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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Journalists must change how they report on mass shootings by shining a light on solutions, insisting on more accountability from officials, and taking a side — Sadly, we in the news media know just how to do it. — When a mass shooting happens, even when it happens twice in a 24-hour period …
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Kate Clark / TechCrunch:
AI-powered news aggregation app SmartNews raises $28M Series E led by Japan Post Capital, valuing the startup at $1.1B and bringing the total raised to $116M — A $28 million financing has made SmartNews, an AI-powered news aggregation app, a unicorn. — Japan Post Capital has led …
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Bloomberg and @rafat, more at Techmeme »
Adriana Carranca / Columbia Journalism Review:
After jail threat against Glenn Greenwald, experts say Brazilian law allows him to publish info of public concern even if a third party illegally obtained it — On June 9, the Intercept began publishing a series of investigative stories that sent shocks through Brazil.
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Fox Corp. to buy a 67% stake in Credible Labs, a marketplace for consumer-lending info, for $265M and add up to $75M in growth capital over about two years — Deal for Credible, a marketplace for consumer-lending information, is part of Fox's digital strategy
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Pak Yiu / AFP Correspondent:
A first-hand account of reporting in Xinjiang, China: suspicious people filming and following journalists, a fake car crash, roadblocks, and more — Kashgar, China — You expect to have problems when reporting on sensitive stories in China. People following you, thugs blocking your way …
Maddy Myers / Kotaku:
E3 website leaks personal info, including addresses and phone numbers, of 2,000+ reporters and content creators; E3 has removed file but data still circulates — A spreadsheet containing the contact information and personal addresses of over 2,000 games journalists, editors …
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Game Informer, Gizmodo, VentureBeat, @jennabusch, @kezamacdonald, @quantum_arbiter, @baertaffy, @laura_hudson, @stephentotilo, Comic Book, PCMag, VGC, Only Single Player, GameDaily.biz, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Digital Trends, CNET, GamesIndustry.biz, Business Insider, Deadline, Engadget, TechCrunch and YouTube, more at Techmeme »
Elizabeth Nolan Brown / Reason:
Section 230 of the CDA is the internet's First Amendment; repealing it would hurt online speech and marginalized groups more than it would hurt Big Tech — From Josh Hawley to Kamala Harris, online free speech is under attack. — Imagine, for a moment, the following series of online exchanges.
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Technology & … and Techdirt
Richard Fausset / New York Times:
A look at The Warroad Pioneer's 121-year history, the Minnesota paper's role in the community, and its last days, “a death by familiar cuts” — The Warroad Pioneer, a pillar of its small Minnesota town, ended its 121-year run with bloody marys, bold type and gloom about the void it would leave behind.
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@journostuff, @kellystrib, @mprnews, @nytimes, @jackfromnodak, @nytimes, @marcatracy, @kellystrib, @howardfineman, @ellenbarrynyt and The Rural Blog
Jessica Bennett / New York Times:
Playboy after the Hefner family: a young, socially conscious staff taps female interviewers and photographers for its recently relaunched ad-free quarterly — The Hefners are gone, and so is the magazine's short-lived ban on nudity — as well as virtually anyone on the staff over 35.
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Jezebel, @ejeancarroll, @nytimes, @brianstelter and Newser
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
CNN analyst and Playboy correspondent Brian Karem says the White House suspended his press pass for 30 days; CNN says WH cited Karem's dispute with Seb Gorka — Playboy White House correspondent and CNN political analyst Brian Karem said today the White House has suspended his press pass for 30 days.
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CNN, @brianstelter, @briankarem, @briankarem, Politico, @renato_mariotti, Talking Points Memo, @jenmercieca, @joycewhitevance, Washington Examiner and Fox News
Daniela Flamini / Poynter:
Internet shutdowns, which are on the rise by governments who say they're necessary to curb misinformation, can bar the dissemination of accurate information — In July of 2016, the young militant commander Burhan Wani was shot dead by government forces in the northern Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
How Ron Howard and Brian Grazer's Imagine is responding to the streaming age: splitting with Universal, raising money to branch out into new forms of content — BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — “So this is a blow gun,” Brian Grazer said during an interview in his office. “It shoots a very sharp dart.”
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@nytimesbusiness, @paulg, @nytimesbusiness and @brooksbarnesnyt
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