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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.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Time Warner takes 10% stake in Hulu, joining Disney, 21st Century Fox, Comcast; Turner networks like CNN and Cartoon Network will be available at 2017 launch — Time Warner is taking a 10% stake in Hulu, joining previous owners Disney, 21st Century Fox and Comcast, and as part …
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Peter Kafka / Recode:
Source: Time Warner paid $580M for 10% Hulu stake, valuing company at $5.8B — After months of talks, Time Warner is buying a chunk of Hulu, the Web TV service. — The deal means Time Warner will be partners with existing owners Disney, 21st Century Fox and Comcast's NBCUniversal …
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Kate Rooney / CNBC:
Time Warner Q2 earnings: $1.29 a share, revenue down to $6.95B from $7.35B last year
Time Warner Q2 earnings: $1.29 a share, revenue down to $6.95B from $7.35B last year
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Vice to launch Vice Nightly News, 30-minute evening news program, on HBO on September 26, will also be available on HBO Go, HBO Now streaming services — Vice Media plans to join TV's nightly news game, and is gearing up to launch a new competitor to Lester Holt, David Muir and Scott Pelley …
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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 …
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Variety, Tubefilter and The Wrap
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
LinkedIn launches Q&A videos, created by its network of 500 influencers, may extend ability to create video content to other users — LinkedIn, the social platform for people to network and look for work that's getting acquired by Microsoft for $26 billion, is taking the wraps off …
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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.
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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.
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Ken Doctor / Politico:
With Tronc's Q2 earnings due, Gannet could up its $15-a-share bid for the company, probably to $18-20; Tronc may acquire video startup Fresco News — Time for another Tronc (Tribune Publishing) quarterly financial report. Time for more intrigue. And this time, we can ask …
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