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5:55 AM ET, August 25, 2016

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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Clinton campaign seeks correction of AP tweet about State Department meetings; AP declines  —  The Clinton campaign has asked the Associated Press to amend or remove a tweet promoting an investigative story on the meetings of Hillary Clinton when she served as secretary of state.
Jim Weber / LinkedIn Pulse:
Sports writer says Twitter permanently banned his account with nearly 100K followers after he tweeted three Olympics GIFs  —  I thought the only people to get permanently banned from Twitter were Leslie Jones' online bully and terrorists.  —  Apparently those who post a GIF …
John Herrman / New York Times:
On Facebook, activist-run pages rival the reach of established, traditional media brands like MSNBC and NYT, but aren't beholden to any journalistic standard  —  How a strange new class of media outlet has arisen to take over our news feeds.  —  Open your Facebook feed.  What do you see?
Steven Perlberg / Wall Street Journal:
To challenge ESPN, Sports Illustrated and Fox Sports sign multiyear deal to share “significant” content and sell ads across both entities, sharing revenue  —  Sites will share editorial content and sell advertising across both entities to better compete with ESPN
Harrison Weber / VentureBeat:
Sources: YouTube building Backstage feature that allows creators to share photos, polls, links, and more that will appear in subscribers' feeds, slated for fall  —  EXCLUSIVE:  —  YouTube, the world's largest video-sharing service, is looking beyond video to keep its homegrown stars …
Discussion: The Next Web and @harrisonweber
Jack Shafer / Politico:
Advice to James and Lachlan Murdoch: transform Fox News from a partisan opinion network to one that reports more news to reach younger, non-white viewers  —  Here's unsolicited advice for the Murdoch brothers.  —  Now that the monster Roger Ailes has been slain and the palace that he built …
Discussion: @davidfolkenflik
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Sources: SpinMedia, with websites including Spin, Vibe, The Frisky, and Death & Taxes, retains bankers as it seeks buyers  —  MORE FROM:  —  Perpetually struggling SpinMedia, the collection of music and pop culture Web sites once known as Buzz Media, is officially on the block, sources tell Media Ink.
Discussion: FishbowlNY, hypebot and Billboard
Jake Kanter / Business Insider:
Shane Smith says Vice Media plans acquisitions to increase market share in 2017 and predicts more digital media consolidation  —  Vice Media will go on an acquisition spree next year as Shane Smith's company looks to take advantage of a “bloodbath” of consolidation in the digital-media industry.
Discussion: @basche42, @tomgara and @rafat
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Hannah Karp / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Spotify tries to get long-term deals with labels wanting higher cuts and other rights while operating on short-term extensions of old contracts  —  Streaming service is in talks with record labels to negotiate new contracts  —  As Spotify AB gears up for a potential initial public …
Lauren Easton / Associated Press:
Associated Press launches iOS app, AP News, allowing users to customize newsfeed, follow specific topics and newsmakers, set news alerts  —  There's a new offering from The Associated Press available in the App Store: AP News.
Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times:
Of 26.7M viewers of Rio Olympics on NBC, streaming accounted for 225K-500K viewers, but 10% of ad sales  —  IN THIS ERA of cord-cutting and streaming services, there has remained one constant for television networks and advertisers looking to draw a crowd: live events.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Amazon aims to make digital books widely accessible globally by launching the Kindle Reading Fund in partnership with Worldreader  —  Amazon today announced a new program called the Kindle Reading Fundwhich is aimed at making digital books more easily available worldwide.
Discussion: Engadget, BetaNews and Amazon.com
 
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Twitter's Japan operation generated 10% of global revenues for first time in Q2, doubling sales YoY to $61.2M; site reportedly has more users than FB in Japan
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Tegna, with 46 TV stations and profits up sharply in an election year, works on deepening digital content a year after its split from Gannett
Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
Report: UK news industry could lose up to £500M to Twitter, Facebook, Google News, others, in next decade, representing 10-15% of its revenues
Discussion: @_paulhayward
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New York Times:
Moscow bureau of The New York Times was target of attempted cyberattack, but no evidence of a breach to internal systems, spokeswoman says
Emily Jane Fox / Vanity Fair:
BuzzFeed reorganizing into two departments: BuzzFeed News under Ben Smith and BuzzFeed Entertainment Group led by BuzzFeed Motion Pictures president Ze Frank