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8:30 PM ET, June 9, 2017

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BuzzFeed:
NowThis News requires its staffers to sign a non-compete that bars them for two years from taking a job at places like CNN, Vice, BuzzFeed, and Vox  —  New hires at the social news outlet must sign a contract that forbids them from taking a job at places including CNN, Vice, BuzzFeed and Vox.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CNN drops the series Believer with Reza Aslan after Aslan, an Iranian-American religious scholar, called Trump a “piece of s**t” in a tweet after London attack  —  CNN no longer believes in “Believer,” the non-fiction series it launched earlier this year with Reza Aslan, the Iranian-American author and religious scholar.
Robert Little / NPR:
Slain NPR journalists Gilkey and Tamanna weren't random victims; their convoy was targeted by attackers tipped off to the presence of Americans in Afghanistan  —  NPR journalists David Gilkey and Zabihullah Tamanna died a year ago this week, ambushed on a remote road in southern Afghanistan …
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Comey hearing draws nearly 20M broadcast and cable TV viewers, according to Nielsen, while Twitter says 2.7M viewers tuned into its Bloomberg stream  —  A congressional hearing rarely attracts much attention, but Thursday's testimony by fired FBI Director James Comey brought major ratings …
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Stephen M. Kohn / Washington Post:
Comey's leak to the press is constitutionally protected, despite hints from Trump's lawyer that the former FBI director may deserve prosecution
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Comey reinforced or confirmed the bulk of recent mainstream reporting on Trump, but denounced one NYT story as almost entirely inaccurate in his testimony
Tina Dyakon / About Us | Poynter:
The Poynter Institute and the Charles Koch Foundation are creating a program to provide training to student journalists and to encourage civil discourse  —  The project will encourage accountability reporting and robust civil dialogue on three campuses  —  The Poynter Institute …
TechCrunch:
Sirius XM invests $480M in Pandora for a 16% stake; Pandora sells Ticketfly, which it acquired for $450M in October 2015, to Eventbrite for $200M  —  Jun 9, 2017, 6:04 amJun 9, 2017, 11:48 am  —  Troubled streaming music service Pandora has finally found a white knight of sorts to boost …
Alanna Petroff / CNNMoney:
The UK election upset has increased the risk that Rupert Murdoch's planned takeover of Sky may be delayed, some analysts say  —  How Trump-Murdoch ties may influence Fox probe  —  The shock U.K. election result has increased the risk that 21st Century Fox's planned takeover of broadcaster Sky …
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Taylor Swift's full catalog is returning to Spotify and other streaming services, reversing her stance against free music on ad-supported services  —  After breaking upin 2014, Taylor Swift and Spotify are getting back together.  To celebrate her album 1989 hitting 10 million records sold …
Matt Volz / AP News:
Prosecutor expects Gianforte to plead guilty to misdemeanor assault on Monday, with potential maximum sentence of 6 months in jail and $500 fine  —  HELENA, Mont. (AP) — U.S. Rep.-elect Greg Gianforte of Montana will plead guilty to assaulting a reporter the day before being elected the state's …
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Profile of Ear Hustle, a podcast co-hosted and co-produced by inmates at San Quentin State Prison about life on the inside  —  When Nigel Poor wakes up in the dead of night with a concern about her podcast, she can't fire off a text to her co-host.  She can't give him a quick call, drop him a line on Twitter or stop by his house.
 
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Heat Street co-founder Noah Kotch named EIC and VP of FoxNews.com; Joanne Po from WSJ named head of digital content development and executive producer
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Reality Winner, accused of leaking to The Intercept, is denied bail after pleading not guilty to removing classified material from a government facility
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