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11:45 PM ET, July 11, 2019

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Hunter Walker / Yahoo News:
Trump's “summit” was an airing of grievances in front of right-wing media figures, ending with Sebastian Gorka and a CNN analyst getting into a heated exchange  —  WASHINGTON — It was an unusual spectacle, even by the unconventional standards of the Trump administration.
Kim Masters / Hollywood Reporter:
Ex-Vanity Fair writer backs up Vicky Ward, who claims Graydon Carter cut accusations by women from an Epstein profile; Carter: Ward lacked on-the-record sources  —  Having seen my own articles nipped and tucked and altered for reasons that seemed to have nothing to do with journalism …
Reuters:
Sources: Verizon quietly sought buyers for Yahoo Finance earlier this year as it revamped its media division, but ended its search recently  —  (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc earlier this year looked for buyers for Yahoo Finance, one of the most popular internet destinations …
Discussion: @alexrubalcava and @kenli729
Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
US podcast network competitors Stitcher and Wondery team up to launch Podfront, a joint podcast platform hosting over 300 podcasts, in the UK  —  There's more than one way to expand overseas.  U.S. podcast network competitors Stitcher and Wondery have decided to pair up to take on the U.K …
Discussion: AdExchanger
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
YouTube to require those submitting manual copyright claims to give timestamps of where in a video infringing content appears, making creator responses easier  —  YouTube is updating the way it handles manual copyright claims with changes that should make them much less of a headache for video creators.
Rob Arthur / VICE:
4chan, with its ~20M monthly visitors, has had a 40% spike in hate speech since 2015 according to analysis of 1M+ comments on the site  —  On 4chan you'll find anime, porn, and sports chatter.  You'll also find an endless stream of racist threats, stomach-churning memes, and misogynistic vitriol …
Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times:
Sources: Amazon Music Unlimited's subscribers grew ~70% in the past year, compared to ~25% for Spotify; in April Amazon had 32M+ music subscribers in total  —  Amazon is adding subscribers to its music-streaming service at a faster rate than rivals such as Spotify, Apple and Google …
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
UK to set up a National Committee for the Safety of Journalists to examine current protections for journalists and how to improve them  —  Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright has announced the UK will establish a National Committee for the Safety of Journalists.
Discussion: Press Gazette and GOV.UK
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Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
A look at the Colorado Media Project, which will support ~75 staff across nine news outlets that will remain independent but share space, equipment, and ideas  —  “This didn't take a ton of capital.  It just took a lot of willingness on the part of a lot of different folks to collectively figure …
 
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Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak:
YouTube appears to have blocked some popular YouTube-to-MP3 ripping sites; music labels have taken action against them before and asked YouTube to do the same
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Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority:
Source: Google has canceled the development of a second-generation Pixel Tablet, planned for release in 2025, due to concerns that it wouldn't sell very well

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is testing a more conversational version of Siri, dubbed “LLM Siri”, with plans to release it in spring 2026 as part of iOS 19 and macOS 16

Hannah Lang / Reuters:
Sources: a16z, Ripple, Kraken, and Circle are jostling for a seat on Trump's promised crypto advisory council, which is expected to set up a bitcoin reserve

 
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