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The New York Times pulls its stories from Apple News, saying the service does not align with its strategy of building direct relationships with paying readers — The Times said Apple News did not align with its strategy of building direct relationships with paying readers.
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
Sources: WaPo's top editor Martin Baron intervened to kill a story by Bob Woodward that would have outed Brett Kavanaugh as a source in one of Woodward's books — The ultimate old-school editor is grappling with a moment of cultural reckoning. — Almost anyone who works in The Washington Post newsroom …
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Sources: CNN's Van Jones helped craft Trump's executive order on police reform; Jones appeared on CNN to praise the EO without disclosing his work — The ex-Obama aide's willingness to help Trump—whom he once dubbed among the “worst people ever born”—has drawn the ire of liberal allies while gaining him fans in Jared and Kimye.
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Sheila Dang / Reuters:
Organizers behind “Stop Hate for Profit” Facebook ad boycott, which has attracted 160+ companies, say it will begin calling on major European companies to join — (Reuters) - Organizers of a Facebook Inc (FB.O) advertising boycott campaign that has drawn support from a rapidly expanding list …
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Brian Fung / CNN:
With top 100 brands contributing only an estimated 6% of Facebook's revenue and Zuckerberg's voting control over the company, ad boycott's impact may be limited
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Julia Alexander / The Verge:
YouTube bans several white supremacist channels, including those of Stefan Molyneux, David Duke, and Richard Spencer, for violating its hate speech policies — Bans come after YouTube's 2019 policy update — YouTube has banned several prominent white supremacist channels …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Fox Sports ends its $1.1B 12-year US Open contract with USGA, which began in 2015, with NBC taking over; source says NBCU deal is a little more than $37M/year — A bad swing for golf has led Fox Sports to drop its potentially lucrative rights deal with the U.S. Golf Association, which is transferring to NBCUniversal.
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Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Twitch temporarily bans President Trump for “hateful conduct” that was aired on stream, noting it does not make exceptions for “political or newsworthy content” — A temporary suspension for hateful conduct — Twitch has temporarily banned President Donald Trump …
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Queen Muse / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Philadelphia Magazine writer reflects on being the only Black woman journalist at the publication: “Being among those chosen few is a privilege and a prison” — Earlier this month, I became the only Black woman writer at a publication I work for.
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
News UK's Times Radio launches with an interview with Boris Johnson, as some listeners using Amazon's Alexa were directed to Times Radio Malawi — News UK station's unveiling disrupted as smart speakers direct to outlet in Malawi — Times Radio launched with a large budget …
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google brings free product listings to Search results, after adding them to its Shopping tab in April, to help businesses during the pandemic — Back in April, Google announced that all merchants can have their goods appear for free in the Shopping tab. Those free product listings …
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Rahul Shrivastava / India Today:
Indian government bans 59 Chinese apps including TikTok, UC News, UC Browser, and WeChat, citing national security and maintaining public order — Govt bans 59 Chinese apps including TikTok as border tensions simmer in Ladakh — As tensions along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) …
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Brent Lang / Variety:
AMC Theatres delays the reopening of 450 US locations from July 15 to July 30, and says it hopes to be fully operational by early August — AMC Theatres, the world's largest exhibition chain, is pushing back its reopening by two weeks. — The move comes as coronavirus rates continue …
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