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Brent Kendall / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: the FTC will review Amazon's proposed acquisition of MGM, just as the commission gets a new chairwoman who has been critical of Amazon's expansion — Commission secures antitrust review after talks with Justice Department, and as Amazon critic Lina Khan takes the FTC's helm
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Javier Espinoza / Financial Times:
European Commission says it has opened an antitrust investigation into whether Google favors its own display ad tech over rivals — Brussels to examine whether US group broke rules by giving an advantage to its own services — The EU has announced a formal investigation …
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Dean Baquet defends Maggie Haberman after a Fox News article accused her of being fixated on Trump and failing to properly cover Joe Biden — - Fox News article says Pulitzer winner biased against Trump — Bacquet salutes ‘one of the finest journalists of her generation’
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European Federation of Journalists:
The Belarusian Ministry of Justice has demanded the Belarusian Association of Journalists turn over membership lists, meeting minutes, and more from 2018 on — The Belarusian Ministry of Justice has just ordered an inspection of the activities of the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ).
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Biden said good reporters must be negative, a common misunderstanding of reporters' roles; the industry has many reporters who are decent, tough, and fair — Journalism has never been the most admired of professions, and in recent years the rap on its practitioners has only gotten worse.
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@ibishblog, @pieterdutoit, @sulliview and The Scrum
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Quartz co-founders Kevin Delaney and Jay Lauf and NYT's Erin Grau launch a new media and services company, Charter, centered around the future of work — Quartz co-founders Kevin Delaney and Jay Lauf, along with New York Times veteran Erin Grau, are launching a new media and services company called …
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David Griner / Adweek:
Allure EIC Michelle Lee is leaving to join Netflix as its first VP of editorial and publishing, managing Netflix's social media, podcasts, and print publication — She'll become the streaming service's vp of editorial and publishing
Adi Robertson / The Verge:
Twitter opens applications to test Ticketed Spaces and Super Follows for a small number of users, who will keep 97% of revenue after the IAP cut if making <$50K — Users initially keep 97 percent of their revenue — Twitter is opening applications for a limited test of its Super Follows and Ticketed Spaces features.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Source: C-SPAN political editor Steve Scully, put on leave in 2020 after falsely saying his Twitter account was hacked, departs for the Bipartisan Policy Center — Longtime C-SPAN political editor and on-air host Steve Scully is leaving the network on July 2, Axios has learned.
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Christopher Williams / Sydney Morning Herald:
Sources: News UK is competing with Dazn and ITV for a UK sports broadcasting partnership with BT Sport — Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size — Rupert Murdoch is exploring a tie-up with BT's television arm as the nonagenarian attempts to reshape and secure his media legacy amid the decline of print newspapers.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: the owner of The Hill, Jimmy Finkelstein, has ramped up efforts to sell the DC-based publication; one source says The Hill has held talks with Nexstar — The Hill, a Beltway-based print publication that receives significant national traffic to its digital website …
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@kylekulinski and @thezedwards
Wilfredo Miranda / The Guardian:
Carlos Fernando Chamorro, editor of Nicaragua's Confidencial, says he has left the country following a surge of arrests of President Daniel Ortega's opponents — Carlos Fernando Chamorro: 'They won't silence journalism' — Chamorro's sister among 19 jailed in pre-election crackdown
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