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1:15 PM ET, August 17, 2016

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New York Times:
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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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.
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).
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 …
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 …
Discussion: The Drum and Guardian
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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Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
UK's Independent pulls story criticizing Turkey's President over concerns for reporters' safety in country, say they were not pressured by Turkish govt to do so
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New York Times:
Sources: ex-Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes, ousted over accusations of sexual harassment, is advising Trump ahead of presidential debates