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Mark Di Stefano / BuzzFeed:
Sources: The Times sacked award-winning reporter Peter Yeung for publishing concert and travel reviews on its site in return for free tickets and travel — Peter Yeung told BuzzFeed News that publishing the fake concert and travel reviews to get free tickets and trips was “the biggest mistake of my life”.
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HBO must transform from a boutique operation into something bigger and broader, says its new overseer, AT&T exec John Stankey, at town hall meeting with staff — Change is coming to HBO, now that it is part of the AT&T corporate family. That much was clear to the 150 employees …
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The New York Times Company:
Recode's Editor-at-Large Kara Swisher will begin contributing regularly to the New York Times' Opinion section beginning in August — Kara Swisher, editor at large of Recode, will bring her experience, intellect and courage to bear for Times readers, to identify and explain the big ideas in technology.
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Marcy Wheeler delves deeper into why she outed a source, including safety concerns for innocent people amid House GOP tactics and the source's actions — It's pretty much an inviolable rule of journalism: Protect your sources. — Reporters have gone to jail to keep that covenant.
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Antoni Slodkowski / Reuters:
Myanmar court charges two jailed Reuters journalists for violating the Official Secret Act, moving case into trial stage after 6 months of preliminary hearings — YANGON (Reuters) - A court in Myanmar on Monday charged two jailed Reuters journalists with obtaining secret state documents …
Jason Easley / POLITICUSUSA:
The media value of live coverage of Trump rallies: from April 28 to July 5, CNN gave Trump no free advertising, MSNBC gave $56.7K worth, Fox News gave $15.1M — FacebookTwitterSubscribeGooglePinterest PrintMailFlipboard — The cable news landscape has changed.
Wall Street Journal:
Disney CEO Bob Iger is applying his formula of targeting a company that is not for sale to acquire 21st Century Fox, with his once secure legacy on the line — With Disney's pursuit of Fox, CEO Robert Iger's signature strategy faces its biggest test yet — LOS ANGELES— Disney DIS .27% …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Turner Sports Names Hania Poole GM of Bleacher Report Live, SVP of NCAA Digital — Turner Sports has expanded the duties of Hania Poole, promoting the exec to the position of senior VP of NCAA Digital and general manager of Bleacher Report (B/R) Live. — Most recently, Poole was VP of business operations and GM of NCAA Digital.
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Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times:
Sources: Apple Music had ~21.5M US subscribers as of last week while Spotify had ~22.5M; Apple's service is growing faster than Spotify in UK and Canada — Spotify's lead over Apple's music-streaming service in the US is narrowing, denting the air of invincibility around the recently floated pioneer.
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@annaknicolaou, more at Techmeme »
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Paul Manafort's lawyers say the DoJ may have violated its own leak policies by giving info off-the-record to four AP reporters during a 2017 meeting — Lawyers for former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort are crying foul over a meeting Justice Department prosecutors held …
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Rachel Frazin / The Daily Beast:
Manuel Duran, founder of online publication Memphis Noticias, was arrested by ICE, a move he says was in retaliation for his coverage of Memphis police — What started out as a “just another day” in Memphis-based journalist Manuel Duran's life ended in his arrest by local police and transfer to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
CNN:
Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty to three additional sex crime charges in a Manhattan court on Monday — Hear some of Harvey Weinstein's accusers — (CNN)Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced Hollywood producer, pleaded not guilty to three additional sex crime charges …
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