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Peter Sterne / Politico:
Gawker Media founder Nick Denton files for Chapter 11 personal bankruptcy protection; in tweet, he says his colleagues will be “freed” from Thiel's “vendetta” — Denton's bankruptcy comes as a result of Hulk Hogan's lawsuit against Gawker
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Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Joshua Topolsky, co-founder of The Verge, raises $5M for new publication The Outline in round led by RRE Ventures, which will cover power, culture, the future — The Outline, backed by $5 million, will cover power, culture and ‘the future’ — Joshua Topolsky is ready for his next act, and he's setting out to fix digital media.
BuzzFeed:
Sources: Hillary Clinton to address joint National Association of Hispanic Journalists and the National Association of Black Journalists convention on Friday — On Friday, Clinton will address NABJ and NAHJ, multiple sources confirm to BuzzFeed News. — Hillary Clinton will address …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
ABC News serves up 28 Million Facebook Live video streams during political conventions — Network's news division delivered total of 74-plus hours on social service, but it carried no ads — ABC News is touting huge reach beyond the TV from its deal with Facebook, delivering …
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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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Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
UK govt closes loophole which allows users to watch BBC iPlayer without paying TV license fee, costing BBC £150M a year, comes into effect on Sept 1 — Government pushed through plan to close ‘iPlayer loophole’, which costs the BBC about £150m a year
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Ruth Margalit / New York Times:
How Benjamin Netanyahu tries to control broadcast, print and online news in Israel, creating an atmosphere of intimidation in newsrooms — In its annual report released this spring, Freedom House, an American democracy advocacy organization, downgraded Israel's freedom of the press ranking from “free” to “partly free.”
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
With Ailes gone, a look at how the opinions of James, Lachlan, and Rupert Murdoch align with Fox News' reporting on topics like climate change and immigration — One important thing has been lost in all of the obituaries of Roger Ailes's career at Fox News.
Rachel Stockman / LawNewz:
Conservative TV host Glenn Beck files a lawsuit in Texas against former TheBlaze CEO Chris Balfe, accusing him of fraud and breach of contract — Conservative television and radio host Glenn Beck has filed a lawsuit in Texas against the man who used to run his entertainment and news network …
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Adam Thomson / Financial Times:
Vivendi CEO hints he may walk away from a deal with Italy's Mediaset, concerned that growth projections for Mediaset's pay-TV unit are “unachievable” — Vivendi's chief executive has said his group's ambitions to become a media and content power house in southern Europe do not depend …
Etan Vlessing / Hollywood Reporter:
SEC Filing Reveals John Malone Backed Lionsgate Against Rival Bids for Starz — The two companies have unveiled the structure of the global content powerhouse intended with their $4.4 billion deal. Lionsgate's SEC filing for its Starz merger, unveiled on Monday, reveals billionaire investor …
Taylyn Washington-Harmon / Nieman Lab:
How Vox Media's new Storytelling Studio thinks of stories as products — When Hillary Clinton takes the stage in Philadelphia tonight to accept the Democratic nomination for president, it will be the peak of a lifetime spent in politics. And over that lifetime, she's been the subject …
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