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Ed Hammond / Bloomberg Business:
Sources: Charter may announce it is buying Time Warner Cable for $55.1B tomorrow, Bright House Networks will also be merged into the combined company — Charter Near Deal for Time Warner Cable at $195 a Share — Charter Communications Inc. is near an agreement to buy Time Warner Cable Inc …
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Carol Morello / Washington Post:
Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian's trial closed to the public — FILE, The Washington Post's Jason Rezaian (Zoeann Murphy/The Washington Post) — Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian will go on trial Tuesday on espionage charges in a Tehran courtroom that will be closed to the public, including his family.
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Zahir Janmohamed / PRI:
300 days in prison: My friend, Jason Rezaian — Credit: Zoeann Murphy/The Washington Post via Getty Images — The last time I saw my friend, the Washington Post Iran correspondent Jason Rezaian, we were sitting at a café in San Francisco, a few blocks away from the Bay Bridge.
Washpostpr / Washington Post:
New statement from Martin Baron ahead of Jason Rezaian's trial in Iran — Statement from Washington Post Executive Editor Martin Baron ahead of Jason Rezaian's trial in Iran: — The shameful acts of injustice continue without end in the treatment of Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian.
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New York Times:
Fusion Media Aims at Millennials, but Struggles to Find Its Identity — In 2011, when Isaac Lee, president of news for Univision, set out to persuade his company and Disney to back Fusion, a digital news service and cable channel he wanted to start, he promised nothing less than the holy grail …
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Arif Durrani / MediaWeek:
Managing director Paul Hayes to leave News UK after 15 years — Campaign understands News UK's chief executive, Mike Darcey, sent an email to staff late on Friday (22 May) annoucing Hayes' exit and thanking him for his years of leadership. Hayes is expected to stay on until July to manage …
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Australian journalist Tracey Spicer says Guardian asked her to write branded content column for 14 cents a word — Tracey Spicer claims The Guardian is exploiting freelance writers to produce branded content — Journalist Tracey Spicer has accused The Guardian of “exploitation” …
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@jamesmcnamara27, @aimee_saaib and @shaneyhudson
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Total cost of Met Police's journalism investigations rises £4m in eight months to £37.4m — The Metropolitan Police has now spent £37.4m on investigations into journalism, with the figure rising by nearly £4m in the last eight months.
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Police source leaked Milly Dowler messages, NoW reporter tells court — Neville Thurlbeck says Andy Coulson was unaware that voicemails were illegally intercepted and did not query source — A police source leaked transcripts of the missing schoolgirl Milly Dowler's voicemails to Glenn Mulcaire …
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Jason Del Rey / Re/code:
Amazon negotiating with Penguin Random House, may pull print and e-books from UK online store if deal not agreed — Amazon's U.K. Contract With Top Book Publisher Penguin Random House Set to Expire — Will Amazon's contract negotiations with the last of the “Big Five” consumer book publisher be its toughest?
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Matthew Garrahan / Financial Times:
Bob Iger's big bets on Pixar, Marvel Entertainment, and Lucasfilm pay off for Disney — Disney: Let it grow — Bob Iger boldly bet on media content when he bought Pixar, Marvel and Lucasfilm — and it looks like money well spent — Sixty years ago this summer Walt Disney opened his first theme park …
Sarah Kessler / Fast Company:
Nieman Fellow Elaine Diaz will use flash drives to distribute news to Cubans without Internet — How A Nieman Fellow Is Using Flash Drives—Yes, Flash Drives—To Change Cuban Media — Only about 5% of people in Cuba have access to the Internet. Elaine Diaz has a creative news distribution strategy: “direct to packet.”
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