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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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John Koblin / New York Times:
Gretchen Carlson speaks publicly for the first time about Ailes lawsuit, repeating allegations as she's surrounded by lawyers — MONTCLAIR, N.J. — When Gretchen Carlson was asked how her last week had been, she looked down at her wrist. — “These are the bracelets I wear on my arm,” …
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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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Todd Spangler / Variety:
ABC Relaunches Free Streaming Service With 7 Short-Form Originals, Full Seasons of 38 Older Shows — Network makes live stream available in 14 additional markets in pact with Hearst — ABC is not going down the subscription VOD route, at least for now: The Alphabet network is relaunching …
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Maureen Morrison / Ad Age:
BitTorrent launching 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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Hadas Gold / Politico:
C-SPAN partners with Facebook Live to stream evening proceedings at RNC, DNC; FB also partners with 21 news organizations for the conventions, including CNN — In what's expected to be two of the most fascinating political conventions in recent history, with Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton set …
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Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
News Corp. in talks with Facebook about expanding relationship but remains weary 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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Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Apple puts out open casting call for app creators for reality show “Planet of the Apps”, sheds more light on the series — Earlier this year it was announced that Apple was planning to launch its first original TV series about the “app economy.”
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Peter Kafka / Recode:
In 62-page report from Google, ‘How Google Fights Piracy’, company says YouTube's Content ID has generated $2B in revenue for copyright owners since 2007 — Now it's your turn to respond, Taylor Swift. — Here's the latest salvo in the back and forth between YouTube and the music industry …
Lauren Dezenski / Politico:
Boston Globe Media announces it is offering buyouts to Boston.com staffers — Boston Globe Media Partners is doubling down on Globe.com — BOSTON — Buyouts are coming at Boston.com. — The buyouts were announced in an email that Boston Globe Media's head of digital strategy Eleanor Cleverly sent …
Akilah Hughes:
Comedian who said BuzzFeed stole content says Peretti is being defensive, should hire a non-biased independent firm to investigate — I got your letter. Thanks! Having the Founder/CEO of BuzzFeed respond to this #StopBuzzThieves fiasco definitely adds a level of validity to the innumerable claims …
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Jonah Peretti:
CEO Jonah Peretti says accusations BuzzFeed stole ideas from independent video producers are “patently false”, reveals results of internal investigation
CEO Jonah Peretti says accusations BuzzFeed stole ideas from independent video producers are “patently false”, reveals results of internal investigation
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Luke Russert, son of Meet the Press moderator Tim Russert, is leaving NBC News, says he is taking time away from political reporting to 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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Ron Nixon / New York Times:
NBCUniversal executive Jeff Shell refused entry into Russia, no reason given — BRUSSELS — An NBCUniversal executive said he was denied entry into Russia and detained for several hours before being escorted onto a flight out of the country early Wednesday morning.
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