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1:15 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.
Discussion: Politico and @mlcalderone
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 …
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.
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 …
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
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: Digi-Capital and Fast Company
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.
Sydney Morning Herald:
How China extends its control over almost all Chinese language media in Australia using a “carrot and stick” approach  —  Chinese-Australians call on government to see things their way  —  Local Chinese-Australian action committees have called on the Australian government …
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 …
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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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
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Researchers unveil Genesis, an open-source generative physics engine that trains robots in simulated reality 430K times faster than in the real world

Reuters:
Sources: Apple is in early-stage talks with Tencent and ByteDance about integrating their AI models into iPhones sold in China; ChatGPT is unavailable in China
 
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