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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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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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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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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
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 …
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
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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 …
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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