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J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
Emails between Clinton aide Philippe Reines and ex-The Atlantic contributing editor detail specific conditions traded for an early copy of a speech — This Is How Hillary Clinton Gets the Coverage She Wants — Hillary Clinton's supporters often argue that mainstream political reporters …
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Daniel Roberts / Yahoo! Finance:
Sources: ESPN and DraftKings end exclusive deal committing DraftKings to $200M ad spend per year — ESPN ends exclusive advertising deal with DraftKings — ESPN has gotten out early from an exclusive advertising relationship with daily fantasy sports company DraftKings …
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Curt Woodward / BostonGlobe.com:
SEC filing shows Fox marked down value of its $160M investment in DraftKings by about 60%
SEC filing shows Fox marked down value of its $160M investment in DraftKings by about 60%
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Wall Street Journal, @pkafka, Awful Announcing and TechCrunch
Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg Business:
Disney beats Q1 estimates with net income of $2.88B on $15.2B in revenue, up 14% YoY, driven by Star Wars; ESPN costs rose; stock falls over 6% after hours — Disney Tops Estimates on ‘Star Wars,’ ESPN Profit Declines — Programming costs, subcriber losses, dollar hit sports network
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James Rainey / Variety:
Despite Earnings Records, Disney CEO Bob Iger Forced to Defend ESPN
Despite Earnings Records, Disney CEO Bob Iger Forced to Defend ESPN
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Áine Kerr / Storyful Blog:
Storyful Managing Editor Aine Kerr to become Facebook's manager of journalism partnerships — Storyful's Managing Editor on Moving on to the Next Challenge — Nothing can prepare you for the psychological torment and raw adrenaline that comes with joining a scrappy startup.
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Twitter Forms A “Trust & Safety Council” To Balance Abuse Vs Free Speech — Twitter's latest step in the tricky balancing act of championing free speech without also handing a free pass to orchestrated harassment via its platform is the announcement today that it's formed a “Trust & Safety Council” …
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Warner Music Pays $14 Million to End ‘Happy Birthday’ Copyright Lawsuit — The music publisher will also not stand in the way for a judge to declare the song to be in the public domain. — Sing the song, blow out the candles, eat the cake and unwrap the gifts.
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Guardian:
Telegraph Media Group enlists Deloitte for strategic review — Barclay brothers believed to be testing potential City interest in newspaper group — The chief executive of the publisher of the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph has launched an extensive strategic review of the newspaper group.
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Guardian and Business Insider
Monica Hesse / Washington Post:
Serial plays a role in a court hearing for convicted killer Adnan Syed as interest in true-crime stories grows — ‘Serial’ takes the stand: How a podcast became a character in its own narrative — BALTIMORE — The post-conviction relief hearing for convicted Baltimore killer and “Serial” …
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Susanne Daniels / YouTube Blog:
YouTube Red goes live, unveils two new projects to be released this year: Untitled Gigi Gorgeous Project and Foursome — Get your popcorn ready! Our first YouTube Red Originals are now available — YouTube Red Originals are now live! The first four original series and movies …
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Press Gazette:
UK media groups lose court appeal to lift reporting restrictions on terrorism trial — Media groups lose Court of Appeal bid to lift ban on reporting details of Tony Blair plot terror trial — Media organisations today lost a challenge against continuing restrictions on reporting …
Nick Statt / The Verge:
Politwoops returns to US to archive politicians' deleted tweets after Twitter blocked its API access last August — Politwoops returns to the US to archive politicians' deleted tweets — After relaunching internationally last month, Politwoops is back in the US to track and post deleted tweets from politicians.
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Juli Clover / MacRumors:
Apple Music launches Wednesday on Sonos wireless speakers, ending two-month beta test — Apple Music on Sonos Officially Launching Tomorrow — Sonos today announced that Apple Music will be officially available on Sonos wireless speakers starting tomorrow, ending a two month beta testing period.
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