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Sources: USA Today has removed 23 articles from its website after an audit of the work of breaking news reporter Gabriela Miranda revealed fabricated sources — The articles were removed after an investigation identified fabricated sources in stories by a breaking news reporter.
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Etan Vlessing / The Hollywood Reporter:
Roku unveils an e-commerce deal with Walmart, allowing TV viewers to use remotes to shop during commercials and check out with Roku Pay; stock up 4% after hours — The pact could make TV streaming the next frontier in e-commerce shopping by blending entertainment and instant product purchases.
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Janko Roettgers / Protocol:
Roku raises its ad revenue share for ad-supported streaming channels to 45% from 40% and requires linear channels to use Roku's ad insertion technology and CDN — In recent weeks, Roku began to send notices to many of its content partners, informing them that it would change a key distribution agreement.
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The Guardian:
UK home secretary Priti Patel approves the extradition of WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange to the US; Assange's legal team is expected to file a fresh appeal — Fresh appeal likely after Priti Patel gives green light to extradition of WikiLeaks co-founder
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
BuzzFeed News names Karolina Waclawiak, its top culture editor, as editor in chief — Ms. Waclawiak, a six-year BuzzFeed veteran, has served as the site's top culture editor.
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Laura Wagner / Defector:
The Athletic's founder said it would run independently, but the NYT has told staff not to express political beliefs, though what counts as political is vague — When The New York Times acquired The Athletic in January, the bosses who got rich from the deal roundly assured Athletic staffers that not much of anything would change.
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Washington Post:
A look at the backlash among hosts and listeners of conservative Miami station Radio Mambí after its sale to two Latinas who worked for the Democrats — The sale of conservative Radio Mambí to Democratic owners has become a flash point in a debate about Spanish-language misinformation
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
TikTok's global business solutions head says TikTok is an entertainment platform, not a social network like Facebook, and hasn't seen a slowdown in ad revenue — - Facebook is openly copying TikTok, and calling it out as a significant competitor. — But Blake Chandlee …
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Rachel Kaser / VentureBeat:
VersusGame, a mobile app that lets content creators pose “prediction contests” to viewers for cash and prizes, has raised a $25M Series A — VersusGame announced it has raised $25 million in a new fundraising round. It plans to use the funding to develop its platform and staff as well as augment its partnership efforts.
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Matt Tamanini / The Streamable:
Some HBO Max subscribers are offered discounted access to Discovery+, likely the first step in Warner Bros. Discovery's bundling and merging of its services — The Great Rebundling has apparently begun over at Warner Bros. Discovery. After promising that the newly formed conglomerate's …
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Tom Grundy / Hong Kong Free Press HKFP:
Hong Kong has barred several independent news outlets and wire services from attending the inauguration of leader John Lee and from other festivities on July 1 — Hong Kong has effectively barred several independent newspapers, international media outlets and news wires from attending …
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Reuters:
A Turkish court jails 16 Kurdish journalists and media workers pending trial for allegedly spreading terrorist propaganda — A Turkish court imprisoned pending trial 16 Kurdish journalists and media workers who were arrested after being detained last week accused of spreading terrorist propaganda …
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