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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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Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
Trump's partnership with Steve Bannon highlights the blurred lines between journalism and media activism — Political communications and media activism take a step closer. — BuzzFeed Editor-in-Chief — The effective merger of Donald Trump's campaign for president and the obstreperous …
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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Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Instagram starts showing US users personalized video suggestions of live events in the Explore tab — The photo sharer is getting into event curation again. — Instagram really wants to become a video destination. It's one of the reasons (I suspect) it built its own version …
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J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
Fate of Gawker.com Remains Unclear After Univision Acquisition of Gawker Media — Following a day-long auction against the online publisher Ziff Davis, the media conglomerate Univision is buying Gawker Media's assets—including Deadspin, Gizmodo, Jalopnik, Jezebel, Kotaku, and Lifehacker—for $135 million.
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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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Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Source: Denton will have no future involvement with Gawker Media after the sale to Univision
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Financial Times:
Daily Telegraph owners rebuffed two potential buyers: consortium led by Richard Addis and, source says, London Evening Standard owner Evgeny Lebedev — The owners of the Daily Telegraph, Sir David and Frederick Barclay, have rebuffed two expressions of interest from potential buyers …
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Tim Molloy / The Wrap:
Participant Media shutting down Pivot cable TV network by the end of the year, will focus on investing in content and social impact — Participant Media is shutting down Pivot TV, the millennial-facing cable network it launched four years ago to provide entertainment and encourage social activism.
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J.J. McCorvey / Fast Company:
Larry Wilmore says Comedy Central's focus on promoting The Daily Show came at the expense of his program, says Jon Stewart is angry at show's cancellation — As the comedian readies his final episode of The Nightly Show, he reveals what Comedy Central got wrong—and what the show did right.
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Ben Thompson / Stratechery:
Olympics ratings weakness raises doubts about the future of live sports programming, a linchpin of mass-market advertising and broader industries — In an interview over the weekend with Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated, Chairman of the NBC Sports Group Mark Lazarus declared himself …
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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.
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