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4:00 AM ET, June 9, 2017

Top News:

Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:

The New York Times re-examined its February 14 story on Trump campaign links to Russia that Comey testified was inaccurate and stands by its reporting — After re-examining its Feb. 14 article alleging contacts between members of the Trump campaign and senior Russian intelligence officials during …

Discussion: New York Times, Washington Post, @timobrien, Daily Wire, The Hill, CNNMoney, @dellcam, @daviduberti and The Daily Caller

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 — Flawed: yes. Fake: no. And, sometimes, extremely useful. — That was the portrait of the mainstream news media that emerged …

Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:

Comey says he authorized a “close friend” at Columbia Law School to leak the content of his Trump memo to the press to prompt a special counsel investigation — Shortly after his dismissal as head of the FBI, James Comey authorized “a close friend” to leak the contents of his memos …

Washington Post:

A look at how cable news chyrons from MSNBC, CNN, and Fox covered the Comey hearing — Coverage of former FBI director James B. Comey's testimony looks about the same across cable news channels. A closeup of a senator forming a question, a wide show of the room — there's just not much to show on TV.

Discussion: @hadas_gold, Politico, @hadas_gold, @gabbilevy, @kelseymsutton, @lkherman and @chiquiesteban

Max Greenwood / The Hill:

Al Jazeera Media Network says it is under cyberattack, following Tuesday's revelation that Russian hackers may have breached the Qatar state news agency — Al Jazeera Media Network was in the midst of a cyberattack on Thursday, Al Jazeera News said on Twitter.

Discussion: Al Jazeera English, @ajenews, Softpedia News, Forbes, CNNMoney, @ajenews, Fortune, Snopes.com, Ars Technica, Axios, The Verge, USA Today, Reuters, Motherboard, Fast Company, Daily Mail, @patrickwintour and The Independent

Kevin Ponniah / BBC:
Experts believe that the current diplomatic crisis in Qatar imperils Al Jazeera, which may not be closed but whose editorial policies could change

Discussion: Motherboard, @mikeybbq, @jenanmoussa, @paulgottinger, @amelscript and @mlcalderone

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 …

Discussion: @taylornation13, SlashGear, BuzzFeed, Engadget, Business Insider, The Verge, New York Times, Recode, Variety, Rolling Stone and Just Jared Jr., more at Techmeme »

Tim Peterson / Marketing Land:

Facebook now lets all Audience Network publishers insert ads under “Related Articles” at the bottom of Instant Articles — All publishers in Facebook's ad network can now feature ads within “Related Articles” sections at the bottom of their Instant Articles.

Discussion: Facebook Media, Adweek, Fast Company and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »

Kristen Hare / Poynter:

Interview with Audrey Cooper, editor in chief of The San Francisco Chronicle, on changing newsroom culture: celebrating success and avoiding toxicity — This piece originally appeared in Local Edition, our newsletter following the digital transformation of local news. Want to be part of the conversation?

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.

CNN:

Reality Winner, accused of leaking to The Intercept, is denied bail after pleading not guilty to removing classified material from a government facility — Parents of accused NSA leaker speak out — Augusta, Georgia (CNN)Reality Winner pleaded not guilty in federal court Thursday …

Discussion: HuffPost, @charliearchy and NPR

Matt Weinberger / Business Insider:

Yahoo shareholders officially approve $4.48B sale to Verizon; deal will close on June 13th — Yahoo's shareholders have officially approved the company's sale to Verizon for $4.48 billion. The deal is expected to close Tuesday. — Once the deal closes, Yahoo and AOL will merge into a combined entity called “Oath.”

Discussion: Adweek, Reuters, @bendwalsh and Seeking Alpha, more at Techmeme »

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Sources: Verizon will cut about 15% of AOL-Yahoo staff, or as many as 2.1K jobs, after merger closes

Discussion: RT, The Hill, Multichannel News, The Daily Caller, BGR, Variety, The Wrap, Seeking Alpha, Business Insider, Axios, Recode, Variety and @techcrunch, more at Techmeme »

Rani Molla / Recode:

Cisco: online video is expected to triple bandwidth consumption in the next five years — What the internet will look like in 2021. — Video will make up 82 percent of all internet traffic in 2021, according to forecasts released today by Cisco, which sells networking equipment.

Discussion: @sub8u and @recode, more at Techmeme »

Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:

Upbeat PR raises $1.5M to offer membership based PR service to clients, appropriate and targeted pitches to journalists — “Our goal has been to just start from the ground up: If you were to design a PR agency today, from a software engineer's perspective, how would you approach it?"

Discussion: @niemanlab, @paulg, @edzitron, @laurahazardowen and @nwquah