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What’s next for BuzzFeed News? ‘We will never just be pizza and kittens’ — www.thedrum.com

The Drum's John McCarthy talks to BuzzFeed's European Head of Content James Lamon about BuzzFeed's plans after furloughing news teams in the UK and Australia. This piece looks at the publisher's 'Joy and Truth' philosophy - aka how kitten videos and hard hitting journalism can co-exist, and how it can provide both tones when only one is proving profitable.

It's a slightly bizarre take, as you'd expect from BuzzFeed, but there are some really interesting points in the interview including how the media giant has moved to publish pieces on supporting black businesses in the wake of the protests, and how the BuzzFeed content machine is continuing to crank out branded content remotely.

Snap will stop promoting Trump’s account after concluding his tweets incited violence — www.theverge.com

In the latest saga of 'Platforms vs the President', Snap has said it will remove Trump's account from the Discover tab, although the account itself will remain on the platform. Trump shockingly has not reacted well. The situation at Facebook is also escalating - employees are 'virtually' walking out while Zuckerberg has held an extended conference defending his position.

8 journalists on reporting while black, with the weight of history on their shoulders — www.glamour.com

As thousands take to the streets to demand justice, black women in journalism reflect on the pain and purpose of this moment. A beautiful piece from Glamour about the challenges black women in journalism are facing at this time, and how they're rising to meet them.

Have you “heard” the news? Apple leak reveals audio stories for News+ — whatsnewinpublishing.com

Apple is still in the process of asking publishers permission to produce audio versions of stories, and is planning to use actors to read long-form stories. I maintain this is a Pandora's box of mess and complexity, but for now it seems to be a way for Apple to increase the value of the News+ product with minimal effort.

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The NCTJ's Head of Partnerships and Projects Will Gore on local news and journalism training — voices.media

Will Gore tells us about the NCTJ’s role in the Facebook-backed Community News Project which has funded about 80 journalists in local news rooms across nine publishers. He also speaks about journalism education, trust, the future of local news and – of course – shorthand.