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Trump's DOJ battled in court with CNN for six months, in secrecy, to get email records for Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr, covering two months in 2017 — Washington (CNN)The Trump administration battled with CNN for half a year to obtain the email records of a reporter and insisted …
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Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
Director of GB News John McAndrew says it “won't be a hate-filled divisive shout-fest”, over concerns it will bring Fox News-style TV to the UK — “I didn't ask anyone at their interview how they voted,” GB News director John McAndrew tells me when I ask whether the channel will lean to the right politically.
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Committee to Protect Journalists:
Joel Simon will step down as executive director of CPJ by the end of 2021; Kathleen Carroll will lead a committee of board members to identify a successor — Executive Director Joel Simon will step down by the end of 2021 after 15 years in the role — New York, June 9 …
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Steve Dent / Engadget:
NMPA files a $200M lawsuit against Roblox for alleged music copyright infringement, and launches a “major ramp-up” of its takedown campaign against Twitch — The National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) has filed a $200 million lawsuit against Roblox for allowing the illegal use …
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Gwynedd Stuart / Los Angeles Magazine:
Profile of Yashar Ali, who breaks his biggest stories on Twitter and Substack, unencumbered by the fact-checking and legal vetting required by news outlets — I'm extremely upset. Yashar Ali delivers this news as he settles into a booth in the lobby of Santa Monica's Proper Hotel.
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New York Times:
Netflix launches an online store with Shopify, featuring merch tied to its shows, expanding its retail business which includes deals with Walmart and others — You streamed it. Now you can buy it at Netflix.shop, a new site that will offer everything from a “Lupin” side table to a “Yasuke” clock.
Rachel Aroesti / The Guardian:
Podcast Reply All is set to return this week; its recovery will depend on hosts Goldman and Dzotsi recreating the original's DIY charm — Gimlet's smash hit podcast returns from an enforced hiatus this week ... minus one of its hosts. But its future, and that of other shows blighted by controversy, is now precarious
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Sam Tobin / London Evening Standard:
Former UK MP Sir Simon Hughes settles phone-hacking claim against News Group Newspapers' The Sun for an undisclosed amount — Sir Simon sued the company for misuse of private information and breach of confidence in 2019. — F — ormer Liberal Democrat MP Sir Simon Hughes is among …
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Elizabeth A. Harris / New York Times:
Dave Eggers says his next book The Every, a follow-up to The Circle that deals with a dangerous monopoly, won't be available on Amazon as “I don't like bullies” — “The Every,” a follow-up to his hit book “The Circle,” will be available in independent bookstores in October.
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Laura Miller / Slate:
Some authors are changing lines in their published books after coming under fire from small posses of online critics about something fictional characters said — Elin Hilderbrand writes novels about people who summer in Nantucket and have lots of family secrets and complicated love lives.
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The New York Times Company:
NYT says Stella Bugbee, most recently an editor-at-large at New York magazine, will be its Styles editor — Stella joins The Times from New York magazine and brings a broad and ambitious vision for Styles coverage, one that embraces fashion and lifestyle even as it explores issues of politics, gender, power and fame.
Makena Kelly / The Verge:
Biden signs an EO revoking the Trump-era bans on TikTok and says his commerce secretary will investigate any risks to national security and privacy — But the apps still aren't out of hot water — President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday revoking the Trump-era bans on TikTok and WeChat.
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