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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Adelson family confirms ownership of the Las Vegas Review-Journal — Putting an end to a week-long mystery, the family of billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson confirmed Thursday morning that it has “purchased the Las Vegas Review-Journal through a wholly-owned fund.”
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Sources: Adelson's son-in-law Patrick Dumont arranged $140M purchase of Las Vegas Review-Journal on Adelson's behalf — Adelson son-in-law orchestrated family's purchase of Las Vegas Review-Journal — The son-in-law of billionaire casino owner Sheldon Adelson arranged the $140 million purchase …
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Ken Doctor / Politico:
Adelson family paid 3 times the Review-Journal's March value, a common tactic for strategic buyers — The new breed of newspaper mogul? On Adelson's purchase of the Review-Journal — The week-long mystery of the identity of the overpaying buyer of Nevada's biggest and most influential newspaper is over.
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New York Times, @russonpolitics, New York Times, Las Vegas Review-Journal and Talking Points Memo
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
How the Las Vegas Review-Journal broke news about its own sale — “No matter who owns the Review-Journal, they don't own us.” — On Wednesday night, against the wishes of its new parent company, a team of reporters and editors at the Las Vegas Review-Journal revealed new information about the company's secretive ownership structure.
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Reuters:
Brazilian judge orders lifting of 48-hour WhatsApp ban, recommends WhatsApp pay higher fine instead; services restored after several hours — Court blocks WhatsApp Brazil message service for 48 hours — A Brazilian court on Wednesday ordered telecommunications providers to block all access …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
The New York Times is digging deeper into story on San Bernardino shooters' use of social media, to address discrepancies between reports and FBI statements — New York Times reviewing reporting on San Bernardino assailants — The New York Times is taking a second look at its reporting …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
FBI Director James Comey calls media reports that San Bernardino shooters posted publicly on social media about jihad a “garble”
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Ofcom report reveals dominance of BBC in local, national and online news markets — Ofcom's annual report on media consumption suggests that the BBC dominates UK local and national news markets. — Asked what specific outlets people use for news, BBC One was by far the most popular …
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Guardian
Guardian:
Phone-hacking victims ask CPS to review decision to take no further action — Prosecution service tells high court it has been contacted by campaign group Hacked Off announcing its intention to seek a review — Phone-hacking victims have asked the Crown Prosecution Service to review …
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William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Trinity Mirror increases provision to deal with hacking damages claims to £41m after Court of Appeal challenge rejected
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The Independent, Associated Press, Reuters, Business Standard, PRWeek, Bloomberg Business, BBC, The Courier, Talking New Media and Guardian
Katie Roof / TechCrunch:
Tastemade Raises $40 Million From Goldman Sachs To Make Food Videos — Tastemade, the maker of food and lifestyle videos, has raised a $40 million financing round led by Goldman Sachs. Participating investors in the Series D round include, Redpoint Ventures, Comcast Ventures, Liberty Media and Scripps Networks.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CBS Acquires Digital-Sports Site 247Sports — CBS Corp.'s digital arm has acquired 247Sports, a collection of team-specific digital outlets, and will make it part of its CBSSports.com collection of assets. — Terms of the deal were not disclosed and could not be immediately learned.
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247Sports, Tennessean.com, bizjournals and WBIR-TV
Associated Press:
Anti-IS group says 1 of its journalists killed in Syria — BEIRUT (AP) — A Syrian media activist group that reports on Islamic State group activities says that one of its journalists has been assassinated in Syria. — The group, which calls itself Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently …
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International Business Times, BBC, Committee to Protect …, telesurtv.net and Guardian
Chris Johnston / Guardian:
Popbitch asks readers to raise £20,000 after rise in legal threats — Celebrity gossip newsletter says it has faced cyber attacks and many more attempts by lawyers to kill stories in the past six months — Popbitch is seeking to raise £20,000 from its readers in the wake …
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Flipboard Overhauls Publisher Pages With Verified Badges, ‘End Card’ Links And Ad Tech — Flipboard, the mobile and web app with some 82 million monthly active users who use the app to read content from around the web in a magazine-style layout, is today taking the wraps off a new version …
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