Top News:
Alex Hern / Guardian:
Major sites including New York Times and BBC hit by ‘ransomware’ malvertising — Adverts hijacked by malicious campaign that demands payment in bitcoin to unlock user computers — A number of major news websites have seen adverts hijacked by a malicious campaign that attempts to install …
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Malwarebytes Labs, BBC, Ars Technica, Trustwave, CSO, Telegraph, CNBC, BetaNews, PC Perspective, TechWeekEurope UK, ComputerWeekly, @s_m_i, ZDNet, The Next Web, Softpedia News, PCWorld, The Register, Neowin, @jenstar, @segphault and Talking New Media
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Trump campaign blocks Politico reporter Ben Schreckinger from Tuesday night press conference — POLITICO reporter denied access to Trump event — POLITICO reporter Ben Schreckinger was denied entry to Donald Trump's press conference on Tuesday night, despite having previously been granted credentials by the campaign.
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FishbowlNY, TVNewser, @mlcalderone, Washington Post, Vox, Talking Points Memo, Gawker, @jonward11, CNNMoney, NBC News, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo, ThinkProgressPage Array, @dylanbyers, @byrontau and @dylanbyers
Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stone:
After an article on the legislative record of Bernie Sanders was widely shared, The New York Times made significant edits to make it less flattering — How the ‘New York Times’ Sandbagged Bernie Sanders — Online, we see both faces of the Gray Lady — The New York Times ran a piece …
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
CNN announces major digital expansion, complete with ‘restructuring’ pain — CNN Digital is “embarking on a strategic restructuring,” according to a note this morning from Andrew Morse, executive vice president of editorial, CNN U.S. & general manager of CNN Digital Worldwide.
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Wall Street Journal, FishbowlNY, @mlcalderone and @jasonabbruzzese
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Les Moonves says CBS will sell, swap, or spinoff its radio assets in the coming year — CBS Plans to Sell Radio Station Group — CBS plans to sell or spinoff its radio assets in the coming year, acknowledging that the business has become slow-growth and a drain on resources …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler poised to circulate draft order approving Charter-TWC deal as soon as this week, with clauses ensuring growth of online video — FCC Drafting Order to Approve Charter-Time Warner Cable Deal — Order, expected as soon as this week, will set conditions focusing on promoting online video competition
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Light Reading, Los Angeles Times, Reuters, Consumerist, Variety and Deadline
Geoffrey Mohan / Los Angeles Times:
Tribune Publishing's bid for O.C. Register faces antitrust hurdles, DOJ says — Newspaper boxes outside the Orange County Register in Santa Ana. A $45.5-million bid from Digital First Media for the assets of parent Freedom Communications will be the “stalking horse” bid in an auction Wednesday.
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Orange County Register, Politico, Orange County Register, @raju, LA Observed and @lexalexander
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Breitbart sends ‘cease and desist’ letters to former staffers — Breitbart is getting litigious. — The company sent out cease and desist letters to some of the employees who left the company in the past week, multiple sources with knowledge of the letters told POLITICO.
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Tina Nguyen / Vanity Fair:
Sources: Breitbart News Chairman Stephen Bannon must approve everything written about Trump at site — The G.O.P.'s Civil War Comes to Breitbart — A staff rebellion at Breitbart suggests all is not well in Trumpworld. — Breitbart, the far-right news Web site started …
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The Daily Beast, Salon, Mother Jones, Fortune and Talking New Media
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Instagram to begin testing an algorithm-based personalized feed for users, moving away from reverse chronological order — Instagram May Change Your Feed, Personalizing It With an Algorithm — For years, we have been trained to view web postings from our friends in a certain order.
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New York Times:
Analysis shows Trump has earned close to $2B in free media, yet spent less than any other major candidate on advertising — Measuring Donald Trump's Mammoth Advantage in Free Media — Of all the ways Donald Trump has shocked the political system, one of the most significant is how he wins primary …
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Hot Air, bookforum.com, The Federalist, BizPac Review, @seantrende, @seantrende, @mikegrunwald, @sonnybunch, @nytimes, @thefix, @antheabutler, The Huffington Post, @saritachourey, Variety, The Week, Business Insider, Hit & Run and Independent Journal Review, Thanks:@beet_tv
Guardian:
WPP founder and CEO Martin Sorrell receives £62.78M share award, one of the largest in UK corporate history — WPP hands CEO Sorrell one of biggest pay cheques in UK corporate history — Founder and chief executive of advertising group receives £63m share award plus salary, bonus and other benefits
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International Business Times, campaignlive.co.uk, Telegraph and mUmBRELLA