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5:55 PM ET, June 21, 2019

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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump speciously describes an NYT journalist making a request for confirmation to an FBI press liaison in 2017 as the NYT “feeding false stories” about him  —  In his long-running quest to prove the real collusion was collusion against Donald Trump, the president on Friday promoted …
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The Atlantic:
Bob Cohn, president of The Atlantic magazine since 2014, is stepping down on September 7  —  Below is the full text of a memo from Atlantic Media Chairman David G. Bradley announcing that, after nearly 11 years at The Atlantic, president Bob Cohn has decided to leave the company this fall.
Max Willens / Digiday:
Quartz is shutting down its Quartz Brief mobile app on July 1 and will focus on the main Quartz app and Qz.com  —  “The Quartz app was always an experiment.  And it was a good one," said David Ho, former executive mobile editor at The Wall Street Journal.  “Quartz tried new things with notifications …
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
WhatsApp will no longer allow publishers to send newsletters through the app starting December 7, 2019, in an effort to crack down on bulk messaging  —  In an effort to crack down on “automated or bulk messaging, or non-personal use” on the platform, WhatsApp will no longer allow publishers …
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
DOD's three-minute briefing with no questions after downing of drone marks the first time in over a year that a DOD official has addressed the press on camera  —  With the United States on the brink of a potential military conflict with Iran on Thursday, the Pentagon decided to say . . . well, almost nothing.
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Democratic National Committee is requiring all of its TV network partners to live-stream primary debates on the web for free  —  New York (CNN Business)It's a sign of the streaming times: The Democratic National Committee is requiring all of its TV network partners to live-stream primary debates on the web.
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
On July 10, FCC plans to vote on possible easing of rules enacted in 1996 that require broadcasters to air a certain amount of children's TV programming  —  The Federal Communications Commission plans to vote July 10 on possible easing of rules enacted in 1996 that require broadcasters to air …
Max Willens / Digiday:
Universal Content Productions, owned by NBCUniversal, has acquired development rights to about 12 podcasts over the past 18 months  —  Podcasting's biggest booster in film and TV wants to get even cozier with the medium.  —  Universal Content Productions, the NBCUniversal-owned production outfit …
Talking Points Memo:
Court documents show a months-long text exchange between Paul Manafort and Fox News host Sean Hannity, with mutual compliments and Manafort offering sources  —  Court documents previously filed under seal with the government's sentencing recommendations for Paul Manafort were made public on Friday.
Mary Loritz / EU-Startups:
Readly, a Sweden-based magazine subscription app available in Europe and the US, raises ~$17M, bringing the total raised to $47.8M  —  Since being founded in 2012 in Växjö, Sweden, Readly has led the market for digital magazine subscriptions, providing users with unlimited access …
 
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A look at how Koch funding is fueling the “free speech warriors” like Jordan Peterson who want free speech for the right and censorship of those on the left
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple has renewed discussions with OpenAI about using its technology to power some features in iOS 18; talks with Google on using Gemini remain ongoing

Ryan Vlastelica / Bloomberg:
Alphabet closes above a $2T market cap for the first time, reaching a valuation of $2.15T after rising 10% on April 26, its biggest one-day jump since July 2015

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Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai, Jensen Huang, and others join a board for advising the DHS on deploying AI safely within US critical infrastructure
 
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