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Sources: Gannett is leaning toward dropping bid to acquire Tribune Publishing — Gannett expects majority of Tribune investors not to withhold — Company said to be open to buying Tribune Publishing in future — Gannett Co. is leaning toward dropping its bid to acquire Tribune Publishing Co …
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Deadline, WWD, USA Today, Politico, Chicago Tribune, USA Today, Media Wire Daily, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Los Angeles Times, Benzinga, Poynter, StreetInsider.com and @joepompeo
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Poynter:
Tribune Publishing closes shareholder meeting to the press … The press will be barred from a much-anticipated Tribune Publishing shareholder meeting being held in Los Angeles later today. — At the meeting, shareholders will either vote for or withhold votes from Tribune Publishing's board …
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Robert Feder, Wall Street Journal, @joepompeo, Wall Street Journal, @sherman4949, Talking New Media and @robertfeder
Mic:
Nested parentheses, known as an “echo” are being used by trolls to unleash anti-Semitism online — In the early days of the social web, putting someone's name in multiple parentheses was meant to give that person a cute virtual hug. Today, it's something far more sinister.
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New York Times, Talking Points Memo, @adl_national, @yair_rosenberg, @dangillmor, @laracchi, @pecunium, @beyerstein, @fmanjoo and New York Magazine
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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Anti-Defamation League forms task force to study online abuse targeting journalists and whether it causes them to self-censor out of fear of retribution — The 2016 election has been nothing if not a case study in what you can get away with saying. Presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump set …
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ADL, i24news, Jerusalem Post, BostonGlobe.com, The Times of Israel, JP Updates, Deadline, Washington Post and Politico
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Government set to strengthen protection for journalists' sources in snoopers' charter bill — New protections for journalists and their sources are expected to be included in the Investigatory Powers Bill (or snoopers' charter) when it goes back to the House of Commons next week.
Rob Price / Business Insider:
A16z, USV lead $1.5M seed round in Mediachain, a digital media startup building an open, blockchain-based tool to identify artists' works online — Top Silicon Valley investors are betting on a startup that wants to create a vast decentralised library of the world's images so authorship isn't lost and artists can get paid.
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Mediachain Blog, CoinDesk, Blockchain News, Startup Management, The Merkle and TechCrunch
Emily Steel / New York Times:
The Sumner Redstone Battle: A Guide to the People and the Points in Dispute — After surviving a fire at a Boston hotel at the age of 55, Sumner M. Redstone emerged as one of the entertainment industry's most tenacious titans. — Through National Amusements, the private theater chain company started …
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New York Times, CNNMoney, Multichannel News, AllAccess.com, The Wrap, Reuters and The Wrap
Michele McLellan / Tow-Knight:
Survey of 103 independent local online publications: 51% sell sponsored content, 57% reported $100K or less revenue in 2015, 49% turned a profit in 2015 — More than half the independent online local news publications are selling sponsored content, an advertising product that only about one-fifth …
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MediaShift, Editor & Publisher, Nieman Lab and @niemanlab
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Google brings Google Cast to Fiber TV boxes, enabling media and app streaming similar to Chromecast devices — Beginning today, Google is turning every single one of its Google Fiber cable boxes into Chromecasts. The company just announced that it'll be rolling out an update over the coming weeks …
Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
Exaro editor in chief Mark Watts says site's management plans to halve its editorial budget and begin operating with no editor — Editor-in-chief says investigative news site that published allegations of VIP child abuse plans to halve its editorial budget
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@markwatts_1, Press Gazette, @markwatts_1 and Guido Fawkes
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Twitter and the NBA sign deal with Samsung for first 360-degree video Twitter Amplify ad campaign, to run during NBA Finals pre- and post-game — As the NBA Finals tipping off Thursday night, get ready to see superstars Stephen Curry and LeBron James from every angle on Twitter …
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Mediaite, Adweek, Adweek, CNET, Android Central, Marketing Land, The Verge and The Next Web
Min-Jeong Lee / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Samsung quietly adds more advertisements to its smart TVs, plans to expand its advertising initiative as television sales stagnate — SEOUL— Samsung Electronics Co. is quietly adding more advertisements to its Internet-connected televisions as it seeks new revenue sources for its struggling TV business.
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International Business Times, Metro.co.uk, The Verge, Digiday, The Verge, Engadget, BGR, Fortune and New York Magazine
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