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3:25 PM ET, August 16, 2016

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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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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  —  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 …
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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Peter Kafka / Recode:
An FAQ guide to Gawker Media's auction on Tuesday and the bidding process  —  Questions and answers — and the reason Gawker is like Lehman Brothers and GM.  —  Sometime in the next day or so, we should know who's going to buy Gawker Media: Bids for the bankrupt blog pioneer are due by 5 pm ET today …
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 …
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 …
John Koblin / New York Times:
Larry Wilmore's “Nightly” show, Comedy Central's replacement for The Colbert Report, cancelled as network says it hasn't resonated with audiences  —  In the midst of a wild and unpredictable presidential campaign, Comedy Central is upending its late-night lineup and canceling Larry Wilmore's show.
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Profile of Bill Shine, newly appointed Fox News co-president and longtime Fox loyalist, who for years was known as Roger Ailes' right-hand man  —  Bill Shine, the newly appointed co-president of Fox News, commutes two hours every morning from Long Island to Midtown Manhattan …
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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