Mediagazer: Some creators accuse Buzzfeed Motion Pictures of stealing their ideas on YouTube, where remix culture has always thrived (Caitlin Dewey/Washington Post)

4:30 PM ET, July 11, 2016

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Issie Lapowsky / Wired:

Twitter partners with CBS, CBSN, to livestream Republican and Democratic Conventions — Twitter has been perhaps the most talked about platform this election cycle. (Thanks, Donald Trump.) Now, in hopes of capturing even more of the political conversation, the company is announcing …

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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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Anthony Crupi / Ad Age:
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Denise Petski / Deadline:

Melissa Harris-Perry Joins BET News As Special Correspondent — Melissa Harris-Perry is taking her next step post-MSNBC. The former weekend show host has signed on to BET News as a special correspondent. She will host and contribute to various BET News programs and develop longform news specials for the network.

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Kristen Hare / Poynter:

The Miami-Herald reorganized its beat coverage by topic instead of geography, with each team responsible for a beat functioning like an independent startup — MIAMI — On the outside, the headquarters of the Miami Herald looks like any building in any part of town filled with wide warehouses, beige office plazas and chain restaurants.

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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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Hadas Gold / Politico:

Carrie Buddoff Brown is the new editor of Politico, replacing Susan B. Glasser who is moving to Jerusalem, confirms EIC John Harris in staff memo — Big news on the homefront. Carrie Budoff Brown has been named editor of POLITICO. Here's the memo just sent to staff from Publisher and Editor-in-Chief John Harris:

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Caitlin Dewey / Washington Post:

Some creators accuse Buzzfeed Motion Pictures of stealing their ideas on YouTube, where remix culture has always thrived — “The Perfect Weekend for an Introvert” is far from perfect, technically. The two-minute video, hot out of Buzzfeed's L.A. content mill, feels like a five-second joke stretched into 120.

Kate Stanhope / Hollywood Reporter:

The Daily Show's RNC/DNC convention coverage plans include a three-part Snapchat special and streaming on SiriusXM and Amazon's Alexa — The Comedy Central show will be the only late-night entry to broadcast from the locations of both the DNC and RNC conventions in Philadelphia and Cleveland, respectively.

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Zairah Khurshid / International Business Times:

Cliff Richard to sue BBC and South Yorkshire Police for £1m for televising police child abuse raid on his apartment, accuses them of “illegal collusion” — Singer wants people accused of committing sexual assault to be given anonymity. — Cliff Richard is suing the BBC …

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Laura M. Holson / New York Times:

Profile: Cosmopolitan editor Joanna Coles, a former Fleet Street reporter building the magazine's brand through reality TV, social media, and media appearances — In the back of a cab heading up Central Park West, Joanna Coles, the editor of Cosmopolitan, was telling the story of her first meeting …

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Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
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