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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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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman and George Abrams file lawsuit contesting removal from Sumner Redstone Trust, accuse his daughter of manipulating him — He asserts that Shari Redstone is manipulating her father. — The fight over the future of Viacom is again escalating on Monday …
Reuters:
Sources: Sumner Redstone plans to add National Amusements exec Tad Jankowski and family friend Jill Krutick to seven-person trust that will control Viacom, CBS
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Scott Collins / The Wrap:
Viacom: Move to Oust Philippe Dauman ‘Extremely Disrupting and Damaging’
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Fortune
Tribune Publising Co.:
Tribune receives $70.5M investment from Nant Capital to support transformation strategy, taking 12.9% stake; Nant founder to join Tribune board as Vice-Chairman — Tribune Publishing Co. (NYSE:TPUB) today announced that it has entered into an agreement under which it will receive …
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Reuters:
Sources: Tribune Publishing to reject Gannett's latest offer of $15 per share, will disclose confidential corporate information under non-disclosure agreement — Tribune Publishing Co (TPUB.N) has decided to reject Gannett Co Inc's (GCI.N) latest $864 million takeover proposal …
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Wall Street Journal
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.
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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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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@jimrutenberg, @melbournecoal, @dispatchsully, @petersterne, @ennisnyt and @brianstelter
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.
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@loisbeckett, @corybe, @dangillmor, @jcstearns, @niemanlabfuego, @brianstelter, @moorehn, @rafat and @postbaron
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 …
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Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Michelle Fields, ex-Breitbart reporter allegedly assaulted by Donald Trump's campaign manager, joins the Huffington Post to cover the candidate's 2016 run — Michelle Fields, the conservative reporter who had Donald Trump's campaign manager charged with battery, has a new job.
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FishbowlNY, @becketadams, @tomkludt, @brianstelter and Mediaite
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 …
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
TipOff is a twice-weekly email newsletter that explains sports to non-fans by writers from ProPublica and ESPN — Sports are ever-present in most Americans' lives. There's practically always a game on in the background at restaurants or bars, and idle chit-chat in offices or parties often turns …
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