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4:10 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 …
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.
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
Adweek:
Private equity firm Beringer Capital acquires Adweek and its nine blogs, including TVNewser and FishbowlNY; terms not disclosed  —  Beringer Capital, a private equity firm that invests in digital media and marketing services, has reached an agreement with Mediabistro Holdings to acquire Adweek.
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 …
Discussion: Ad Age, Forbes, Mediaite, Fortune and Variety
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 …
Miranda Ward / Mumbrella:
Mashable Australia appoints SBS' Jerico Mandybur as country editor  —  Mashable Australia has appointed Jerico Mandybur as its new Australia editor, replacing Jen Ryall who has relocated to New York to take on the role of real-time editor with the publication.
Discussion: FishbowlNY
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 …
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Sources: AMC Networks, the cable networks group behind hits like The Walking Dead, wants to cut around 200 staff positions via voluntary buyout  —  The cable networks group, which is led by CEO Josh Sapan and is known as the home of ‘The Walking Dead,’ is the latest industry player to turn to buyouts to reduce staffing levels.
 
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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
David Mindich / Columbia Journalism Review:
Why the US media and journalists began pushing back against Donald Trump after months of holding back
Issie Lapowsky / Wired:
Clinton has assembled a tech team of over 50 engineers and developers for her presidential campaign, while Trump just focuses on using social media
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