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Marissa Mayer says she plans to stay at Yahoo, in email to worldwide employees — Today is a big day for Yahoo! This is the email that I sent to Yahoos around the world today. Given the interest around our journey to this point, I wanted to share more about today's announcement. -Marissa
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Verizon confirms it plans to acquire Yahoo's Internet business for $4.83B in cash; deal excludes some IP, stakes in Alibaba and Yahoo Japan — Verizon confirms it will buy Yahoo's operating business for about $4.8 billion in cash, Bloomberg News reports. — Yahoo says it will change …
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Politico admits reporter Kenneth Vogel made a mistake sending advance copy of article to DNC, emphasizes no substantive changes were made before publication — No substantive changes were made to the piece, though the arrangement has prompted criticism from the RNC and prominent conservatives.
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Leaked emails show that CNN political commentator Maria Cardona shared a draft op-ed with DNC before she submitted it — On May 18, CNN.com published a pro-Hillary Clinton op-ed by Maria Cardona, a CNN political commentator. Titled “Why Sanders must take the high road,” …


CNN and Donna Brazile mutually agree to suspend contributor contract as she steps in as interim chair of the Democratic National Committee — CNN has suspended Donna Brazile's contributor agreement as she takes the reins of the Democratic National Committee.
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Interviews with about a dozen current and former Fox News employees show sexual harassment and intimidation went beyond Ailes — In 2006, after nearly a decade at CNN, Rudi Bakhtiar came to the Fox News Channel's headquarters in New York with a command of foreign policy …
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In a year filled with doubts about the media, interviews with over 40 journalists show industry's greatest faults, most pressing challenges, and some optimism — BY THE MEDIA. — For decades, the pollsters at Gallup have been asking Americans if they trust their media.
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Responses from 113 journalists on the state of media, covering broad range of topics including public distrust, business models, and the impact of social media — The notion of authority and accountability has been eroded by internet journalism which allows anybody to write anything.


China orders web companies, including Tencent, to stop publishing original news reporting, imposes bans on several news portals — Internet portals must shut all original reporting operations — China's top internet regulator ordered major online companies including Sina Corp …


Publishers are pouring more resources into the production of audiobooks after seeing sales grow 21% in the US and Canada in 2015 — Smartphones and multitasking have stoked an explosion in audiobooks. Publishers, spotting a juggernaut, are expanding their offerings and enlisting star narrators.
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Guardian Media Group to report full-year operating loss of £69M on Wednesday; jobs cuts exceeded target of 250 with 70 journalists taking voluntary redundancy — Guardian Media Group will this week reveal a higher than expected full-year operating loss of £69m as the owner …


Charlotte Agenda's app prominently features revenue-generating event listings and job ads in separate tabs next to a newsfeed — Until today, Charlotte Agenda hadn't yet launched a news app for a very simple reason: The company's founder, Ted Williams, didn't want it to be bad.
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