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Alex Spence / Politico:
BuzzFeed pulls out of $1.3M advertising deal with RNC over Donald Trump — BuzzFeed has pulled out of an advertising agreement with the Republican National Committee over objections to Donald Trump's rhetoric. — The buy was for $1.3 million, a source close to BuzzFeed told POLITICO.
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Peter Kafka / Recode:
Atom Factory CEO Troy Carter joining Spotify to help land exclusive deals and create new content — The man who helped Lady Gaga and Meghan Trainor will now help Daniel Ek. — Spotify is adding a new weapon in its fight against rivals like Apple, Google and Tidal: The company …
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Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
AMC and Sony Pictures Television to develop six-part mini-series based on David Carr's memoir, The Night of the Gun, starring Bob Odenkirk — ‘The Night of the Gun’ chronicled the late New York Times reporter's struggle with addiction. — AMC is teaming up with some familiar faces …
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The Wrap, Variety, Gothamist, The Verge and FishbowlNY
Ryan Faughnder / Los Angeles Times:
Sumner Redstone's firm changes Viacom's bylaws, creating a big hurdle for Paramount sale — Media mogul Sumner Redstone has been opposed to Viacom's plan to sell a stake in movie studio Paramount Pictures. (Matt Sayles / Invision/Associated Press) — Media mogul Sumner Redstone …
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Forbes, The Wrap and New York Times
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Brent Lang / Variety:
Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman and director George Abram ask judge to approve medical evaluation of Sumner Redstone, alleging he suffers from dementia — More shots were fired in the battle for control of Viacom on Monday, as CEO Philippe Dauman and director George Abrams urged a Massachusetts judge …
Steven Perlberg / Wall Street Journal:
E.W. Scripps Co. buys podcast streaming app Stitcher from Deezer for $4.5M — Podcast app will operate under Scripps' Midroll Media unit after $4.5 million acquisition — Media company E.W. Scripps Co. has continued its push into podcasting with the acquisition of Stitcher for $4.5 million in cash.
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Blizzard announces it's integrating Facebook Live into all of its PC games for gameplay streaming — Blizzard Entertainment and Facebook have teamed up to weave Facebook identity and social networking services into the enormously popular Overwatch PC and console video game as well as other popular Battle.net games.
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Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
Over 40% of Tribune Publishing shareholders withheld board support; Gannett still reviewing its offer, spokesman confirms — Tribune Publishing non-executive chairman Michael Ferro. — More than 40 percent of Tribune Publishing shareholders withheld support for each of the directors up for election …
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Jeremy Barr / Ad Age:
New York Times CEO Mark Thompson says the paper could introduce a high tier, ad-free option for subscribers, slams ad-blockers like Eyeo — The New York Times is “exploring the possibility” of selling a “higher-tier,” ad-free digital subscription package, chief executive Mark Thompson …
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@jeremymbarr and @fmanjoo
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
AT&T and Chernin plan subscription video bundle focused on anime, video games, and niche sports, combining Crunchyroll with outside partners — How do you sell video subscription bundles to young viewers who've never paid much attention to traditional cable programming?
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Tubefilter
Carrie Cummings / Adweek:
DailyMail.com names former Weather Channel SVP ad sales Alicia Muntzner as US chief revenue officer — Today, DailyMail.com announced the appointment of Alicia Muntzner as U.S. chief revenue officer. Most recently svp of ad sales at The Weather Channel, Muntzner's 25-year media career includes …
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Brendan James / International Business Times:
Associated Press launches native ad agency, allowing news wire subscribers to circulate sponsored content as well as wire copy, sharing revenue with them — On the surface, the Associated Press might look like one of the few news outlets today exempt from the tyranny of the click economy that's slowly eating away at media.
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Media Wire Daily and @christopherzara
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