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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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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 …
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Source: Denton will have no future involvement with Gawker Media after the sale to Univision — Univision outbid Ziff Davis for control of the digital media pioneer — Univision Communications Inc. won a court-administered auction for Gawker Media Group on Tuesday, outbidding Ziff Davis …


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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Trump campaign denies NYT report on Ailes, says he has no formal or informal role with them — The first presidential debate will be Sept. 26 on Long Island. — Donald Trump's campaign vehemently denies that Roger Ailes, the former head of Fox News who recently resigned amid sexual harassment allegations …
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Barnes & Noble says CEO Ronald Boire not a good fit, will step down; executive chairman Leonard Riggio to delay September retirement, will step in as acting CEO — Ex-CEO Riggio, who has served as executive chairman, will postpone his retirement — Leonard Riggio is back—for now.
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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Matt DeRienzo of Local Independent Online News Publishers, growing about 10% annually, describes how small news orgs are making money and filling news gaps — Two years ago, when Matt DeRienzo was editor of the New Haven Register, he remembers being frustrated by a scrappy little site that dug up scoop after scoop at his expense.
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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 — On the eve of Gawker Media's sale to ... somebody, the author of its bankruptcy, Facebook billionaire Peter Thiel, was graciously given op-ed space …
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Peter Thiel says he will support Hogan “until his final victory”, advocates a “Gawker bill” that would criminalize profiting from explicit private images
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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 …
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