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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.
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Recode, @joannastern, @joshuatopolsky, @ow and @perlberg
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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SPLICETODAY.com, Mediaite, @raju, CNET, Hollywood Reporter, GeekWire and Fortune
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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
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CNNMoney, Forbes, Fortune, Forbes, Washington Post, @stuartenyt, @brianstelter, The Hill, Politico, @brianstelter, Deadline and The Hill
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
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The Daily Caller, Lefsetz Letter, The Week, @joshtpm, @azrev, The Hill, The Huffington Post, Mother Jones, Vanity Fair, Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
David Gelles / New York Times:
Verizon's goal with Yahoo and AOL: compete with Google and Facebook in digital advertising by sharing data on its wireless customers with advertisers — Verizon Communications' $4.83 billion acquisition of Yahoo has the technology cognoscenti scratching their heads.
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@adamsingolda, @learmonth, @nytimes, @richbtig, @nytimesbits and The Week
Isaac Chotiner / Slate:
Interview with Intercept editor Glenn Greenwald on the DNC hack, WikiLeaks, and the media's potentially dangerous disdain for Trump — And in their rush to condemn Trump, are journalists betraying their values? Glenn Greenwald says yes to both. — The release of hacked Democratic …
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Washington Post, Fox News, @meganesque, @slate, @armandodkos, New York Times, Business Insider and bookforum.com
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 …
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 …
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New York Times, FTVLive, Variety, @asranomani, @joshrogin, @therealpbarry, Media Matters for America, @schemaly, @loisromano, @brianstelter, ThinkProgress, Gothamist, Guardian, @xeni, @gretchencarlson, @steventdennis, @timothynoah1, @johnjharwood, @stevesilberman, @jonathanchait, @yeselson, @jebediahreed, @justinjm1, @gabrielsherman, AOL, TVNewser, Mediaite, Vanity Fair, The Week, @brianstelter, @alexburnsnyt, @gabrielsherman, @gabrielsherman, @petersterne, The Wrap, @gabrielsherman, Hollywood Reporter, Inside Cable News, @kenvogel, @gretchencarlson, @ninatypewriter, @mattgarrahan, @amanafk, @paulxharris, @edmundlee, @clare_oc, @christinawilkie, @alissamarie, @aminatou, @zchamu, @kelseylh, @justinjm1, @seanmcelwee, @seanmcelwee, @jonathanchait, @chrislhayes, @justinjm1, @gabrielsherman and @rosiegray
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:
@meghanwesley and @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 …
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@kanyewest, MTV, @kanyewest, @jkcorden, @jkcorden, @jkcorden, @kanyewest, CNBC, The Next Web, Engadget, CNET, BGR, Billboard, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, CNNMoney, VentureBeat and Business Insider
James T. Hamilton / Nieman Reports:
Cost-benefit analysis of The Washington Post's 1999 series, Deadly Force, shows that each dollar spent on reporting led to $140 in net benefits in Washington DC — Putting a dollar value on the benefit to society of The Washington Post's 1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning “Deadly Force” investigation
Discussion:
@jamesgeary, @vigneshr, @sarahcnyt, @bykenarmstrong and @niemanreports
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 …
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 …
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.
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@sanemavcil, @guardian and TechCrunch
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