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Thomas Gryta / Wall Street Journal:
FCC Poised to Approve AT&T's $49 Billion Acquisition of DirecTV — FCC Approval Would Clear Path for AT&T to Close Deal — Federal regulators are poised to approve AT&T Inc. 's $49 billion acquisition of DirecTV, according to people familiar with the matter, ending a review process …
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Engadget, Fortune, Politico, @jcahealey, @brendansasso, Ars Technica, Re/code, The Verge and TIME
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Ted Johnson / Variety:
FCC Chairman and Justice Department say they will approve AT&T Direct TV merger, with conditions on data caps, interconnection agreements, and fiber buildout — FCC Nears Approval of AT&T-DirecTV Merger — FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler said that he is recommending approval of the AT&T merger …
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Multichannel News, USA Today and Reuters
Zach Schonfeld / Newsweek:
How to Rage-Quit Your Prestigious Media Job on Principle — There's a new trend in media, and it's publicly resigning prestigious editing gigs on principle. — You've fantasized about it. We all have. The best reason to take a top media job at this point is so you can one day make a big show of quitting it.
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Vox, @kbsmoke and @jordanm1125
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Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch:
Yahoo Q2 beats estimates with revenue of $1.04B, misses on earnings with $0.16 EPS — Yahoo's Q2 Manages A Slim Revenue Beat, But Its Per-Share Profit Of $0.16 Disappoints — Today, Yahoo reported its second-quarter financial performance, including $1.04 billion in revenue after discounting …
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The Wrap, investor.yahoo.net, Adweek, Forbes, VentureBeat, Fortune, TIME, Variety, Re/code, Re/code, CNET, @yahooinc, @dmac1, @lauramandaro, @emilychangtv, @vindugoel, @drew and AdExchanger
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Some New York Times Articles to Appear Free on Starbucks App — Starbucks and The New York Times Company announced on Tuesday that certain news articles would be made available free to members of the Starbucks loyalty program through the Starbucks mobile app.
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GeekWire, The Next Web, Poynter and @claesbell
Christopher Heine / Adweek:
GoPro introduces stock video licensing service, starting with 600 videos priced at $1K each and up — Brands Are About to Find Out How Powerful GoPro Videos Can Be — Spellbinding scenes captured by adventure seekers and even wildlife made GoPro the hottest video camera around.
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GoPro, the Econsultancy blog, @niallharbison, The Next Web and Pocket-lint
Michael Malone / Broadcasting & Cable:
Tegna to Sell Headquarters for $270 Million — Former Gannett TV division shopping for new digs — Tegna, as the former Gannett broadcasting division is known, has signed a contract to sell its McLean, Virginia headquarters to private investment group Tamares for $270 million.
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E& and Media Wire Daily
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Variety:
Penske Media Corporation, owner of Variety, acquires Gold Derby, a website that predicts who will win major entertainment award shows — Penske Media Corporation Acquires Gold Derby — Gold Derby, a website dedicated to predicting the winners at major entertainment awards shows …
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The Wrap and FishbowlNY
Madeline Welsh / Nieman Lab:
The Salt Lake Tribune, its future uncertain, offers to eliminate all its ads — for 10 bucks a month — The Trib is looking for members. — On Monday, The Salt Lake Tribune launched a membership program that was first announced last week. Described as being for frequent visitors …
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Salt Lake Tribune and Poynter
Kevin Rawlinson / Guardian:
Ofcom: On-demand video on Vice's UK site will not be subject to the British Communications Act — Vice UK video services cannot be regulated by Britain, Ofcom rules — Media watchdog says as HQ is in US it falls outside British jurisdiction, contradicting earlier ruling by Authority for Television on Demand
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Advanced Television
Owen Williams / The Next Web:
Google kills Streamus, a popular third party Chrome extension with 300K users that queued YouTube songs to play in background — How YouTube killed an extension with 300,000 users — Streamus, the Chrome extension that turns YouTube into a serious music service, has been neutered by Google …
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Tubefilter and Variety
Zach Baron / GQ:
Trevor Noah on His Surreal Journey to the Daily Show — Trevor Noah is in Irvine, California. Not even Los Angeles. Irvine. Forty grim miles south through strip-mall country and the Orange County suburbs, where Noah is doing a three-night, five-show stand-up comedy run here at the Irvine Improv …
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Mediaite, Business Insider, UPROXX, The Wrap and The Week
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Cory Haik named WaPo's executive director of emerging news products — Cory Haik, the brains behind The Washington Post's skunkworks devoted to technological experimentation, has been named executive director of emerging news products there. — Haik, currently an executive producer …
Discussion:
Washington Post
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
NFL Teases A New Subscription Service For On-Demand Games, Will Support Apple TV — The NFL is preparing to launch a new version of its Games Pass service, which will now include the ability to watch games on a wider selection of devices, including the Apple TV.
Discussion:
9to5Mac, MacRumors and AppleInsider
Paul Revoir / Guardian:
BBC iPlayer ‘watched by more than 60 million people outside the UK for free’ — Research finds more than 38 million people in China are using VPNs or proxy servers to watch BBC shows - and could be a useful source of revenue — More than 60 million people around the world …
Felix Salmon / Guardian:
Advertising is making the mobile web almost unusable by clogging bandwidth, which may drive readers to Apple News or Facebook apps — Ad tech is killing the online experience — Advertising is making the mobile web almost unusable by clogging up our bandwidth - which may end up driving users to Apple News or Facebook apps
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