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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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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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Media coverage of immigrant raids act as highlight reels for Trump; journalists must frame them as campaign events that claim lives as collateral damage — You can predict the scene already: a half dozen TV news crews surround a mother and her two children in one of the largest cities in America.
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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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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 …


With only 40 full-time editorial cartoonists at American dailies in 2016, the form is waning despite its ability to condense layers of commentary into one image — More than 11,000 people retweeted Michael de Adder's controversial cartoon of Donald Trump next to a golf cart …


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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Goodloe Sutton, owner and editor of an Alabama paper in which he called for a revival of the KKK, has sold it and retired — BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The longtime owner and editor of a small Alabama newspaper that called for a revival of the Ku Klux Klan has sold the publication and retired …
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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.


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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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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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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