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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 …
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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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Ryan Parker / Hollywood Reporter:
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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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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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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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
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.
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 …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Military prosecutor subpoenas filmmaker Mark Boal for the unaired interviews with Bowe Bergdahl which Serial Season 2 was based on, raising 1st Amendment issues — When Mark Boal spent 25 hours interviewing accused U.S. Army deserter Bowe Bergdahl, he didn't plan on those hours …
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