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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Gretchen Carlson files sexual harassment lawsuit against Fox News CEO Roger Ailes — One of Fox News Channel's top anchors has filed a lawsuit against her former boss, Fox News CEO Roger Ailes, alleging wrongful termination and sexual harassment. — The news came in a bombshell email sent …
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Dana Schwartz / The New York Observer:
Reporter writes open letter to New York Observer owner and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner about anti-Semitic Trump tweets and supporters — My name is Dana Schwartz and I'm an entertainment writer at The Observer, the paper owned by your publishing company.
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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Inside IBT Media's troubles: reliance on search traffic, annoying autoplay videos, and low social media engagement — Two years ago, IBT Media co-founder Johnathan Davis addressed his ties to an unconventional pastor as well as his views that gay people could be cured, saying his work and beliefs were separate.
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Kara Swisher / Recode:
Comcast to allow Netflix onto its X1 video platform later this year, a major move in a relationship that once stoked net neutrality concerns — The move means the once contentious pair are now pals. — Cable giant Comcast will allow popular Web video streaming service Netflix onto its X1 platform …
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
In court filings, Hulk Hogan's lawyers say Gawker Media concealed a $200K loan to Nick Denton for personal bankruptcy counsel — It's also argued that an indemnification agreement doesn't cover Denton. — Hulk Hogan doesn't think that Gawker's Chapter 11 should save Nick Denton from having to declare personal bankruptcy.
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Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Twitter tests sports coverage starting with Wimbledon stream featuring video and scrollable tweets on dedicated Live page — Twitter is streaming Wimbledon, our first glimpse at live sports on Twitter. — Twitter wants to get into the business of streaming live sports …
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Joe Pompeo / Politico:
Gannett buys North Jersey Media Group papers — Gannett, the Virginia-based newspaper company that owns USA Today and dozens of local newspapers around the country, has reached an agreement to buy various assets of North Jersey Media Group, whose portfolio includes a prominent Garden State daily, The Record of Bergen County.
Ben Sisario / New York Times:
How 17-year-old singer Hailey Knox uses live-streaming mobile app YouNow to develop performance skills and interact with 80K followers — ANAHEIM, Calif. — At VidCon, a sprawling conference here for the young stars of online video, success has a particular sound: a sudden, earsplitting shriek …
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Matthew Garrahan / Financial Times:
Vice Media acquires art and culture publication Garage Magazine, plans to build digital video channel and launch international editions — Vice Media has acquired a controlling stake in Garage Magazine, an art and culture publication founded by Dasha Zhukova, the wife of Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich …
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Yoree Koh / Wall Street Journal:
ComScore: 38% of US smartphone users 25-34 are on Snapchat, 14% of 35 or older, up from 5% and 2% three years ago — An estimated 14% of U.S. smartphone users 35 or older are on messaging app — Paris Zeikos says he noticed a surprising trend on Snapchat.
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Stuart Dredge / Guardian:
YouTube increases support staff so even smaller creators can talk to actual humans when dealing with various issues — Video service is augmenting new tech with real people to help guide the successors to Zoella and PewDiePie — YouTube wants to provide more of a “human touch” …
Lulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg:
Millions of Chinese live-streaming daily events, with most popular “showrooms” attracting 400K people at a time, earning top streamers $100K+ per month — One popular video featured the nation's richest man playing poker. Startups and web giants alike are cashing …