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Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Sources: Yahoo won't move forward with Alibaba spinoff, will instead examine a deal involving its core business — Yahoo will not move forward with Alibaba spinoff: Sources — Yahoo is announcing it will not move forward with plans to spin off its stake in Alibaba, reports CNBC's David Faber.
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Hannah Karp / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Spotify to test allowing some musicians to temporarily withhold music from ad-supported version of the service — Spotify to Allow Some Musicians to Withhold Music From Free Service — Last year Taylor Swift pulled her entire catalog from Spotify because the streaming service …
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Diane Rehm, host of her self-titled news show that aired nationally on NPR for two decades, plans to retire after 2016 election — Diane Rehm, an NPR staple, eyes retirement from broadcasting — Diane Rehm, the host of one of public radio's longest-running and most popular news discussion programs …
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CBS CEO Les Moonves says Apple puts live TV plans on hold; source says media firms want more money for their programming — Apple Said to Suspend Effort to Develop Live TV Service — Focus instead will be on App Store as platform for others — Media companies resist channel package at $30 to $40 a month
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Oliver Darcy / The Blaze:
Leaked Memo: BuzzFeed Editor-In-Chief Says It's ‘Entirely Fair’ to Call Trump a ‘Mendacious Racist’ — BuzzFeed Editor-In-Chief Ben Smith wrote in an email to his editorial staff Tuesday that calling Republican frontrunner Donald Trump a racist on social media does not violate the company's ethics guidelines.
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Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
Arianna Huffington announces The Huffington Post will no longer relegate Trump to its entertainment section, noting his impact on other candidates
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Apple News app updates with a “Top Stories” tab curated by editors and adds Comscore integration so publishers can get credit from advertisers for traffic — Apple Updates Its News App to Make It More Like a ... Newspaper — Apple is tweaking its News app …
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Amazon Starts Building Its Own Bundle by Selling Showtime, Starz and More With Amazon Prime — Amazon has a new weapon to boost its video streaming service against competitors like Netflix and YouTube: Other people's streaming services. — Starting today, Amazon will give its Amazon Prime subscribers …
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
AT&T launching OTT mobile service in January, is considering developing original content — AT&T to Launch Mobile Entertainment Service, CEO Says — Randall Stephenson at the UBS media and communications conference in New York also discusses hopes to create more original content …
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Rick Gladstone / New York Times:
Iran Editor Is Charged With Defying Ban on Covering Ex-President — Iran's conservative judicial authorities indicted the managing editor of a prominent daily newspaper on Tuesday, saying that he had violated prohibitions on the coverage of Mohammad Khatami, a reformist-minded former president they now describe as a seditionist.
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Liz Hoffman / Wall Street Journal:
Media General Rebuffs Sweetened Takeover Bid From Nexstar — Nexstar privately raised bid to about $16.30 a share — Media General Inc. has rebuffed a sweetened takeover bid from Nexstar Broadcasting Group Inc., leaving the two TV station owners at a negotiating impasse, according to people familiar with the matter.
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
Refinery29 promotes EVP of Programming Amy Emmerich to chief content officer, a newly-created role at the company — Amy Emmerich Named Chief Content Officer of Refinery29 — Refinery29 has named Amy Emmerich chief content officer, a new role at the company. Emmerich was most recently executive vp of programming.
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Disney raises its ownership stake in Vice to 10% or about $400M — Disney Doubles Ownership Stake In Vice to 10% — Walt Disney Co. has raised its ownership stake in Vice Media to about 10%, or about $400 million, according to a person familiar with the situation.
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