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9:40 PM ET, August 16, 2016

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Peter Kafka / Recode:
Univision acquires Gawker Media for $135M; Denton says employees will continue work under new ownership “disentangled from the legal campaign”  —  Sold!  —  Univision has won the auction for Gawker Media.  —  The TV network and digital publisher has agreed to pay $135 million …
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Alex Sherman / Bloomberg:
Source: Gawker attracted only two formal takeover bids, from Ziff Davis and Univision; if outbid by Univision, Ziff Davis is entitled to a $2.47M breakup fee  —  Gawker Media, driven into bankruptcy in June after losing an invasion-of-privacy lawsuit to Hulk Hogan, has attracted formal takeover offers …
New York Times:
Sources: ex-Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes, recently ousted over charges of sexual harassment, is advising on preparation for upcoming presidential debates  —  Roger Ailes, the former Fox News chairman ousted last month over charges of sexual harassment, is advising Donald J. Trump as he begins …
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Peter Thiel / New York Times:
Peter Thiel says he will support Hogan “until his final victory”, advocates a “Gawker bill” that would criminalize profiting from explicit private images  —  Last month, I spoke at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland because I believe our country is on the wrong track …
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Brian Feldman / New York Magazine:
Peter Thiel's NYT op-ed is full of contradictions and distortions; writer of the original Gawker story says the site did not out him as gay at all
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
In bid to sign up new Prime subscribers, Amazon distributes pilot episodes from Amazon Video's original series on social media sites including Facebook, YouTube  —  Amazon this morning announced that, for the first time ever, it will begin distributing its Original Series from Amazon Video …
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
The Wall Street Journal is making its paywall more flexible, with 24-hour guest passes for non-subscribers and expanded social sharing  —  The Wall Street Journal's proposition has, for many years, been clear: Pay for our journalism, including online.  —  Many do: The Journal recently hit …
Tim Ingham / Music Business Worldwide:
Apple Music makes deal with Cash Money Records, whose artists include Drake, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Young Money, and more  —  We're used to seeing Apple Music pick off artists one-by-one for exclusive deals.  —  Now it's signed an agreement with an entire label - a big one.
Bill Adair / Poynter:
More than 100 news outlets are now routinely fact-checking politicians' statements , up more than 50% in the past year  —  Political reporters are showing that fact-checking isn't just for fact-checkers.  —  After Donald Trump declared repeatedly last week that President Obama and Hillary Clinton …
Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
Sources: Viacom and Redstone near deal, with Dauman to exit with about $85M, replaced by COO Tom Dooley; sale of a Paramount stake remains a sticking point  —  Talks have accelerated to end the bitter boardroom dispute between Sumner and Shari Redstone and Viacom's top executives …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Leichtman Research Group: 11 biggest pay-TV subscribers in the US lost 665K net video subscribers in Q2, almost doubling the losses of two years ago  —  Top pay-TV operators lost 665,000 subscribers in Q2 2016.  —  The second quarter of each year is generally bad for pay-TV companies …
Discussion: @taylorbuley
 
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