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7:26 AM ET, August 3, 2016

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Hadas Gold / Politico:
CNN president Jeff Zucker calls Vice and BuzzFeed native ad shops, not legitimate news organizations, praises former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski  —  Corey Lewandowski is a great CNN contributor and Vice and BuzzFeed are not legitimate news organizations, CNN president Jeff Zucker says in Variety's latest cover story.
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Instagram launches new “Stories” section, cloning Snapchat's Stories feature, with PewDiePie and other celebrities and social influencers onboard  —  Watch out, Snapchat: Instagram is gunning for you.  —  The Facebook-owned photo sharing service announced a major update Tuesday …
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
How New York Magazine's Gabriel Sherman owned the story about sexual harassment claims against Roger Ailes at Fox News: deep sources, persistence, and empathy  —  Journalists are highly competitive, but every once in a while, a reporter is so far out ahead on a continuing story that all the rest of us can do is acknowledge the obvious.
Yoree Koh / Wall Street Journal:
NFL, Snapchat agree to multi-year partnership extension; NFL gets a Discover slot, will produce Live Stories for games; Snapchat will do most of ad-selling work  —  Football league to produce analysis, photos, videos for messaging app under extended partnership  —  The National Football League is huddling up with Snapchat Inc.
Tobias Burns / Hollywood Reporter:
Funny or Die is cutting about 37 staffers and closing its San Mateo office  —  New CEO Mike Farah is making changes.  Comedy website Funny or Die is cutting approximately 37 staffers and closing their San Mateo, Calif., office, a company spokesperson said Tuesday.
Discussion: Variety, Tubefilter and The Wrap
Shelley Hepworth / Columbia Journalism Review:
Aron Pilhofer, The Guardian's outgoing executive editor for digital, on the paper's 50K-strong membership model, differences between US and UK media  —  Aron Pilhofer has had a front-row seat to the sweeping changes newsrooms have experienced at the hands of digital disruption.
Discussion: @albertocairo
Garett Sloane / Ad Age:
Facebook is testing giving publishers the option to run fifteen-second mid-roll video ads in Facebook Live streams  —  Fifteen-Second Commercial Breaks Appear During Live-Streams  —  Facebook has started running tests of mid-roll video ads inside live video broadcasts from top publishing partners, the company confirmed Monday.
Amol Sharma / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Viacom held settlement talks with Redstone's National Amusements that would have led to Philippe Dauman leaving firm, but talks fell through  —  Discussions fell through last week but included Viacom CEO Dauman stepping down  —  Top Viacom Inc. executives recently held discussions …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Time Warner takes 10% stake in Hulu, joining Disney, 21st Century Fox, and Comcast; Turner programming will be added in time for launch in 2017  —  Time Warner is taking a 10% stake in Hulu, joining previous owners Disney, 21st Century Fox and Comcast, and as part of the investment Turner …
Discussion: Business Insider
 
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Matthew Keys ordered to prison on Thursday for conviction in 2010 Los Angeles Times hack, asks Obama for reprieve and reforms to Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Romain Dillet / TechCrunch:
Chinese mobile app and security software company Cheetah Mobile acquires France-based news aggregator startup News Republic for $57M
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Jeremy Barr / Ad Age:
Following Vice's lead, digital publishers like Ozy are signing TV deals
Discussion: @themehulpatel
Jessica Davies / Digiday:
54% of CNN International's revenue now comes from branded content ad deals, a boost driven by new advanced data monitoring service AIM
Discussion: @vwpickard
 

 
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Bloomberg:
Sources: Canadian authorities arrested Alexander “Connor” Moucka, who is allegedly behind hacks in June and July of up to 165 Snowflake customers including AT&T

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is exploring a push into smart glasses by conducting an internal study, codenamed Atlas, to gather employee feedback on products on the market

Juli Clover / MacRumors:
The second developer beta of iOS 18.2 shows a “daily limit” for free access to “advanced” ChatGPT via Siri and an option to upgrade to ChatGPT Plus in Settings
 
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