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4:50 PM ET, April 25, 2015

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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Sources: internal NBC probe of Brian Williams' war accounts has examined six instances, including Tahrir Square statements; investigation continues  —  Brian Williams Inquiry Is Said to Expand  —  An NBC News internal investigation into Brian Williams has examined a half-dozen instances …
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
So far, NBC News finds Brian Williams embellished at least 11 times  —  A months-long internal investigation of Brian Williams by NBC News has turned up 11 instances in which the anchorman publicly embellished details of his reporting exploits, according to a person familiar with details of the probe.
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
NBC's D.C. bureau strongly opposed Brian Williams's return in February  —  Journalists in NBC News's powerful Washington bureau expressed strong opposition to the potential return of suspended anchorman Brian Williams during a contentious meeting with the head of the network's news division in February.
Discussion: TVNewser and @jayrosen_nyu
Wall Street Journal:
AT&T deal for DirecTV presents fewer problems for regulators than Comcast's Time Warner Cable deal  —  AT&T deal for DirecTV presents fewer problems for regulators than Comcast's Time Warner Cable deal  —  Two big media deals were announced in the first half of 2014.  Only one is likely to survive.
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Bloomberg Business:
Comcast's Week-Long Unraveling of TWC Deal Was Months in the Making  —  The collapse of Comcast Corp.'s plan to buy Time Warner Cable Inc., which played out in public over the course of a week, was months in the making.  —  When Comcast announced its $45.2 billion bid 14 months ago …
Discussion: New York Times
Tim Wu / New Yorker:
Comcast deal fell apart because regulators looked at how it used its power to limit competitors by charging new fees to Netflix, limiting access to HBO Go, more  —  The Death of the Comcast Deal  —  In February of 2014, when Comcast announced its plans to acquire Time Warner Cable …
Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
Charter Looks at Possible Time Warner Cable Bid
Comcast Corporation:
Comcast terminates $45B Time Warner Cable merger agreement
Jeremy Barr / Capital New York:
Fusion names Alexis Madrigal editor-in-chief, gives new roles to Jane Spencer, Hillary Frey, and Anna Holmes  —  Fusion shuffles digital editorial team; names new editor in chief  —  Alexis Madrigal, the former Atlantic journalist who has served as Fusion's Silicon Valley bureau chief since November …
Capital New York:
Business Insider President Julie Hansen talks about expansion plans in video, tech news, international markets, and subscription service  —  The 60-second interview: Julie Hansen, president and C.O.O., Business Insider  —  CAPITAL: Business Insider recently raised a $25 million funding round.
Discussion: Capital New York and @ajs
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
McClatchy Q1 earnings: net operating loss of $11.3M, with print ads down 15.7% YoY, national advertising down 25%  —  McClatchy's stock continues to take a pummeling  —  McClatchy reported a first quarter net operating loss of $11.3 million and more deep declines in print advertising today as its stock continues to takes a pummeling.
BuzzFeed:
Behind small news agency CEN and its misleading stories and images that lure traffic to places like the Daily Mirror and New York Daily News  —  The King of Weird News … Last November, within a few hours of each other, some of the planet's biggest news websites published an irresistible story.
 
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Edward Delman / The Atlantic:
Russian lawmaker claims RT is a lobbying instrument not a media tool, but declaring it a foreign agent may prove difficult
Politico:
A year after the firings of two top women editors, four journalism leaders discuss the challenges of editing while female.
Discussion: @poojadesaid
George Winslow / Broadcasting & Cable:
AppsFlyer offers measurement tool for TV ads focused on mobile app installs
Discussion: LostRemote
Garett Sloane / Adweek:
Google testing Doubleclick Audience Center ad platform to improve ad targeting
Discussion: AdExchanger and Beyond Search
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Fewer than half Johnston Press staff think it is ‘good place to work’, according to company survey
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Jake Tapper will anchor CNN's State of the Union
Simon Houpt / Globe and Mail:
BuzzFeed hires Craig Silverman to head Canadian expansion
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Disney, Fox Refuse to Air Verizon FiOS TV Ads Amid Dispute Over Custom Bundle
 

 
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Lee-Anne Mulholland / The Keyword:
Google files its proposed remedies in the DOJ's search antitrust lawsuit, including letting browser companies have multiple default agreements across platforms

Reuters:
Albania bans TikTok for a year from January 2025, part of a broader plan to make schools safer following the killing of a 14-year-old near a school in November

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
The US NHTSA suggests easing rules allowing for fully driverless cars and urges companies operating driverless cars to share more data for greater transparency
 
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