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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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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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Noah Kulwin / Recode:
Tribune Publishing chairman: We want to start publishing 2,000 videos a day with artificial intelligence
Tribune Publishing chairman: We want to start publishing 2,000 videos a day with artificial intelligence
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The Next Web and @jbenton
Jordan Valinsky / Digiday:
Instagram rolls out its non-chronological algorithm-based feed, but businesses can pay to boost their stories to the top — Instagram's algorithm apocalypse is upon us. — The photo-sharing app confirmed that it's rolling out the new feed to all users beginning today, three months after Instagram first announced the move.
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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, The Verge, Gothamist and FishbowlNY
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 …
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Ryan Faughnder / Los Angeles Times:
Sumner Redstone's firm changes Viacom's bylaws, creating a big hurdle for Paramount sale
Sumner Redstone's firm changes Viacom's bylaws, creating a big hurdle for Paramount sale
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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
Bill Adair / Nieman Lab:
Biggest drawback of getting news only from Snapchat Discover for a week was timeliness, with only once-a-day updates — Snapchat wants to be a news source, so I spent the last week on a Snapchat-only diet. I gave up my breakfast routine of The New York Times, The Washington Post …
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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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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@christopherzara and Media Wire Daily
Marty Swant / Adweek:
comScore study: people more responsive to ads in podcasts, find them less intrusive; 2/3 of listeners have acted on an ad they heard in a podcast — Advertisers might want to listen up: A new report says that if people have to receive ads, they'd rather hear them in podcasts.
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