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10:20 AM ET, July 22, 2016

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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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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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James Poniewozik / New York Times:
Roger Ailes fused TV and politics, gaining power by exploiting the idea that news outlets were aligned against conservatives

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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

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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Wall Street Journal:

Sources: Liberty Media CEO Greg Maffei, whose company controls Sirius XM, floated an offer to buy Pandora for $3.4B+ but was rejected by Pandora's board — Pandora's board rejected bid, wanted better offer, sources say — Liberty Media Corp. Chief Executive Greg Maffei …

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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

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TechCrunch:

Sources say Reddit's efforts to remake itself are faltering under CEO Steve Huffman and founder Alexis Ohanian's leadership as more key employees depart — It's been one year since Reddit revolted. When the company cracked down on revenge porn and subreddits containing offensive content last summer …

Discussion: @diki24, @thomasaboyt, @evanplus, @joelandren, @ctatplay, @geoffwking and @kateconger

Noah Kulwin / Recode:
Sources: Reddit shakes up management, with possible departures of editorial director and VP of marketing, among others

Discussion: New York Magazine and @rolandlisf

Jessica Toonkel / Reuters:

Memo: Al Jazeera to re-launch English-language digital streaming service in US in September — Al Jazeera Media Network is preparing to make its English language international news channel video content digitally available to U.S. viewers again, according to a July 21 email sent to employees obtained by Reuters.

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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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.

Discussion: @oona_king, Guido Fawkes, Tubefilter and Guardian

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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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 …

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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 …

Discussion: @richpreston, @richpreston, Mixmag, SlashGear, BetaNews and MacRumors

Jasper Jackson / Guardian:

UK news site Exaro closes, could be due to changes at parent company New Sparta; former editor-in-chief says management lacked vision — Staff surprised by closure of site that broke allegations of VIP child abuse and other stories — Investigative journalism website Exaro has closed …

Discussion: Nieman Lab and Press Gazette

Janko Roettgers / Variety:

Redbox confirms it is testing Redbox Digital video streaming service — Redbox is officially venturing back into streaming — on a trial basis, anyway. A Redbox spokesperson told Variety Thursday that the company has started to test its new streaming service, dubbed Redbox Digital, with some customers.

Discussion: Consumerist, SlashGear, The Verge, GeekWire and Engadget

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Sonya Sorich / Sacramento Business Journal:
McClatchy reports $14.7M GAAP loss for Q2, with net revenue of $242.2M, down from $262.4M in 2015; print ad revenue fell 16.6%, and digital ad revenue rose 4.4%

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Dish reports biggest quarterly drop in pay TV subs ever, down 281K to 13.59M

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