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6:30 PM ET, July 18, 2016

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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Sources: following initial findings from sexual harassment investigation, Lachlan, James, and Rupert Murdoch have agreed to remove Roger Ailes, disagree on when  —  Roger Ailes's tenure as the head of Fox News may be coming to an end.  Rupert Murdoch and sons Lachlan and James …
Harrison Weber / VentureBeat:
Netflix Q2: international net subscribers 1.5M versus its forecast of 2M, misses on quarterly revenue with $2.11B; stock down 15%+  —  Netflix now has 83.18 million subscribers after adding just 160,000 subscribers in the U.S. and 1.52 million abroad last quarter, missing the modest expectations it set back in April.
Eamonn Forde / Guardian:
While music labels criticize YouTube, unknown artists see it as a great promotional tool  —  But with countless artists and enterprises using the site as a springboard to success, things aren't so simple  —  s artists, record labels, music publishers and managers line up to lobby the US Congress …
Brooke Fox / Bloomberg:
SB Nation expands into radio, partners with Gow Media LLC for distribution; SB Nation Radio will be available on website, 500 terrestrial and satellite stations  —  Vox online sports brand to develop podcasts, talk-style shows  —  Gow's Yahoo Sports Radio to be renamed as part of arrangement
Maryann Yin / GalleyCat:
Petition asking Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton to create open environment for journalists at the RNC, DNC, gets 20K signatures  —  The 2016 presumptive presidential candidates of the Democratic and Republican parties have been presented with a petition.  This petition calls for Hillary Clinton …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
ABC News partners with Facebook to live-stream its RNC and DNC convention coverage; Facebook will share exclusive real-time data during major speeches  —  ABC News plans to deliver around-the-clock live coverage on Facebook for the 2016 Republican and Democratic national conventions under a partnership with the social giant.
Jim Dalrymple / The Loop:
Apple addresses song matching and auto-deletion issues by incorporating iTunes Match's audio fingerprint feature into Apple Music  —  Apple begins rolling out iTunes Match with audio fingerprint to Apple Music subscribers  —  One of the biggest complaints about Apple Music over the past year …
Luke Mullins / Washingtonian:
Inside the conflict that led to the departures of CEO Jim VandeHei, COO Kim Kingsley, and others at Politico this year  —  It was early evening in Politico's newsroom, four days before the Iowa caucuses.  —  Reporters were working sources and checking TV screens as a presidential debate was about to get under way.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Yahoo Q2: $1.3B revenue, up 5% YoY, in line with expectations, $482M writedown on Tumblr; Mayer notes success in cutting costs as bid deadline hits  —  Yahoo, in the midst of final negotiations to sell itself, reported earnings in line with Wall Street's already lowered expectations …
Ilya Khrennikov / Bloomberg:
Russia's Mail.ru, owner of piracy-plagued social network VKontakte, signs music licensing deal with Universal, after deals with Warner and Sony to settle suits  —  Social-media site operator settles Universal Music litigation  —  Its VKontakte site was labeled ‘notorious’ by U.S. government
 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
NBC Sports Group acquires Sport Ngin, an app targeted at youth and amateur sports leagues; terms of deal not disclosed; Sport Ngin will rebrand as SportsEngine
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David Mindich / Columbia Journalism Review:
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
X raises US Premium+ prices by 37.5% to $22 per month, starting on December 21, and EU prices from €16 to €21 per month; the basic subscription still costs $3
 
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