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Joseph Cox / Motherboard:
WSJ reporter Maria Abi-Habib: DHS detained me and asked for my phones at the border checkpoint at Los Angeles airport — On Thursday, a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reporter claimed that the Department of Homeland Security demanded access to her mobile phones when she was crossing the border at the Los Angeles airport.
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Maria Abi-Habib, CNNMoney, Guardian, Techdirt, LAist, LA Observed, @bartongellman, @lizsly, RT, Editor & Publisher, The New York Observer, PINAC and Hit & Run
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
UK pop-up newspaper the New European, aimed at an anti-Brexit audience, sold an estimated 40K copies of first edition and made a profit — ‘Pop-up’ title estimated to have sold more than 40,000 copies, and may see an extension to its four-issue run — Pro-Remain newspaper the New European …
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Talking New Media, @timyoungman, @akshayraodotnet, @joeripcord and Mashable
Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
Republican convention broadcast and cable ratings: Trump speech attracted 31.5M viewers, slightly ahead of Romney in 2012, but less than McCain had in 2008 — Updated numbers have the GOP candidate's speech on par with the 2012 — with CNN scoring a high for RNC coverage.
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@peterhamby, The Wrap, @alexweprin, CNNMoney, Wall Street Journal, New York Magazine, @garrettventry, New York Times, Variety, @tvbythenumbers, TV By The Numbers …, @grynbaum, Mediaite, @alexweprin, Hot Air, @thr, Digiday, ABC News, @dylanbyers, @brianstelter, The Huffington Post, Deadline and AOL
Matthias Verbergt / Wall Street Journal:
Spotify launches programmatic ads, lets advertisers target its 70M nonpaying users by age, gender, genres, and playlists globally — STOCKHOLM—Swedish music-streaming company Spotify AB on Wednesday launched programmatic ad buying for all its markets, allowing advertisers to target …
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For Brands, Quartz, Adweek, Marketing Dive, Fortune, NPR, BetaNews and Engadget
Greg Hartrell / Official Android Blog:
Google Play Books debuts Bubble Zoom, which uses machine learning to detect and expand speech bubbles in comic books, starting with some Marvel and DC volumes — Whether it's reading up on the origins of Justice League or enjoying a reboot like Invincible Iron Man, we all love our heroes …
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tech.co, SocialTimes, Business Insider, PCMag UK, Pocket-lint, Forbes, Tech Times, Droid Life, BetaNews, TechCrunch, 9to5Google, Engadget, VentureBeat, Fortune and Recode
Ignacio Carvajal / Yahoo:
Crime reporter in Veracruz, Pedro Tamayo Rosas, gunned down in front of family; eight officers testify in the investigation over allegedly slow police response — Coatzacoalcos (Mexico) (AFP) - Eight Mexican police officers appeared before investigators Thursday to testify over the murder of a journalist …
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JOURNALISM IN THE AMERICAS
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
BBC iPlayer Radio app for iOS and Android now available to people in the US — BBC does radio well, and now Americans can experience the full effect of the UK broadcaster's audio content expertise with the iPlayer Radio app foriOS andAndroid. The app contains all of BBC's radio feeds …
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@richpreston, @richpreston, Mixmag, SlashGear, BetaNews and MacRumors
David Agren / Guardian:
Mexican journalist Carmen Arestegui and Penguin Random House sued by reporter's former employer MVS Radio in bid to ban book exposing presidential scandal — La Casa Blanca de Peña Nieto based on exposé that revealed Mexico's first lady bought $7m mansion from contractor with links to her husband, the president
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International Business Times and New York Times
Rosemary Feitelberg / WWD:
Time Inc. reorganizes magazine titles into four groups led by editorial directors: news, celebrity/entertainment/style, sports, and lifestyle — As part of an ongoing restructuring, Time Inc. is rejiggering its editorial structure into four groups in part to sharpen its digital focus.
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New York Post, FishbowlNY, Politico, FishbowlNY, Media Wire Daily, @mediaguroo, @jeremymbarr and @jeremymbarr
Todd Spangler / Variety:
AT&T adds 342K DirecTV subscribers in Q2, loses 391K U-verse subscribers, net loss of 49K video customers — It's been a year since AT&T closed its deal for DirecTV, and the telco's top brass are pleased with the progress in assimilating the satellite operator into its fold.
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Fortune, Multichannel News, Hollywood Reporter, Multichannel News, FierceTelecom News, Deadline and Wall Street Journal
CNNMoney:
Rupert Murdoch and his sons pressured Roger Ailes to resign after allegations of sexual harassment; his $40M+ exit payout includes advising Rupert Murdoch — Fox News chief Roger Ailes is leaving the network following sexual harassment allegations, 21st Century Fox confirmed Thursday.
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CNNMoney, The Huffington Post, CNNMoney, Washington Post and @sims
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21st Century Fox:
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
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
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Vanity Fair, New York Times, Media Matters for America, New York Times, Adweek, Politico, Washington Post, Fortune, Guardian, Slate, Common Dreams, New York Magazine, The Laurel, ThinkProgress, Hollywood Reporter, LawNewz, FishbowlNY, @oliverdarcy, Splitsider, Crikey, The Wrap, NPR, Mediaite, Inside Cable News, Media Wire Daily, TVNewser, The Week, The Huffington Post, Talking Points Memo, Broadcasting & Cable, NY1 News, Guardian and New York Magazine
Joseph Watts / London Evening Standard:
Oona King leaves UK politics to join YouTube as global director of diversity — Labour peer Oona King is leaving UK politics to take a top job at YouTube in San Francisco, claiming that the “desperately sad” state of Jeremy Corbyn's Labour party made her decision easier.
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Mashable, @oona_king, Tubefilter, Guido Fawkes and Guardian
Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Profile of Meredith McIver, the in-house writer at the Trump Organization who took responsibility for plagiarism in Melania Trump's speech — CLEVELAND — In her mid-30s and slowed by injuries, Meredith McIver, a classically trained ballerina who had danced under the limelight with Balanchine …