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11:50 AM 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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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.
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 …
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Brian Flood / The Wrap:
Tribune rejects Gannett's offer to buy; CEO Justin Dearborn says $15 per share for entire company is “clearly inadequate”  —  Tribune Publishing has rejected Gannett's revised takeover bid of $864 million, saying it's “not in the best interests of Tribune shareholders.”
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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.
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: Wall Street Journal
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
Wenner Media launches digital-first only brand, gaming site Glixel; will soon be added to Rolling Stone site's culture vertical  —  Wenner Media is betting that video game culture is here to stay with the launch of Glixel, a site that will cover the world of gaming.
Discussion: @pkafka
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Dayan Candappa named global editor-in-chief of International Business Times  —  The International Business Times announced Monday that Dayan Candappa has been named the new global editor in chief.  —  Candappa will be based out of IBT Media's New York City headquarters and will report directly …
 
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Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority:
Source: Google has canceled the development of a second-generation Pixel Tablet, planned for release in 2025, due to concerns that it wouldn't sell very well

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is testing a more conversational version of Siri, dubbed “LLM Siri”, with plans to release it in spring 2026 as part of iOS 19 and macOS 16

Hannah Lang / Reuters:
Sources: a16z, Ripple, Kraken, and Circle are jostling for a seat on Trump's promised crypto advisory council, which is expected to set up a bitcoin reserve

 
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