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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.
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Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google announces it is rolling out redesigned News results for Search on desktop, making publishers' names more prominent, adding a carousel, and more — Google Search on the desktop web has seen a slew of visual refreshes in recent weeks. The latest is a substantial redesign of the News tab …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube unveils new ways for creators to make money, including Super Stickers for chats in livestreams and premieres and paid levels for Channel Memberships — YouTube is rolling out more ways for its creators to engage fans and generate revenue, the company announced today the VidCon event in Anaheim, California.
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Julia Alexander / The Verge:
YouTube says it's working to update its abuse policy in the coming weeks to curb “creator-on-creator harassment”; move comes after the Steven Crowder incident — No further details on what that means — YouTube is working on new policies to prevent “creator-on-creator harassment” …
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@sokane1, Bitch Media, CNET, Techdirt and YouTube Creator Blog, more at Techmeme »
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
WPP sells 60% of market research giant Kantar to Bain, valuing Kantar at $4B — Some M&A is afoot in the world of market research and analysis: WPP today announced that it would sell 60% of Kantar — the firm that provides stats and insights on how consumers buy and think of products in services …
Katie Notopoulos / BuzzFeed News:
Facebook is starting to show users which marketing and data companies have your data, how an ad was targeted, and how to opt-out — The new tool tells you how an ad was targeted and which third-party agency or data broker was used. It also links to pages to opt out.
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Gizmodo, Facebook, TechCrunch, The Verge, @cwarzel, Mashable, Marketing Land, Adweek and Engadget, more at Techmeme »
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Starbucks will stop selling newspapers in its 8,600 stores across the US from Sept. 1, due, in part, to persistent “shrinkage” issues — If you want to read the paper at Starbucks, you'll have to start bringing your own. — Beginning Sept. 1, the Seattle-based coffee giant …
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@paperhaus, @tmorris504, @jmartnyt and @ashponders
Kali Hays / WWD:
WSJ to launch WSJ China in August, a standalone monthly magazine with a particular focus on men's fashion, licensed through a five-year deal with Huasheng Media — If all goes well with a new edition, further international expansion could be in the future, according to editor Kristina O'Neill.
Daniel Connolly / The Commercial Appeal:
Manuel Duran, a Spanish-language journalist arrested while covering a protest, is released on bond after 15 months in ICE detention; he still faces deportation — Spanish-language reporter Manuel Duran has been released from immigration detention in Alabama after more than 15 months behind bars …
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@danielconnolly, @danielconnolly, @danielconnolly and Southern Poverty Law Center
Adi Robertson / The Verge:
Experts argue the ruling that said Trump can't block Twitter critics will be difficult and confusing to apply to other cases like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — Telling the president to unblock critics was easy, but interpreting the rule for other government accounts could be hard
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@eff, MarketWatch and New York Times
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
CIA is pushing an amendment to a law to criminalize identifying covert officers and informants, a change that could be used against journalists, whistleblowers — The C.I.A. wants the law to protect the identities of more covert officers and informants, citing its defunct torture program and groups like WikiLeaks.
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@danielschuman, @danielschuman, @trevortimm, American Press Institute and The Reporters Committee …
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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@niemanlab and @jcstearns
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