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1:50 AM ET, June 25, 2020

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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Vice urges advertisers to stop blocking BLM and related keywords, saying content related to Floyd protests was monetized at a 57% lower rate than other content  —  Vice Media Group is calling on the advertising industry to review “brand safe” keywords, after the company recently found …
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Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Vice News will launch a weekly investigative podcast, distributed on the iHeartPodcast Network  —  Weekly series ‘Vice News Reports’ will launch in the fall.  —  Vice Media Group is prepping an investigative podcast series with the help of iHeartMedia.  —  The company will debut weekly …
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
WarnerMedia and iHeartMedia sign a deal to co-produce a slate of companion podcasts for HBO Max shows, which will be available to stream on the HBO Max app  —  Comedy ‘Search Party’ and sci-fi drama ‘Raised by Wolves’ are the first TV series to get companion podcasts.
Discussion: The Streamable and Variety
Kate Irby / The Fresno Bee:
Judge rules that Rep. Devin Nunes cannot sue Twitter for defamation over @DevinCow account, agrees with Twitter that it is protected by Section 230 in this case  —  WASHINGTON A judge has ruled that Rep. Devin Nunes has no right to sue Twitter over statements made by a fake Internet cow …
IRE:
All five of IRE's executive committee members are resigning to allow for a new election of officers, after a recent election led to an all-white committee  —  The Executive Committee of the IRE Board of Directors sent the following letter to the full Board of Directors this afternoon:
Rachel Abrams / New York Times:
ViacomCBS says The Comey Rule mini-series will air in September, ahead of election day, after its director criticized its late-November release date  —  The series director criticized ViacomCBS's announcement that it would broadcast “The Comey Rule” in late November.  On Wednesday, the air date was moved to September.
Dell Cameron / Gizmodo:
Twitter has banned the account of Distributed Denial of Secrets, a group that recently made accessible one of the largest dumps of leaked US police documents  —  Twitter confirmed on Tuesday night that it had permanently banned the account of Distributed Denial of Secrets …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources and documents detail a months-long cyberstalking and harassment campaign by members of eBay's security team against those behind the ECommerceBytes blog  —  Security employees allegedly orchestrated deliveries of live cockroaches, pornographic videos and a mask of a bloody pig's head
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Once a niche product, e-replica editions are now central at several news publications like the Tampa Bay Times, as print days drop during the pandemic  —  Once a flawed product, e-editions are now central at several news publications, especially during the pandemic-caused ad downturn
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Sports-focused streaming service FuboTV adds ESPN and other Disney-owned networks including ABC, ABC News Live, and Disney Channel to its Standard base package  —  ESPN at long last will be coming to FuboTV, which launched more than five years ago as a sport-centric streaming service in the U.S.
Pranshu Verma / New York Times:
A lawsuit, filed on behalf of the Open Technology Fund, argues dismissal of heads of OTF and four outlets by Global Media's new CEO Michael Pack was unlawful  —  The suit is the first legal action taken against Michael Pack after he fired the heads of the technology organization and four journalism outlets under his purview last week.
Hannah Murphy / Financial Times:
Sources: Facebook's head of trust and safety policy admits to a “trust deficit” on a call with 200+ advertisers, as the company tries to stem an ad boycott  —  Social media group hit by mass boycotts over political content moderation  —  Facebook has admitted to having a …
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Tiffany Hsu / New York Times:
Ben & Jerry's, Eddie Bauer, and Magnolia Pictures join Patagonia, REI, and others suspending Facebook ads in July to protest amplification of hate speech
 
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Sources: Howard Mittman was forced out as CEO of Bleacher Report after employees complained about the lack of diversity at the company's executive level
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ex-Sunday Times editor Martin Ives named new editor of Times Literary Supplement; Stig Abell named exec editor at News UK's radio and podcast division Wireless
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Bauer Media is shutting down a few titles in the UK, merging its two golf magazines, and is in advanced stages of negotiations to sell five titles
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