Mediagazer: Media brands struggle to gain audiences on YouTube, turn to Facebook, Snapchat instead (Mike Shields/Wall Street Journal)

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Roger Ailes resigns as chairman and CEO of Fox News and Fox Business Network; Rupert Murdoch to be chairman and acting CEO of Fox News, Fox Business — Rupert Murdoch to Assume Role of Chairman and Acting CEO of Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network — 21st Century Fox today announced …

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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:

In wake of Roger Ailes' departure from Fox News, Fox spokesperson Irena Briganti could also be forced out — As Roger Ailes battles the Murdochs over the terms of his exit from Fox News, he's doing so without a key weapon in his arsenal: Fox spokesperson Irena Briganti.

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Molly Redden / Guardian:

More than 20 women have accused Fox News host Roger Ailes of sexual harassment, say attorneys for Gretchen Carlson — Accusations against Fox News CEO have poured in since former host Gretchen Carlson filed a lawsuit, her legal team say, with some claims dating back decades

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Felix Salmon / Fusion:

Ailes departure is good for the Murdochs because Ailes is not someone who could navigate a generational shift to a younger audience — Roger Ailes is arguably the most important television executive of his generation. He built Fox News from scratch, and in doing so created a whole new model …

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How the Ailes exit could affect personnel at Fox News, finances, efforts to attract a younger audience, and transition to digital platforms — Will Fox News's prime-time lineup remain intact? Will the network's ratings fall back to earth after this wild presidential election?

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Sources: details from internal inquiry sealed the fate of Roger Ailes at Fox News

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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:

Pandora misses targets for Q2 with revenue of $343M, up 20% YoY but lower than projections of $351.7M; active listeners fall to 78.1M from 79.4M a year ago — Pandora Media Inc., the Internet radio service that's become the subject of heated merger speculation, posted second-quarter revenue …

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Peter Kafka / Recode:

Nick Denton: Gawker Media has small operating profit in first half of 2016, with revenue up 7-8% YoY; e-commerce links lifted revenue — And yes, Denton will watch Peter Thiel speak tonight. — Peter Thiel and Hulk Hogan won and Nick Denton lost, so Denton has to sell off Gawker Media via a bankruptcy auction next month.

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Tom Spring / Threatpost:

EFF sues US over Digital Millennium Copyright Act clause that restricts tinkering with systems that protect copyrighted materials like films, audio, and code — The Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a lawsuit Thursday against the U.S. Government over a provision within …

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Kurt Wagner / Recode:

Twitter loses its VP of North American media partnerships, Kirstine Stewart — Twitter's media team has gone through some changes in 2016. — Twitter's media team is losing another executive: Kirstine Stewart, the VP of media for Twitter's North American media partnerships.

Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:

Media brands struggle to gain audiences on YouTube, turn to Facebook, Snapchat instead — YouTube seen as crowded and difficult for content discovery, while Facebook and Snapchat and other platforms surge — In May, the do-it-yourself, home-and-garden site Hometalk made its first big push into video on Facebook.

Discussion: @pkafka and @digitalshields

Jeremy Barr / Ad Age:

To combat ad-blocking, The Financial Times begins blanking out words in articles to illustrate the percentage of revenue that comes from advertising — U.K. Newspaper Also Releases an ‘Advertising Charter’ — Programmatic: The Future of Television — The Financial Times is certainly …

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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:

Dish reports biggest quarterly drop in pay TV subs ever, down 281K to 13.59M — EMAIL ME — Charlie Ergen talks about a carriage dispute with Tribune Media, consolidation and the pay TV industry's mature business. — Dish Network on Thursday reported improved second-quarter earnings …

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