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Donald Trump seeks $10M in damages from former campaign staffer Sam Nunberg for violating nondisclosure agreement by leaking information to New York Post — WASHINGTON (AP) — In a highly unusual campaign dispute, Donald Trump is seeking $10 million in damages from his former political …
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Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Alan Murray, editor of Fortune, joins Time Inc. as chief content officer, replacing Norman Pearlstine who is staying on as vice chairman — Alan Murray, the editor of Fortune, will succeed Norman Pearlstine as Time Inc.'s chief content officer, part of a broad reorganization of the company …
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Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Time Inc. reshuffling elevates Rich Battista to president of all US brands, centralizes ad efforts, and creates dedicated digital ad sales team — Media veteran Rich Battista tapped as president of U.S. brands — Time Inc. Chief Executive Joe Ripp has reorganized the country's biggest …
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Maureen Morrison / Ad Age:
BitTorrent to launch live-streamed TV news network on July 18 at the Republican National Convention as part of broader effort to become a video content company — Last week, BitTorrent, the peer-to-peer file-sharing program announced it was hiring a news director, former CNN …
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Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
With the police shootings and subsequent violence in Dallas last week, livestreaming had its Gulf War moment, emerging as a viable alternative to cable — Cable news has functioned as the harrowing background soundtrack to much of 2015 and 2016. In covering terrorist attacks …
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CNN:
Sources: Fox News host Sean Hannity provided private jet to fly vice president finalist Newt Gingrich to meet with Trump — (CNN)Newt Gingrich, a finalist on Donald Trump's vice presidential shortlist, flew to Indianapolis to meet with Trump on a private jet provided by Fox News host Sean Hannity …
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Luke Russert, son of late Meet the Press moderator Tim Russert, leaves NBC News to take time away from political reporting and focus on other interests — Luke Russert is leaving NBC News this week, the network announced on Wednesday. — Russert, son of the late “Meet the Press” …
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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Virtual And Augmented Reality Investments Up to $2 Billion Over Last 12 Months — Augmented and virtual reality startups are continuing to attract big bucks from investors. Collectively, augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) companies have closed funding rounds totaling $2 billion …
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Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
News Corp in talks with Facebook about expanding relationship but remains wary of Facebook Live, Instant Articles, preferring total control over audience data — News Corp. said in talks with Facebook though nothing imminent — ‘Panic and pandering’ isn't a strategy: News Corp. executive
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Viacom in talks to sell 49% of Paramount to China's Wanda Group, wants deal that values Paramount at $8B-$10B, is also in talks with undisclosed suitor — Hurdles remain before any deal with Dalian Wanda Group gets completed — Viacom Inc. is in talks to sell a 49% stake …
Greg Dool / Folio:
After May layoffs, Josh Tyrangiel announces 26 new hires as Vice Media's news division prepares for HBO news show — Less than two months after stepping into an expanded role overseeing all of Vice News, Josh Tyrangiel's team just got a whole lot bigger. — Twenty-six new staffers …
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Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
BBC News channel and World News face 10% cuts after merger is ruled out — Corporation to make significant cutbacks after deciding not to replace UK and international services with a single channel — The BBC News channel and the World News service face 10% cost cuts after the corporation decided against merging the two operations.
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