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12:40 AM ET, July 8, 2016

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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Immediacy, intimacy, mass reach, and influence on media show the power of Facebook Live and other streaming services  —  When Philando Castile was shot by a Minnesota police officer Wednesday evening, his girlfriend's first instinct was to start broadcasting.
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Gretchen Carlson's Sexual-Harassment Lawsuit May Allow Murdoch Sons to Finally Oust Roger Ailes From Fox News  —  Throughout his five-decade career in media and Republican politics, Roger Ailes has demonstrated a remarkable talent for self-preservation.  “I have been through about 12 train wrecks in my career.
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Carlson lawsuit against Roger Ailes forces Fox News to deal with changing power at 21st Century Fox and a changing world  —  At a time of fast-moving social change, Fox News can at times be viewed as a port in a storm for traditionalists who pine for the way we were — for the days …
Hadas Gold / Politico:
21st Century Fox launching ‘internal review’ at Fox News following Gretchen Carlson lawsuit
Jared Kushner / The New York Observer:
Jared Kushner defends father-in-law Donald Trump, saying the worst he could be criticized for was carelessness in retweeting imagery interpreted as offensive  —  My father-in-law is not an anti-Semite.  —  It's that simple, really.  Donald Trump is not anti-Semitic and he's not a racist.
Ellen Gamerman / Wall Street Journal:
Audible launches on-demand audio service Channels with six original-content shows, free with $15 per month Audible membership or $5 per month standalone service  —  The audio retailer unveiled six new original-content shows on Thursday  —  Audible just used an age-old tactic to get attention: It flashed its breasts.
Amir Efrati / The Information:
Source: ESPN plans to offer live programming packages directly to consumers on the web, won't include pro football or basketball  —  Walt Disney's ESPN sports network plans to unveil a package of live programming it will offer directly to consumers on the Web, said a person with knowledge of the plans.
Discussion: @jessicalessin and @jesshstark
Amy Mitchell / Pew Research Center:
Study: 81% of US adults get news online, up from 12% 20 years ago; 72% get news on mobile devices; 36% of online news comes via orgs, 15% from friends, family  —  Twenty years ago, only 12% of U.S. adults got news online.  Today, that number stands at 81%.
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Economist profits up to £61m as paid subscriptions offset 18% print ad fall  —  Strategy of pushing readers to premium packages of print and digital content pays off for magazine, which this year severed links with Pearson  —  The Economist grew profits to more than £60m …
Discussion: Politico
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
Google acquires Anvato, a platform used by broadcasters for encoding, editing, publishing and distributing video ; the team will join Google's Cloud Platform  —  Google is getting deeper into the tech side of the video and broadcasting business.  The company today announced that it has acquired Anvato …
Noah Kulwin / Recode:
Fusion is launching a new website about music news and social justice called TrackRecord  —  It's the latest digital play from Univision.  —  Cable TV companies are scrambling to figure out how they can expand their digital presence as advertiser dollars flock to the internet.  —  Univision is no exception.
Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
Sky News and Sky Sports to eliminate 50 technical jobs and introduce automated robot camera system  —  Introduction of new system controlling robot cameras likely to result in fewer technical directors, camera operators and vision mixers  —  Sky has told about 50 studio staff across news …
France 24:
Man identified on social media as victim in several terrorist attacks says he's being trolled; BBC and NYT have not responded to his request to remove his image  —  If you've clicked on any articles about the victims of recent terror attacks, you might have seen this man's photo.
Discussion: Mashable
 
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Jessica Davies / Digiday:
Guardian Editor-in-Chief Katharine Viner gives bleak prognosis for journalism as social media dominates, tells marketers they're financing fake news sites
Discussion: Press Gazette
Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Twitter tests sports coverage starting with Wimbledon stream featuring video and scrollable tweets on dedicated Live page
Joe Pompeo / Politico:
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