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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 …
Dante D'Orazio / The Verge:
Twitter is deleting stolen jokes on copyright grounds — Let's face it: coming up with a grade-A tweet isn't easy. That's why some people just copy good tweets from other people and act like they came up with the 140-character witticism on their own. This has been going on since the beginning of Twitter.
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Mashable, @plagiarismbad, Mediaite, Engadget, Gizmodo, BetaNews and Digital Spy
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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@michaelluo, @wendo20, @michaelluo, @michaelroston, @fredamoon, @ericboehlert, @publicroad, @sarahnemerson, @jeffjarvis and @sarahmaslinnir
Edward C. Baig / USA Today:
CEO of AT&T Entertainment & Internet Services John Stankey, in charge of DirecTV, talks about branding, broadband, rates, and jobs — AT&T exec in charge of DirecTV, talks branding, rates, Net neutrality — AT&T's $49 billion acquisition of DirecTV was formally approved on Friday.
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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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VentureBeat, CNNMoney, Variety, @toddpr, Ubergizmo, New York Times, Techdirt, Forbes, ZDNet, Fortune, The Next Web, Engadget, Broadcasting & Cable and CNBC
Politico:
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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@ajit_ranade, @alexgspence, Quartz, @peter_tl, Reuters, NPR and Politico
Variety:
Variety Chief Film Critic Scott Foundas leaving publication to join Amazon Studios as a film acquisitions and development executive — Variety Chief Film Critic Scott Foundas to Exit for Amazon Studios — Scott Foundas, who has served as Variety's chief film critic for the past two years …
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@foundasonfilm, Thompson on Hollywood, LA Observed, FishbowlNY and Guardian
Stuart Dredge / Music Ally:
Rhapsody and Napster now have over 3M subscribers combined globally, up from 2M a year ago — Napster talks 3m paying subscribers, Taylor Swift and Apple Music — Streaming music services Rhapsody and Napster now have more than three million subscribers, up from two million a year ago.
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The Rhapsody Blog, Digital Trends, BuzzFeed and Variety
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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FiveThirtyEight, TVNewser and Business Insider
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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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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@mikeisaac, The Hill and BGR
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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VentureBeat, Talking New Media, The Digital Reader and Business Insider