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5:40 PM ET, July 14, 2016

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Associated Press:
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 …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Twitter signs a live-streaming deal to bring Pac-12 university sports to its service  —  Twitter's quest to become a live-streaming service continues this morning with another announcement of a new partnership that will bring live events to its social network.
USA Today:
White House Correspondents' Association expresses concern about treatment of press during 2016 campaign, says both candidates threaten free press  —  The White House Correspondents' Association is alarmed by the treatment of the press in the 2016 presidential campaign.
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 …
Discussion: Forbes, Digi-Capital and Fast Company
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
How The Washington Post is using Genius web annotator to provide speedy analysis during election season  —  In 2015, President Obama broke with a longtime White House tradition by leapfrogging the press for his annual State of the Union Speech.  —  Rather than circulating not-for-publication copies …
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
BuzzFeed to invite reporters from Donald Trump's media blacklist to its “Red, White, & Blacklisted” GOP convention party next week  —  From cuddly creatures in 2012 to press freedom in 2016.  —  News organizations banned from Donald Trump's press list will find themselves …
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Casey Newton / The Verge:
Facebook Messenger now supports Instant Articles  —  When Facebook announced its platform for bots at the F8 developer conference this year, publishers raced to push news into Facebook Messenger.  But until now, their stories have loaded in slower-loading web views inside Messenger …
Mathew Ingram / Fortune:
Q&A with Nick Denton on the value of comments, how Gawker writers moderate discussions, and how conversations mean more than likes or shares  —  Gawker Media founder Nick Denton has a lot of things on his mind right now, not the least of which is the future of his company as it goes through …
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 …
Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
Sky News proposes ending its business bulletins in cost-cutting effort, will incorporate business news into schedule and online  —  Broadcaster says it will continue to provide ‘comprehensive coverage online’  —  Sky News is looking to scrap its business bulletins, putting six jobs at risk.
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Tencent increases stake in China Music Corp from 16% to 60%, in deal valuing CMC at $2.7B  —  Internet giant to increase stake to 60% from 16%  —  HONG KONG—Chinese internet giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. has agreed to acquire a controlling stake in China's leading music-streaming company …
Discussion: The Drum, CHINAdaily, Variety and Reuters
Ben Dowell / RadioTimes:
Karen Bradley is new culture secretary as John Whittingdale is sacked  —  Minister for Security and MP for Staffordshire Moorlands takes over the department  —  Security Minister Karen Bradley has been appointed the new Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, following the sacking …
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
Discussion: Ad Age and New York Post
 
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Sasha Koren / Medium:
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