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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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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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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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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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Alastair Reid / First Draft News:
BuzzFeed tests global beat to debunk fake news and hoaxes, headed by BuzzFeed Canada editor Craig Silverman — Almost a year to the day after launching its Canadian edition, BuzzFeed announced this week that it would be closing its Ottawa bureau and re-locating staff to the US.
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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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Choi Chi-yuk / South China Morning Post:
China's internet censor says online media cannot gather news from social media without approval or publish news without verification — Cyberspace Administration's move comes days after Xu Lin, formerly deputy head of the body, takes on top role — China's powerful internet censorship body …
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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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Anita Busch / Deadline:
9-year-old journalist Hilde Lysiak gets a book deal to co-write four books for Scholastic with her father; film/TV rights being sold as well — EXCLUSIVE: Scholastic has acquired the worldwide rights to four books by nine-year-old Hilde Lysiak (to be co-written with her father …
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Simeon Kerr / Financial Times:
Condé Nast to launch Vogue Arabia online in October and print in the spring; Deena Aljuhani Abdulaziz named editor-in-chief — Arrival of international fashion magazine to fuel Gulf states' appetite for luxury goods — Rumoured for years, Vogue Arabia's launch has finally been announced by publishers Condé Nast.
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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Ben Dowell / RadioTimes:
BBC cuts management team from 16 to 11 in reshuffle; BBC 1 boss Charlotte Moore to become director of content, overseeing TV channels and iPlayer — Tony Hall cuts his executive team from 16 to 11 in major reshuffle designed to create a “simpler BBC” — BBC1 boss Charlotte Moore is set …
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