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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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@jank0, @caseynewton, @protocol, @karlbode, Next TV and @richlightshed
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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@w7voa, @decunningham2, @niemanlab, @edlavacnn, @anelsona, @elaheizadi and @washingtonpost
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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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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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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Committee to Protect … and @penamerica
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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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 — Japan's Nikkei, Asahi Shimbun, and Kyodo News, Taiwan's CTV, Getty Images in the US, Europe's EPA as well as Hong Kong's InMedia, PSHK, TMHK and HKFP are among those barred.
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@tomgrundy, @tomgrundy, @tomgrundy, @tomgrundy, @tomgrundy, @cezary, Committee to Protect …, @theodorayuhk, @tomgrundy and @mbrookerhk
Kelsey Sutton / Marketing Brew:
How American Airlines and Delta run their in-flight “streaming services”, curate content, manage licensing, and help streamers attract future subscribers — Airlines are giving them a place to win over new viewers. — Ekrem Dimbiloglu spends his days helping decide what people watch …
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@kelseymsutton and @kerrymflynn
Issie Lapowsky / Protocol:
Researchers say Big Tech's political ad bans are a charade and likely had minimal impact on curbing misinformation while hurting smaller advocacy groups — Say ExxonMobil wanted to run an ad on Twitter about how natural gas is actually totally climate-friendly.
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@evan_greer, @chasemohney, @rti_digital, @carnage4life, @tatendacheryl, @jigolden, @stephaniewdc, @issielapowsky, @issielapowsky and @protocol, more at Techmeme »
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Study: local Facebook groups that some describe as “toxic” and “racist” have supplanted local newspapers as the default source of information in UK news deserts — Report says people often find online groups more informative than underfunded traditional media
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