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2:20 PM ET, May 23, 2016

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David Lieberman / Deadline:
In statement, Sumner Redstone opposes sale of Paramount stake and calls claims he's incapacitated “false and unfair”  —  Redstone's camp released a lengthy statement challenging Dauman's assertions that his nearly 93-year-old boss isn't competent enough to have decided for himself …
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Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Sumner Redstone Asks Court to Approve His Removal of Philippe Dauman From Trust  —  On Friday, Redstone removed the the Abrams and Viacom CEO Dauman, but the same day Dauman claimed that the 92-year-old billionaire “lacks the capacity to have taken these steps.”
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Adelson claims he hasn't meddled in the Las Vegas Review-Journal newsroom, but staffers suspect otherwise and continue to leave  —  In late January, about a half-dozen reporters from The Las Vegas Review-Journal gathered at a colleague's apartment after work.
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Now's an opportune time for aspiring journalists to play a major role in helping the industry survive  —  News reporter — that's just about the worst job you can have, right?  According to one career site, it ranks dead last, behind pest-control worker and logger.
Mark Hertsgaard / Guardian:
Former senior US Department of Defense official John Crane shares how his colleagues broke the law and withheld evidence to persecute whistleblower Thomas Drake  —  By now, almost everyone knows what Edward Snowden did.  He leaked top-secret documents revealing that the National Security Agency …
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
BuzzFeed is building a New York-based team to experiment with news video  —  When you think of BuzzFeed video, you probably think of “27 Weird Things Guys Lie To Each Other About” or the Tasty recipe videos that have taken over your Facebook feed.  —  BuzzFeed has made a huge commitment …
Discussion: @buzzfeedben
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
New York Times memo: less commodity news, more story forms, assigning editors no longer focus on print with separate hub building print edition, more  —  An ambitious effort to overhaul The New York Times is beginning to come into focus.  —  In a memo sent to staffers Friday …
Financial Times:
Digital media companies like BuzzFeed, PopSugar, and Tastemade use food videos to drive traffic and advertising  —  Companies such as BuzzFeed showcase cooking as drivers of traffic in bid to attract advertisers  —  More than 100,000 people signed a petition this week in protest at the BBC's plan …
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Minneapolis Star Tribune finds sustainable business model with a metered digital paywall, programmatic ads, and diversified revenue streams  —  Does the Star Tribune of Minneapolis have a secret formula for outperforming the rest of the newspaper industry?  —  I have been puzzling over that for years.
Discussion: @barnettwright
National Union of Journalists:
NUJ: Vice's UK management try to form staff councils to dilute support for unionising  —  Vice management are making moves to form a staff council after they ran a week-long staff survey comprised of only three questions - Do you want a staff council?  Rank your most important issues …
Discussion: Guardian
 
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