promoted …
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@realdonaldtrump, @nytimespr, Mediaite, @nickconfessore and @maggienyt
The Atlantic:
Bob Cohn, president of The Atlantic magazine since 2014, is stepping down on September 7 — Below is the full text of a memo from Atlantic Media Chairman David G. Bradley announcing that, after nearly 11 years at The Atlantic, president Bob Cohn has decided to leave the company this fall.
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@dkthomp, @jamesfallows, @1bobcohn, @nxthompson, Folio, The Daily Caller and Adweek
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
WhatsApp will no longer allow publishers to send newsletters through the app starting December 7, 2019, in an effort to crack down on bulk messaging — In an effort to crack down on “automated or bulk messaging, or non-personal use” on the platform, WhatsApp will no longer allow publishers …
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Democratic National Committee is requiring all of its TV network partners to live-stream primary debates on the web for free — New York (CNN Business)It's a sign of the streaming times: The Democratic National Committee is requiring all of its TV network partners to live-stream primary debates on the web.
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Sources: at least seven Ebony magazine employees were fired after they refused to work due to payroll delays — Ebony and Jet magazines have been laying off their remaining editorial staff en masse after failing to make payroll last month — the latest in a long line of slights suffered …
Discussion:
The Root and @adriennewrites
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
In a report, the ICO, UK's data protection regulator, says the real time bidding ad industry is undermining GDPR and failing to protect sensitive personal data — The online behavioural advertising industry is illegally profiling Internet users. — That's the damning assessment …
Ashley Rodriguez / Business Insider:
A CBS-Viacom merger would bolster both to compete with Netflix and Disney, but saddles CBS with networks like Nickelodeon, which lost ~30% of viewers in 2018 — - After 13 years apart, CBS is preparing a bid to buy its sister company, Viacom, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
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@ashleyrreports and @lmoses
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
NYT's A.G. Sulzberger says he wrote in the WSJ about Trump's accusation of “treason” to reach a new audience; “I give them a lot of credit for running it” — Murdoch's paper is a fierce competitor to Sulzberger's Times. But Trump raised the stakes …
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American Press Institute, @edmundlee, @jessepesta, @waltmossberg, @joepompeo, @tribelaw, @cnbc, @mgerrydoyle, @bencasselman and Wall Street Journal
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
On July 10, FCC plans to vote on possible easing of rules enacted in 1996 that require broadcasters to air a certain amount of children's TV programming — The Federal Communications Commission plans to vote July 10 on possible easing of rules enacted in 1996 that require broadcasters to air …
Adrianne Pasquarelli / Ad Age:
Outdoors retailer REI is launching Uncommon Path, a quarterly print magazine in partnership with Hearst, to start publication in the fall — Retailer is working with Hearst on a new quarterly called Uncommon Path — No stranger to the unconventional, REI is at it again …
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Featured News, Jason Alcorn and MediaPost
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
DOD's three-minute briefing with no questions after downing of drone marks the first time in over a year that a DOD official has addressed the press on camera — With the United States on the brink of a potential military conflict with Iran on Thursday, the Pentagon decided to say . . . well, almost nothing.
Aaron Freedman / American Prospect:
A look at how Koch funding is fueling the “free speech warriors” like Jordan Peterson who want free speech for the right and censorship of those on the left — Charles Koch speaks in his office at Koch Industries in Wichita, Kansas. — There is a war on free speech, and the front lines are YouTube ads.
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@sulliview, @freedaaron, @freedaaron, @freedaaron, @rottenindenmark and @davidklion