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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 3X the Review-Journal's March value, a price that shows how newspaper buyers can make money flipping papers to motivated local interests — The new breed of newspaper mogul? On Adelson's purchase of the Review-Journal — The week-long mystery of the identity …
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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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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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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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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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Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Cox found liable for copyright infringements of its customers, must pay music publisher BMG $25M in damages — Cox Is Liable for Pirating Subscribers, Ordered to pay $25 million — Today marks the end of a crucial case that will define how U.S. Internet providers deal with online piracy in the future.
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Reuters, Ars Technica and Digital Music News
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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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Vivendi buys 64.4% of digital radio services firm Radionomy, which owns Winamp and Shoutcast — Vivendi Buys Majority Stake In Winamp, Shoutcast Owner Radionomy — Winamp is back... in the hands of a major corporation: Vivendi has acquired a 64.4 percent stake in Radionomy …
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Business Wire and Billboard
Brian Fung / Washington Post:
FCC sends letters to AT&T, Comcast, and T-Mobile seeking details about sponsored data plans that exempt streaming media from data caps — Federal regulators have asked AT&T, Comcast and T-Mobile to meet with them to discuss a growing and controversial business tactic …
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Bloomberg Business, Los Angeles Times, MacRumors, The Verge, The Hill, Reuters, @matthewberryfcc and DSLreports
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, WBIR-TV, Tennessean.com and bizjournals
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