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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
New York Times walks back article that falsely reported government officials sought criminal investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of email — New York Times changes its Hillary Clinton story again — The revision history of a New York Times article that originally reported government officials …
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Sources: Pearson is in advanced talks to sell its 50% stake in The Economist Group — Pearson in talks to sell the Economist … Photo by EPA — Pearson in talks to sell the Economist — Potential buyers include Bloomberg.
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Richard Bernstein / The New York Review of Books:
Former New York Times journalist and day-spa co-owner, says New York Times' nail salon story misrepresented classified ads, lacked proof, and overgeneralized — What the ‘Times’ Got Wrong About Nail Salons — Rarely does a newspaper story get the kind of response that The New York Times …
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Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
FCC has approved AT&T's $48.5B acquisition of DirecTV with conditions, making combined firm the largest US pay TV company with 26M subscribers — FCC approves AT&T-DirecTV merger — The FCC has approved AT&T's $48.5 billion acquisition of DirecTV, bringing one of the nation's largest …
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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Yahoo Quietly Acquired Germany's Media Group One For $23M In Q1 — Yahoo's well-worn acquisition trail to bring tech and talent back into the Internet company has been one of the more notable hallmarks of life under CEO Marissa Mayer. And while M&A appears to have slowed down significantly in 2015 …
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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Donald Trump's Wealth and Poll Numbers Complicate News Media's Coverage — Since June 16, when Donald J. Trump announced his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, his name has appeared in headlines of major newspapers an average of 22 times a day, according to the database Nexis …
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Liz Hoffman / Wall Street Journal:
Comcast in talks with several online publishers including Vice, BuzzFeed, and Business Insider, and has discussed increasing its roughly 14% stake in Vox — Comcast in Talks With Multiple New-Media Firms — Cable giant negotiating with Vice, BuzzFeed, others as it seeks access to young audiences
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TechCrunch:
Flipboard Confirms New $50M Funding Round From JP Morgan — Flipboard has confirmed to us that it has raised $50 million, two days after we first reported that the company had authorized the shares earlier this year. JP Morgan was the sole investor, the company says.
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
State Of Georgia Sues Carl Malamud For Copyright Infringement For Publishing State's Own Laws — State Of Georgia Sues Carl Malamud For Copyright Infringement For Publishing The State's Own Laws — Two years ago, we wrote about the state of Georgia ridiculously threatening to sue Carl Malamud …
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Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
Financial Times to seek new London HQ next year — FT Group chief executive John Ridding says paper will also look to hire more staff following its acquisition by Japanese media group Nikkei — The Financial Times will begin looking for a replacement for its Thames-side London offices …
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Christopher Cushing / Reuters:
Nikkei's FT buy follows years of attempting to break into English news
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Peter Sterne / Capital New York:
New Gawker will be ‘20 percent nicer,’ Denton tells staff — When Gawker.com relaunches on Monday, expect it to be 20 percent nicer—or maybe just 10 percent nicer. — That's what Gawker C.E.O. Nick Denton told Gawker.com employees yesterday, during a meeting at the Crown Victoria bar in Williamsburg.
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D.B. Hebbard / Talking New Media:
McClatchy Q2 ad revenue drops to $158.5M, down 14.2% YoY; audience revenue flat, digital-only subscribers grew 28.6% YoY; impairment charges expected in August — McClatchy reports lower revenue, net income in Q2 earnings report as ad revenue falls 14% — The newspaper company sold off …
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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Verizon's mobile video service Go90 will launch late this summer, initially for free, with full TV show episodes from select networks on tap — Verizon Mobile Video Service Details Uncovered: To Be Called Go90 (Exclusive) — Verizon is getting ready to launch a new mobile video service called Go90 this summer, Variety has learned.
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James Rainey / Variety:
Relativity Media countersues RKA Film Financing for $200M, which had sued Relativity and its CEO, Ryan Kavanaugh, for $90M claiming fraud — New Lawsuit Calls Ryan Kavanaugh ‘Con Man,’ Accusing the Relativity Chief of Fraud (Exclusive) — UPDATED: A New York finance company …
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