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Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
Fox News' Roger Ailes to Report to James and Lachlan Murdoch, Not Rupert — Fox News chairman and CEO Roger Ailes will in fact report to James and Lachlan Murdoch when the sons of Rupert Murdoch assume control of 21st Century Fox on July 1. — The revelation comes after the Ailes-run Fox …
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
It's Official: James Murdoch to Become 21st Century Fox CEO — 21st Century Fox made its CEO succession official, announcing that Rupert Murdoch would leave his CEO title to son James Murdoch, who is currently co-COO. — The change will happen July 1, 2015.
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Multichannel News, TVNewser, New York Times, Politico, Variety, Wall Street Journal and Business Wire
Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal:
Twitter rolls out auto-play video after several months of testing, applies to GIFs as well — Twitter Finally Rolls Out Auto-Play Video — Twitter is officially rolling out ads that will play automatically in a user's timeline, taking on the dominant forces in online video advertising — Google and Facebook.
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The Twitter Blog, The Twitter Blog, @rmaster, @jackmarshall and @yoreekoh
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
A Report for America nonprofit like Americorps could help local journalism with philanthropic support, says Steven Waldman — To boost local journalism, Steven Waldman proposes an AmeriCorps for reporters — Four years ago Steven Waldman documented in a report for the Federal Communications Commission …
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Columbia Journalism Review, @rickedmonds, @ellnmllr, @gabrieljr, @stevenwaldman, Nieman Lab and Medium
Sahil Patel / VideoInk:
Online TV Service Philo Raises $10M from HBO and Others to Keep College Kids Watching TV — Campus-based online TV service Philo has raised $10 million in a Series B funding round from a group investors that include HBO. — The funding was led by existing investor New Enterprise Associates …
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Business Wire, bizjournals, Multichannel News and TechCrunch
Aye Aye Win / Associated Press:
Amnesty accuses Myanmar government of intimidating media — YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar's government is using threats, harassment and imprisonment to intimidate the media ahead of national elections later this year, Amnesty International said Wednesday.
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Kashmir Hill / Fusion:
Media law experts weigh in on the sex-tape lawsuit between Gawker and Terry Bollea, otherwise known as Hulk Hogan — Hulk Hogan is fighting for the privacy of the world's sex tapes — Gawker is, according to Capital New York, in the “fight of its life.”
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@max_read, @fmanjoo, @samfbiddle and @mattdpearce
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Warner Music Group COO Rob Wiesenthal Leaves to Run Blade, His Uber-For-Helicopters Startup — Rob Wiesenthal, Warner Music Group's chief operating officer, is leaving the company. He's going to run Blade, an Uber-for-helicopters company he started up a couple of years ago.
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
A tribute to John Carroll, the editor who led the Los Angeles Times to 13 Pulitzer Prizes in five years — Remembering John Carroll, A Champion Of Tough Journalism — I have written precisely one letter that made any notable difference to my life. I mailed it to John Carroll …
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Baltimore Sun, @davidfolkenflik, @loebvernon, FishbowlDC and The Huffington Post
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Twitter Tests App Install Cards On News And Other Profile Pages — While Apple is rethinking how it aggregates, filters and presents news to iPhone and iPad users, Twitter is also sharpening its focus on news media. We have found that the social network is currently running a new kind of app install …
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BBC:
Chris Evans to be new Top Gear presenter — Chris Evans is known to be passionate about cars — TV and radio personality Chris Evans will replace Jeremy Clarkson as the lead presenter of an all-new Top Gear line-up, the BBC has announced. — Evans said he was “thrilled” to get the job …
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Vox Media's programming arm, Vox Entertainment, hires Erica Winograd as head of development — Vox Entertainment Taps Fremantle Veteran as First Development Exec (Exclusive) — Vox Entertainment has made its first hire. — The content production and programming division of Vox Media …
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