Mediagazer: Glenn Beck discusses how Donald Trump should start his rumored post-election media channel, as an OTT product run by campaign chief Steve Bannon (Kyle Blaine/BuzzFeed)

1:25 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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Marie Le Conte / BuzzFeed:
How Breitbart Boosted Nigel Farage And Helped Take Him To The Heart Of The Trump Campaign

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Ben Sisario / New York Times:

Frank Ocean's exclusive, independent release of new album highlights tensions among artists, music labels, and digital services — The shoo-in for No. 1 on Billboard's next album chart is Frank Ocean's “Blonde,” which has charmed critics and enthralled fans who had waited four years since his last record.

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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.

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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 …

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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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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

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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 …

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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.

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Kyle Blaine / BuzzFeed:

Glenn Beck discusses how Donald Trump should start his rumored post-election media channel, as an OTT product run by campaign chief Steve Bannon — Trump wrestling for a premium. — If Donald Trump loses in November, it has been widely speculated that, with Breitbart CEO Steve Bannon …

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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.

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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.

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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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Mark Patricof / Recode:

Banker Mark Patricof, hired to manage Gawker Media's bankruptcy, says 5 serious bidders emerged and 10 others expressed casual interest — Mark Patricof just shopped Nick Denton's loved-and-hated media company — and fetched $135 million. … Stop gawking. This outcome wasn't a surprise.

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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.