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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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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Trump threatened a reporter with jail time during an interview for Time magazine, after a photographer tried to take a photo of a letter from Kim Jong Un — New York (CNN Business)President Trump's interview with a team of reporters from Time magazine took a sudden turn when he made a comment about prison time for a journalist.
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Court documents show a months-long text exchange between Paul Manafort and Fox News host Sean Hannity, with mutual compliments and Manafort offering sources — Court documents previously filed under seal with the government's sentencing recommendations for Paul Manafort were made public on Friday.
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Max Willens / Digiday:
Quartz is shutting down its Quartz Brief mobile app on July 1 and will focus on the main Quartz app and Qz.com — “The Quartz app was always an experiment. And it was a good one," said David Ho, former executive mobile editor at The Wall Street Journal. “Quartz tried new things with notifications …
Monojoy Bhattacharjee / What's New in Publishing:
In the next version of Chrome, out in July, publishers won't be able to detect when a browser is in incognito mode, potentially letting readers bypass paywalls — The ad blocking controversy is still fresh, and now publishers have to contend with yet another salvo from Google Chrome.
Ethan Jakob Craft / Ad Age:
Study: 85% of consumers listen to a radio broadcast at least once a week; 69% of consumers listen to radio daily compared to 34% for audio streaming services — In the U.S., radio is still king, but podcasts and streaming services are gaining ground — Millennial audio consumption …
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Meg Kinnard / Associated Press:
C-SPAN, CBS News, ABC News, CNN, and Fox News protest the SC Democratic Party decision to give MSNBC a 3-hour live video exclusive for this weekend's convention — COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Five major networks are protesting the South Carolina Democratic Party's decision to grant MSNBC exclusive live rights …
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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 …
Adrianne Pasquarelli / Ad Age:
Retailer REI is launching a quarterly print magazine in partnership with Hearst this fall and is investing $100K in local nonprofit news sites via NewsMatch — 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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Randy Lewis / Los Angeles Times:
Universal Music Group sued in $100M+ class action lawsuit from Soundgarden, Tupac estate, others over a 2008 LA fire that allegedly destroyed master recordings — A class action lawsuit seeking at least $100 million in damages was filed Friday against Universal Music Group on behalf …
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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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Kerry Flynn / Digiday:
Snap introduces Snap Select, which lets advertisers buy ads exclusively for Snap's premium content, like its shows and vetted premium partners, at fixed CPMs — When the hedges arrived at La Malmaison on Saturday, they had to be trimmed down. Snapchat wanted the vibe of its Cannes space to open — not private and exclusive.
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