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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Recent events show how Facebook and Twitter serve complementary roles during breaking news, strengthening each other — Twitter and Facebook can stand alone, but each is weaker on its own. — For years, Facebook and Twitter have been at odds over news. But if we've learned anything …
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Washington Post, @sulliview, @cwarzel, MIT Technology Review, @matthewkeyslive, @kerrymflynn, @jonfriedman and @jayrosen_nyu
Farai Chideya / FiveThirtyEight:
Shorenstein Center study: Trump dominated political coverage in eight major news outlets in the first half of 2016 — Donald Trump and the race to be the Republican presidential nominee dominated political coverage in the first half of 2016, according to a study released Monday …
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Shorenstein Center, @shorensteinctr, @jayrosen_nyu and @wfrick
Mathew Ingram / Fortune:
Twitter signs deal with Bloomberg to livestream three of its daily shows, will share revenue on ads sold alongside videos — Twitter has been ramping up its commitment to streaming live video fairly rapidly over the past week or so, rolling out an experiment from the Wimbledon tennis tournament followed …
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Jessica Goodfellow / The Drum:
CNBC International trialling streaming its daily morning show, Street Signs, on Facebook Live this week following increase in site traffic post-Brexit — CNBC International will trial streaming its daily morning show Street Signs via its Facebook page this week to tap into a resurgence …
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Boris Kachka / Vulture:
Gay Talese discusses factual errors in latest book, The Voyeur's Motel, and explains why he will continue to promote it — “It sets me off into a great sense of despair, humiliation. But I wasn’t Jayson Blair. They compared me to <i>Rolling Stone.</i>”
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
TV networks sharply increase prices for pool footage of government and political events; Washington Post proposes alternative pool for digital publishers — The nation's major television networks have sharply raised the prices they charge for live “pool” footage of important government and political events …
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Washington Post's digital-only subscriptions increase 145% YoY, driven by readers outside DC and overseas — The Washington Post has shown its ability to make big traffic gains, aggressively embracing social platforms like Facebook and pumping out more viral video fare.
Hollywood Reporter:
BuzzFeed partners with Warner Bros. on film about internet phenomenon Brother Orange; Ellen DeGeneres will act as executive producer — EMAIL ME — Ellen DeGeneres will executive produce along with Broad City co-creator Ilana Glazer. — The story of Internet phenomenon Brother Orange is getting the movie treatment.
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Vanity Fair, Guardian, IndieWire and Fast Company
Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal:
Thomson Reuters to Sell Intellectual Property and Science Business for $3.55 Billion — Sale is part of the news and information service provider's attempt to stabilize its core businesses — Thomson Reuters Corp. on Monday said it agreed to sell its intellectual property and science business …
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Press Association, PR Newswire, Reuters and Bloomberg
D.B. Hebbard / Talking New Media:
Texture, the digital newsstand for magazines, is offering a free 7-inch Amazon Fire tablet with a six-month subscription — The digital newsstand Texture is getting a promotional boost from Amazon as the online retailer let the company's customer base know that they can now get a free tablet …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Warner Bros. settles FTC charges over payments to PewDiePie, other influencers to promote game — Warner Bros. paid PewDiePie and other social stars upwards tens of thousands of dollars each to promote a 2014 game based on the world of J.R.R. Tolkien's “Lord of the Rings” …
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Ad Age, Broadcasting & Cable, Federal Trade Commission, AdExchanger, Recode, @flattuss and VentureBeat
Greg Dool / Folio:
Sources: Time Inc. laid off New York-based editors for HelloGiggles, a women's lifestyle and entertainment site it purchased last year, maintains sales team — HelloGiggles, the women's lifestyle and entertainment site purchased by Time Inc. last year, has laid off several editors in its New York office, according to multiple sources.
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Media Wire Daily, Wall Street Journal, @bristei, MinOnline, @eleshepp, @rosadona, @sammynickalls and @jessicawakeman