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6:20 PM ET, May 28, 2018

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Lani Seelinger / Bustle:
Trump says NYT used “phony sources” in story citing a White House official and is challenged by reporters who were part of the off-the-record briefing  —  President Trump's ongoing feud with the media is hardly news, but over the weekend it turned out that there were still new ways …
Matthew Dessem / Slate:
Elon Musk complained about media credibility, then tweeted a link to a story attacking coverage of his company from a news site affiliated with sex cult NXIVM  —  Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's crusade to discredit the press in the wake of negative reporting hit a snag on Saturday …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
If Silicon Valley billionaires like Elon Musk really want to improve trust in the news media, they should help reinvent the economics of local news outlets  —  Entrepreneur Elon Musk thinks journalism needs fixing, and he's got just the answer.  —  Enraged last week by negative media coverage of Tesla …
Frederic Filloux / Monday Note:
Unlike Netflix and Amazon, many news outlets offer paying subscribers poor customer service, products with technical faults, and ads  —  A growing number of publications are switching to the subscription model.  But most of them are lagging behind, with a poor user experience.
Jared Schroeder / Columbia Journalism Review:
Courts may soon have to decide if AI communicators are entitled to journalistic protections, e.g. in cases when programmer wants to protect sources his bot used  —  We need to talk about bots.  How will the courts address free-expression rights for artificially intelligent communicators?
Discussion: @jonathanwpeters
Julia Reda:
EU governments agree on copyright reform, that needs EU parliament approval, to let news sites charge aggregators for snippets, force upload filters on websites  —  Update from May 25th 2018, 13:37: Member State governments have today adopted their position on the copyright reform …
Richard Gao / Android Police:
Pandora matches Spotify and Apple Music with new $14.99/month Premium Family Plan for up to six members  —  Pandora isn't nearly as popular as it once was, but it still has a fairly sizable userbase.  The company has just quietly introduced a new family plan, aptly dubbed 'Premium Family …
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Discovery is to shut its European broadcasting base in London, affecting up to 100 jobs, as it mulls post-Brexit plans for a new HQ on the continent  —  Bear Grylls broadcaster may move from London to Poland or Netherlands if EU-wide TV deal not struck  —  Discovery is to shut …
Discussion: @emmakennedy
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen / Nieman Lab:
Like climate change deniers, some pundits are doubling down on media theories that are contradicted by evidence-based research, which needs more consideration  —  “If we let media change deniers drive the conversation, the result will be dumber journalism, less-informed public debate …
Bryn Elise Sandberg / Hollywood Reporter:
Studios try packaging their media units for TV, film, and shortform video together when offering deals to talent in order to compete with Netflix  —  With deep-pocketed Netflix poaching hitmakers Shonda Rhimes and Ryan Murphy with nine-figure paydays, rivals are “going bats— crazy” …
Discussion: Forbes and @natjarv
Nicholas Thompson / Wired:
Q&A with members of Facebook's team to fight fake news on enforcing community standards, financial motivations of false news posts, and reduction of clickbait  —  On Monday, I sat down with nine members of the team at Facebook fighting fake news: Eduardo Ariño de la Rubia …
Discussion: Nieman Lab
 
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Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
A look at ESPN's troubles: too much “divisive” opinionated commentary, soaring broadcast rights, cord-cutting, and an at times rocky relationship with Disney
Discussion: Business Insider
Victoria Smith Ekstrand / Raleigh News & Observer:
As we increasingly rely on private platforms for public debates, the Trump-Twitter blocking case and NFL's standing rule signal tough times for First Amendment
Krishn Kaushik / The Indian Express:
Videos posted by Cobrapost claim big media outlets in India were willing to promote “Hindutva” politics via paid-for news; media orgs call the sting misleading
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Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Six small Long Island newspapers set aside competition to partner together and share resources in covering the opioid epidemic in their communities
Eben Novy-Williams / Bloomberg:
Riot Games signs non-exclusive streaming deal with Disney's ESPN+ for League of Legends; replaces $350M exclusive Riot had with now Disney-owned BAMTech in 2016
Jessica Davies / Digiday:
With the arrival of GDPR, ad platform vendors like DoubleClick warn publishers about steep EU ad volumes declines, at least for the short term