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Trump hires Breitbart News Executive Chairman Stephen Bannon to lead campaign in shakeup — LAS VEGAS — Donald J. Trump has shaken up his presidential campaign for the second time in two months, hiring a top executive from the conservative website Breitbart News and promoting a senior adviser …
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Ben Shapiro / Daily Wire:
Ex-Breitbart Editor-at-Large Ben Shapiro says Steve Bannon led the site to openly embrace white supremacists, may work with Trump on a new media outlet — On Wednesday, the Trump campaign shifted top campaign staff: the new CEO of the campaign is, predictably and hilariously, Steven K. Bannon, the current chairman of Breitbart News.
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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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Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
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, outbidding Ziff Davis for control …
Jeff John Roberts / Fortune:
Greenmount Creek, a 28% shareholder in Gawker Media controlled by Nick Denton's family, could still earn him $12.8M via an unsecured note payable in 15 years — Gawker media founder Nick Denton used dotcom money to build one of the tech industry's biggest critics.
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Elizabeth Jensen / Commentary : NPR:
As of August 23, comments on NPR's website will be disabled; in July, 419K comments were made by just 19.4K users, representing 0.06% of site's overall visitors — NPR is making an announcement today that is sure to upset a loyal core of its audience, those who comment online at NPR.org (including those who comment on this blog).
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Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
How Tastemade and its 1K freelancers attracted investors and brands with videos on Facebook and Snapchat, becoming fifth-most-watched Facebook video publisher — SANTA MONICA, Calif. — With the solemnity of a priest, Tastemade programming chief Oren Katzeff paces near his TV-grade studio kitchen …
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Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
Despite US layoffs, IBT Media is expanding its newsroom in Europe - which has grown by 20% in last six months to 120 - and opened a branded content studio — While IBT Media is slashing editorial staff in the U.S., it's hiring up in Europe to expand its newsroom, open a branded content studio, and build out an events arm.
Bloomberg:
Apple agrees to fund a documentary for Cash Money Records, whose artists include Drake, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Young Money, and more — Deal with Cash Money expands Apple's effort to develop TV programming. — Apple Inc., the world's richest company, is making a documentary with Cash Money Records …
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Press Association:
Under UK terror laws, authorities found they could not force YouTube, Twitter, to remove posts by ISIS-supporting cleric Anjem Choudary — British authorities had no power to force social media giants to take down material, hate preacher's trial heard — Social media giants had the last word …
Wall Street Journal:
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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James Dennin / Mic:
Video streaming service Cheddar appoints ex-BuzzFeed exec Eric Harris as COO; Harris says the company is growing very fast, needs additional structures — Cheddar, the video streaming service that broadcasts live from the New York Stock Exchange, is bringing in a former BuzzFeed executive …
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