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7:25 PM ET, July 11, 2016

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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 …
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 …
John Herrman / New York Times:
As Tronc embraces automated video production, CBS, Time, HuffPo, others experiment with it  —  In a television appearance in early June, Michael W. Ferro Jr., the chairman of the newspaper and magazine publishing company Tronc — formerly known as Tribune Publishing — made an astonishing claim.
Politico:
Inside the team of lawyers and PR company behind Gretchen Carlson's case against Roger Ailes  —  Inside the team of lawyers and P.R. agents strategizing former Fox anchor's battle against Roger Ailes  —  When Andrea Mackris, then an associate producer at Fox News, filed a sexual harassment suit …
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Anthony Crupi / Ad Age:
Nielsen data shows Gretchen Carlson was beating time-slot rivals at MSNBC, CNN, as Roger Ailes insists he ended her contract over poor ratings  —  While Unspectacular, ‘Real Story’ Deliveries Were Up Year-Over-Year  —  6 Ways You Can Put Behavioral Automation to Work for Your Clients Today
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.
Discussion: @kristenhare and @poynter
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.
Discussion: Fast Company
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.
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:
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.
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” …
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.
Discussion: Adweek, Variety and Deadline
 
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Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
Fox will live-stream its primetime programming on its website and Fox Now app, rolling out to 98% of pay TV subscribers, will require cable authentication
Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable and Variety
Andy McDonald / Digital TV Europe:
French OTT service Molotov launches app that allows viewers to watch and record live TV across devices, has signed deals with 33 free-to-air TV channels
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”
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Liz Spayd / New York Times:
New public editor says The New York Times needs to listen more to reader preferences, habits, and shifting ways of consuming information to expand audience
Dana Priest / Washington Post:
War correspondent Marie Colvin was deliberately targeted and killed in 2012 by Syrian military, claims a civil lawsuit filed on behalf of Colvin's heirs
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
How 3 publishers plan to use Snapchat Memories to improve the quality and shelf life of their output
Salvador Hernandez / BuzzFeed:
Activist DeRay McKesson, reporters arrested in Baton Rouge protest Saturday, charged with obstructing highway; McKesson has since been released on bond
 

 
From Techmeme:

Andy Greenberg / Wired:
Cisco details a hacking campaign that penetrated multiple governments' networks using two zero-day flaws in its VPN and firewall Adaptive Security Appliances

Ben Glickman / Wall Street Journal:
IBM agrees to buy HashiCorp, which helps companies manage cloud infrastructure, in a deal valuing HashiCorp at $6.4B and expected to close by the end of 2024

Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg:
US prosecutors charge two founders of Samourai Wallet, saying the crypto mixing service facilitated more than $100M in money laundering transactions

 
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