Mediagazer: Video streaming service Cheddar appoints ex-BuzzFeed exec Eric Harris as COO; Harris says the company is growing very fast, needs additional structures (James Dennin/Mic)

11:35 AM ET, August 17, 2016

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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 …

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 …

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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 …

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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New York Times:

Sources: ex-Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes, ousted over accusations of sexual harassment, is advising Trump ahead of 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 to prepare …

Ryan Parker / Hollywood Reporter:
Trump campaign denies NYT report on Ailes, says he has no formal or informal role with them

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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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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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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 …

Discussion: @postbaron, @drewharwell, @stevesaldivar, @dpaqreport and @bskogrand

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 — Get Mic daily: — Cheddar, the video streaming service that broadcasts live from the New York Stock Exchange, is bringing …

Thanks:@jonsteinberg

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.

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

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 — The Independent pulled a comment piece that was critical of Turkey's government over concerns about the safety of its reporting staff …

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 …

Discussion: Guardian, Broadcasting & Cable, @davidcrosss, VatorNews, Vanity Fair, The Hill, CNBC, Fortune, Los Angeles Times, Adweek, Techdirt, NBC News and Hit & Run, Thanks:@taylorbuley

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

Discussion: Fortune, The Huffington Post, BBC, The Hill, Variety, @perrych, @colvinius and @pennyred

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