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New York Times:
WhatsApp to share phone numbers and analytics data of users with Facebook — SAN FRANCISCO — When Facebook bought the start-up WhatsApp in 2014, Jan Koum, WhatsApp's co-founder, declared that the deal would not affect the digital privacy of his mobile messaging service's millions of users.
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The Verge, WhatsApp Blog, Business Insider and Engadget
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.
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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 …
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TechCrunch, Gizmodo, @roybelly, @vid_icarus, @tomgara, @colvinius, @kantrowitz, @mikeisaac, @ghostofjimweber, @fmanjoo, @scottmcclellan, @xor, Engadget, New York Magazine, The Big Lead and Vanity Fair
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:
@brianstelter and @davidfolkenflik
Joe Pompeo / Politico:
Sources: New York Times-CBS news poll may dissolve after the election as veteran Times pollsters take buyouts and telephone polls become more costly — The future of The New York Times-CBS News poll, one of America's oldest and most influential public opinion polls, is up in the air.
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@alexweprin and @politico_steve
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
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FishbowlNY, Awful Announcing, @digitalshields, @erikmal, @adamduerson, @slmandel, @srabil, @alexweprin, @claytravis and @aaronnagler
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 …
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MacRumors, Engadget, The Next Web, @harrisonweber and MacRumors
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Andrea Tantaros' lawyer in suit against Fox says she will also seek damages for violations of criminal laws “having nothing to do with sexual harassment” — Judd Burstein, the New York lawyer representing Andrea Tantaros in her sexual harassment suit against Fox News and its top officials …
Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
Over 90% of editorial workers at Law360 voted to unionize with the News Guild of New York — Law360's editorial staff has voted overwhelmingly to unionize with the News Guild of New York, after an aggressive weeks-long effort by management to discourage the formation of a union in the newsroom.
Discussion:
The Huffington Post
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.
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FishbowlNY, Billboard and hypebot
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.
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Engadget, BetaNews and Amazon.com