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7:40 PM ET, June 27, 2019

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Makena Kelly / The Verge:
Following criticism, Twitter rolls out a notice for tweets from political figures, verified users, and accounts with 100K+ followers that break its guidelines  —  The platform has been criticized for letting politicians break the rules without consequence  —  Today, Twitter is rolling …
Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
AP and the Google News Initiative are building a way for newsrooms to share content and plans, starting with a pilot involving about two dozen NY publishers  —  “We're living in an age of journalism where people want to help each other and are prioritizing collaboration over competition.
Mediaite:
NBC's first Democratic debate attracted 15.26M viewers from NBC, MSNBC, and Telemundo, according to Nielsen, and 9M streaming viewers, according to the network  —  The numbers are in from the first night of the Democratic presidential debates and it looks like — despite technical difficulties — NBC managed to score.
Brian Witte / Associated Press:
Journalists at the Capital Gazette reflect on past year: their experience of trauma, their relationship to journalism, and the embrace of the community  —  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Standing ovations.  A surge in subscriptions.  Hugs from random readers.  At a time when journalists are being vilified as …
Discussion: Fox News
Sara Jerde / Adweek:
Study: 2020 election cycle to generate $6B in political advertising, excluding PACs, with ~$1.2B going to digital ads, $3.2B to broadcast TV, and $1.2B to cable  —  Digital media will account for 20% of the pie, about $1.2 billion  —  The 2020 election cycle is projected to generate $6 billion …
James Walker / Press Gazette:
UK's culture secretary opens a probe into the Evening Standard and Independent after they received investments earlier this year from companies with Saudi links  —  Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright has opened an investigation into the Evening Standard and Independent after an investor with …
Discussion: UK Parliament
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
FuboTV soft launches ad-supported Fubo Sports Network on Xumo, with original shows and movies slated for August along with simulcast content from partners  —  FuboTV, one of the players duking it out in the competitive internet pay-TV arena, is dropping into the free streaming-video market …
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Washington Post moves into Spanish language journalism with twice-a-week podcast and opinion columns  —  New York (CNN Business)The Washington Post's next expansion is in another language.  The company's newsroom is launching a twice-a-week Spanish language podcast and the opinion section is beginning to publish pieces in Spanish.
Discussion: @jciragorri
Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
The Correspondent outlines its pre- and post-launch budget; it plans to hire five full-time journalists around the world and at least five freelancers a month  —  With just over 90 days until its official launch, the English-language — remember, not just U.S. — expansion of De Correspondent …
Discussion: The Correspondent and @niemanlab
Charlie McGee / Wall Street Journal:
Simon Owens / What's New in Publishing:
Bundled news subscriptions struggle because publishers have no incentive to advertise bundles over their own offerings, and bundles have no exclusive content  —  Earlier this month, a company called Mogul News launched a news app that curates article content from three media outlets: Bloomberg, The Financial Times, and The Economist.
 
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Carol LeBlanc / smithsonianmag.com:
Michael Caruso, editor in chief of Smithsonian Magazine, will step down at the end of June
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Kelly McBride / Poynter:
How editors weighed competing values in deciding to post the photo of drowning victims Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his daughter Valeria at the Rio Grande
ESPN:
Bob Ley, ESPN's longest-tenured anchor, is retiring at the end of the month after 40 years at the company