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8:25 AM ET, June 18, 2016

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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Sumner Redstone removes five members of Viacom's board of directors, including Philippe Dauman, who remains CEO for now  —  Among those ousted are Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman  —  Sumner Redstone's National Amusements on Thursday replaced five board members of Viacom Inc. …
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Emily Steel / New York Times:
Viacom warns of earnings shortfall, is paying legal bills for CEO Dauman during struggle for company control  —  As he wages legal battles in multiple states to keep his position in Sumner M. Redstone's media empire, Philippe P. Dauman's legal bills are being paid by Viacom.
Discussion: @emilysteel and Recode
Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal:
How Marissa Mayer's spending at Yahoo to spur growth, in defiance of deals with activist investors to cut costs, led to auction of core assets, board shakeup  —  Embattled CEO failed to produce pledged savings, plunged deeper into turnaround; more room in the parking lot
Discussion: CNBC and Business Insider
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Jordan Novet / VentureBeat:
Snapchat is launching Real Life, a post-per-day digital publication about living with technology, on June 27, with Nathan Jurgenson as editor in chief  —  Snapchat doesn't just care about video.  —  The company is behind a new online magazine called Real Life, which will publish roughly …
Ellen Gamerman / Wall Street Journal:
As its famous hosts leave the airwaves NPR seeks a younger audience but is having trouble keeping up with innovative podcasters  —  With both its stars and audience aging, NPR is struggling to adapt to the digital age: ‘The most innovative people are doing podcasts’  —  Old hosts die hard in public radio.
Ted Johnson / Variety:
Appeals Court Hands Vimeo a Victory in Liability for Copyright-Infringing Videos  —  A federal appellate court has ruled that Vimeo has limited liability over users' uploading of almost 200 videos with infringing music recordings, rejecting claims from record companies and publishers …
Steven Zeitchik / Los Angeles Times:
VR startup Vrse changes names to Within and announces $12.56M funding round, led by Andreessen Horowitz and including Fox, WME, and Vice  —  A shot from Chris Milk's ‘Evolution of Verse’ (Within)  —  For virtual-reality entertainment, the money keeps coming.
Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
Politico tests using Apple Wallet to send notifications with its EU Referendum Tracker tool, avoiding developing and maintaining its own app  —  Of all the possible applications of Apple Wallet — coupons, boarding passes, event tickets — news seems an unlikely one.  And yet Politico is giving it a try.
Matt Graves:
The history of Napster from rebel file-sharing software in 1999 to a legal music service in 2016  —  Yesterday afternoon, the Rhapsody music service announced that it will retire the Rhapsody name, and re-brand its service (and the company) under the Napster brand.
Daniel Frankel / FierceCable:
As pay TV provider group releases “Ditch the Box” proposal to FCC, Google-backed group calls it a delay tactic  —  A trade group backed by Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has derided the pay-TV industry's counter-proposal to an FCC plan to open cable …
Discussion: Engadget
Peter Rubin / Wired:
Lucasfilm's ILMxLAB and Magic Leap partner to produce mixed-reality Star Wars content  —  You're used to C-3PO being diplomatic and prissy, wringing his droid hands over any and every little setback.  You're used to him sticking close to R2-D2.  What you're probably not used to, though …
 
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Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica:
Matthew Keys to remain free for now as he awaits appeal of conviction for role in Los Angeles Times hack; appeals court will rule in coming weeks
Hayley Tsukayama / Washington Post:
Reddit is changing algorithms and processes after Orlando shooting fallout raised questions about volunteer mods, censorship, and small groups' influence
Discussion: Cyborgology and Motherboard
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FT takes controlling stake in content marketing company Alpha Grid
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Net neutrality battle not over despite FCC win in DC Circuit as ISPs prepare to take case to Supreme Court
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CNBC:
SEC filing: Nvidia says it will record a $5.5B quarterly charge after new US rules to require a license to export the H20 chips to China; NVDA drops ~5%

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Meta offered $450M in late March to settle the FTC's antitrust case and raised its offer to ~$1B as the trial neared; the FTC had demanded $30B

David DiMolfetta / Nextgov/FCW:
Mitre, the nonprofit research organization behind the CVE program, says the US government funding needed to develop and operate CVE will expire on April 16
 
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