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The Guardian:
The Times withdrew a story about Boris Johnson and his wife without explanation after printing it in some editions; MailOnline and aggregators removed a rewrite — Report had claimed Boris Johnson tried to hire his now wife as chief of staff when foreign secretary, but then it was deleted
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PoliticsHome:
The UK's Number 10 confirms that Boris Johnson's team intervened before a Times story about his wife was pulled, but denies the Prime Minister was involved — Number 10 has confirmed that members of the Prime Minister's team intervened before a story about his wife Carrie Johnson was withdrawn …
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Bobby Caina Calvan / Associated Press:
Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov's Nobel Peace Prize medal sold for a record $103.5M on Monday night at an auction to raise money for Ukrainian child refugees — NEW YORK (AP) — The Nobel Peace Prize that Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov was auctioning off to raise money …
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Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
Internal documents: Fox News agreed to a ~$15M settlement with Melissa Francis, a former female host who sued the network alleging gender-based pay disparities — Melissa Francis alleged her male colleagues made far more than women. She won an unusually large settlement, according to documents viewed by The Post.
John Ourand / Sports Business Journal:
Sinclair plans to soft launch its local sports streaming service Bally Sports+ in five markets on June 23, ahead of a full launch still scheduled for the fall — Sinclair will soft launch its local sports streaming service in five markets on June 23, with a full launch still scheduled for the fall.
Nick Vivarelli / Variety:
As Paramount+ launches in the UK and Ireland, a Q&A with Paramount CEO of streaming Tom Ryan about its global rollout, 100M subscribers goal by 2024, and more — Elsewhere in Europe, Paramount+ has set firm dates to launch its standalone streaming offer in Italy in September …
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Jessica Bennett / New York Times:
Q&A with some early Ms. editors and writers on the feminist magazine's early days, when it was hard to sell ads, how and why the name “Ms.” was chosen, and more — Ms. Bennett is a contributing editor in Opinion who writes on gender, politics and culture. Previously, she was The Times's gender editor.
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@mariaramirezny, @letahong, @msmagazine and @mollyjongfast
Jeremy Fassler / Mother Jones:
Simon & Schuster plans to distribute the January 6 committee's final report with a foreword by an ex-Trump speechwriter who spread Capitol attack misinformation — Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.
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Reuters:
Russia blocks the website of The Telegraph, citing “inaccurate information about the special military operation” — The website of the British newspaper The Telegraph has been blocked in Russia following a request from the prosecutor general, data from the state communications regulator Roskomnadzor showed on Tuesday.
Kul Bhushan / Tech in Asia:
VerSe Innovation rolls out its news aggregator Dailyhunt in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, and Kuwait, with over 5K content partners in the region — VerSe Innovation, an India-based tech unicorn, has rolled out news aggregator Dailyhunt in the Middle East …
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ProPublica:
Analysis: despite claiming to reject gun ads, Google accepted ads from the 15 top US firearms sellers between March 9 and June 6, generating 120M+ impressions — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.
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@craigsilverman, @propublica, @chrisfralic and YouTube, more at Techmeme »
Hannah Miller / Bloomberg:
Crypto payments company MoonPay partners with Universal, Fox Corp., Death Row Records, and others to create NFT collections on its HyperMint service — Crypto payments company MoonPay is partnering with major entertainment brands as it expands further into the struggling nonfungible token market.
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