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The Times withdrew a story about Boris Johnson and his wife 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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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10 has confirmed that members of the Prime Minister's team intervened before a story about his wife Carrie Johnson was withdrawn …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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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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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.
Abbey White / The Hollywood Reporter:
Pride Media, owner of Out Magazine and The Advocate, has been acquired by Equal Entertainment and plans to rebrand as Equal Pride — The acquisition puts the country's largest LGBTQ+ media company — home to Out and The Advocate's print and digital arms — under queer ownership for the first time.
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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.
Clare Duffy / CNN:
A look at the AP's decision last week to name Tom Verdin as Democracy News Editor for managing coverage of voting rights, election processes, and related areas — New York CNN Business — Last week, the Associated Press announced the creation of an unusual new position: a democracy editor.
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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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Gaspard Sebag / Bloomberg:
France's antitrust watchdog declines to levy further fines against Google over paying publishers, saying Google has significantly improved its commitments — Google brought an end to a dispute with publishers and avoided further fines after winning regulatory approval for pledges that pave …
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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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Jeremy Schulman / 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 — With the January 6 hearings dominating the headlines, publishing giant Simon & Schuster has announced that it will distribute …
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