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12:20 PM ET, August 26, 2016

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Alex Spence / Politico:
After the US election, alt-right website Breitbart News intends to launch in France, seeing a business opportunity in the rise of nationalist politics  —  LONDON — Stephen Bannon intends to get Donald Trump into the White House — and then he's set on conquering Europe.
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Alexios Mantzarlis / Poynter:
Study: frequent readers of partisan news sites are more likely to hold misperceptions even if they're aware of evidence  —  Reading lots of partisan news online makes you more likely to hold inaccurate beliefs even if you are aware of the prevailing evidence, according to a study published …
Ken Doctor / Politico:
Sources: Tronc mulls a third purchase offer from Gannett, at more than $18 per share, and moves forward with a formal counteroffer  —  It's apparently no longer a question of whether to sell or not, but for how much.  —  It's apparently no longer a question of whether to sell or not, but for how much.
Juliette Garside / Guardian:
Draft rules for EU would let publishers demand payment from Google and Facebook for article extracts in services like Google News  —  Measures are part of a series of planned European commission changes designed to strengthen rights of creators and publishers
Sarah Ellison / Vanity Fair:
After Ailes, it remains unclear if prized anchor Megyn Kelly will renew her contract with Fox; if Bill O'Reilly stays on, one source says, Kelly is likely to go  —  Within its subterranean newsroom, staffers and executives have a new fear: will they be able to convince Megyn Kelly to re-sign …
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Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:
Sources: Twitter is working on an anti-harassment tool to let users filter posts using keywords  —  Abuse has led to depature of several high-profile users  —  New solution is similar to Instagram's keyword-based filter  —  Twitter Inc. is working on a keyword-based tool that will let people filter …
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
MediaFile, a media criticism site to be run by students from George Washington University, launches Monday  —  In his 2015 obituary for American Journalism Review (published in Columbia Journalism Review), Mike Hoyt mourned the passing of a Washington institution that had the muscle to tackle ambitious stories about the media business.
Sahil Patel / Digiday:
NBCUniversal's partnership with BuzzFeed for Olympics Snapchat coverage garnered 35M viewers over two weeks, with 2.2B views and 230M minutes of consumption  —  NBCUniversal decided to turn over the keys to its Snapchat account to BuzzFeed for the Olympics.
Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
Reuters partners with tech firm ONEm to deliver news via text or voice mail to users around the world without mobile internet  —  Reuters has struck a deal that it says will bring its news content to millions of people worldwide who don't have access to smartphones or mobile internet.
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Vermont publisher Ross Connelly extends essay contest deadline as he struggles to find a successor for The Hardwick Gazette, his weekly community newspaper  —  HARDWICK, Vt. — Like most people who work for small newspapers, Vanessa Fournier wears many hats.
James B. Stewart / New York Times:
Sources: Viacom's Philippe Dauman lost his fight for control by losing backing of board members who concluded his tactics hurt the firm and their reputations  —  Just a few weeks ago, things seemed to be breaking Philippe A. Dauman's way in his legal bid to maintain his grip on Viacom …
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CNN sets up its first digital bureau in Nigeria led by Stephanie Busari to attract a younger, mobile audience
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