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6:00 AM ET, August 1, 2016

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Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:
YouTube party conventions statistics: 9M live viewers, averaging 25 minutes; RNC viewed 4.5M times, DNC, 4.6M; 217K peak for Trump, 250K for Clinton  —  YouTube today shared some numbers for the official livestreams of the Republican National Convention (RNC) and Democratic National Convention …
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Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
Democratic convention broadcast and cable ratings: Clinton speech attracted 33.3M viewers, down from Trump's 34.9M and below 2012 and 2008 DNC numbers
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton made better use of TV time during her convention, but Donald Trump's post-RNC boost suggests that might not matter
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Former Fox News booking agent and event planner Laurie Luhn says Roger Ailes sexually harassed her for over 20 years  —  The morning after Fox News chief Roger Ailes resigned, the cable network's former director of booking placed a call to the New York law firm hired by 21st Century Fox …
Guardian:
Turkish court detains 17 journalists until trial on terror group membership charges, frees four  —  State-run news agency says those charged have been remanded in custody after hearings at Istanbul court  —  A court in Istanbul has remanded 17 Turkish journalists in custody …
Anna Clark / Columbia Journalism Review:
Scripps-owned TV station WCPO in Cincinnati experiments with a full-fledged local digital news operation  —  An editorial board.  An editor-in-chief.  A staff editorial cartoonist and a high school sports beat writer.  A revenue stream that combines both advertising dollars and subscribers.
Discussion: @cjr
David Z. Morris / Fortune:
After reports about acquisition talks, Kanye West tweets a demand for Apple to write a check for Tidal now  —  Kanye West took to Twitter yesterday to issue an ultimatum—Apple needs to buy Tidal.  Now. … West is a co-founder of Tidal, along with Jay-Z and other high-profile artists …
Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
Breitbart News tries to expand its audience beyond Trump fans by appealing to Bernie Sanders supporters  —  Donald Trump is trying very hard to convert — though not exactly “woo,” strictly speaking — Bernie Sanders supporters.  He has tweeted about the runner-up in the Democratic presidential …
Discussion: Breitbart and VICE News
Bloomberg:
A look at the vision for Oculus and VR, Mark Zuckerberg's plans for long-term investment, and the Facebook people leading VR research  —  The office building on Facebook Way is in the unfinished style that honors materials like plywood, concrete, and steel.
Discussion: TechCrunch
Bill Wyman / Columbia Journalism Review:
Experts look at likely defense and prosecution arguments in three defamation cases stemming from Rolling Stone's flawed UVA rape story  —  Three libel cases stemming from Rolling Stone's now infamous “A Rape on Campus” exposé seem poised to go down in the annals of defamation law.
Taylyn Washington-Harmon / Nieman Lab:
Purple, a text message-based news service that focused on national politics, will now distribute through Facebook Messenger instead of SMS  —  The trend toward distributed content — moving news and information from open platforms to those controlled by a few tech giants — has a new and interesting example.
 
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
36 media organizations to file amicus brief in support of Mark Boal's lawsuit to protect interviews with Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl from military court subpoena
Carey Dunne / Hyperallergic:
Photographer Carol Highsmith sues Getty and Alamy for wrongly selling copyright licenses to over 18K+ photos she donated to the public, seeks $1B+ in damages
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Mike Minotti / VentureBeat:
Twitter will livestream its first esports event, Eleague's Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament, which is also on Twitch and TBS