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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, MIT Technology Review, @cwarzel, @matthewkeyslive, @kerrymflynn and @jonfriedman
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
Politico:
Analysis of the tensions within 21st Century Fox amid the accusations against Ailes — It's almost impossible to imagine Fox News without its creator and guardian, Roger Ailes. Almost. — “One man has established a culture for 1,700 people who believe in it, who follow it, who execute it …
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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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Recode, CBS News, Variety, Politico, The Wrap, Engadget, MediaPost, TVNewser, The New York Observer, New York Magazine, Broadcasting & Cable, SocialTimes, @marklittlenews, Business Insider, TechCrunch, Mashable and Deadline
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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IndieWire and Fast Company
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.
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@jayrosen_nyu, @alexweprin, @erickschonfeld, @michaelroston, @jwherrman, @learmonth, @yotamc, @whatthebit, @dangillmor and @mathewi
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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@kristenhare and @poynter
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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Wall Street Journal, @bristei, MinOnline, @eleshepp, @rosadona, @sammynickalls and @jessicawakeman
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.
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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Mediaite, Politico and The Huffington Post
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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Federal Trade Commission, AdExchanger, @flattuss, Recode and VentureBeat
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:
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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PR Newswire, Press Association, Reuters and Bloomberg