Mediagazer: Inside NBC's Olympic live streaming operation, which required a remote support staff of 1,100+ in Stamford, Connecticut (The Verge)

6:35 PM ET, August 27, 2016

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The dominance of Drudge, Breitbart, Hannity, and Coulter and their Trump support have damaged Republican party, some other conservative media figures say — Sean Hannity, sitting comfortably in his air-conditioned New York studios on a hot August afternoon, was on a fiery rant.

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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.

New York Times:

Breitbart News and the far-right views it amplifies gain visibility during US presidential campaign — Breitbart News has arrived. — The opinion and news site, once a curiosity of the fringe right wing, is now an increasingly powerful voice, and virtual rallying spot …

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Facebook Newsroom:

Facebook will now select stories and excerpts automatically for Trending topic pages, show topics instead of story descriptions in Trending section — Today, we're making some changes to the Trending feature on Facebook that will make the product more automated and will no longer require people …

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Sources: Facebook letting go of entire Trending Topics editorial staff, consisting of 15-18 workers contracted through a third party — Facebook will no longer employ humans to write descriptions for items in its Trending section, which attracted controversy over allegations of political bias in May.

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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:

Sources leak 400-page “oppo” file shared inside Fox News in 2012 on Ailes biographer Gabriel Sherman, with details on property records and voter registration — The memo is dated January 5, 2012. “To: Interested Parties.” “Re: Gabriel Sherman.”

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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

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Peter Kafka / Recode:

Spotify calls report that it demotes songs in search due to artists' exclusives with rivals “unequivocally false” — Spotify doesn't like exclusives. But it says it won't bury Frank Ocean and other acts in its search results. — Spotify doesn't like it when big-name acts take their music to Apple or Tidal first.

Discussion: AppleInsider, The Verge and Daring Fireball

Bloomberg:
Sources: Spotify retaliates against artists who give exclusives to rivals by demoting their songs in search results and excluding tracks from promoted playlists

Discussion: Fortune, The Drum, @caseynewton, TechCrunch, BGR, AppleInsider, Gizmodo, @om, The Verge, @lucas_shaw, Engadget, Business Insider, The Next Web and Daring Fireball

Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Frank Ocean's exclusive, independent release of new album highlights tensions among artists, music labels, and digital services

Discussion: Complex, The FADER, AppleInsider, The Verge, hypebot, MacRumors, @lucas_shaw, Pitchfork, MacRumors, Variety, @1000timesyes, @forbestech, @leftsentthis, @forbes, @anildash, @judystakee, @ennisnyt, 9to5Mac, Fast Company, Business Insider, Engadget, The Drum, Complex, Complex, hypebot, Fast Company and The FADER

Kristen Hare / Poynter:

How USA Today's nuanced coverage of Ryan Lochte's Rio drama provides insights into handling a fast-moving story with caution — Last Thursday, Taylor Barnes and other journalists crowded into a theater across the street from a police station in Rio de Janeiro.

Discussion: Forbes, USA Today, @jayrosen_nyu, @dangillmor, NPR, Fox News, Complex and Joe.My.God.

Lauren Zumbach / Chicago Tribune:

Amazon is opening an offline bookstore in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood next year; the online retailer opened its first store in Seattle last fall — Construction signs are posted Aug. 24, 2016, at 3443 N. Southport Ave., the Lakeview neighborhood location where Amazon plans to open a Chicago bookstore in 2017.

Discussion: GeekWire, Publishers Weekly and Business Insider

The Verge:

Inside NBC's Olympic live streaming operation, which required a remote support staff of 1,100+ in Stamford, Connecticut — For NBC, this year's Olympic Games coverage was more than just a series of household rating points: it was a moment of truth in a fast-changing media world.

Jon Ralston / Ralston Reports:

Reporters for Adelson's Las Vegas Review-Journal were told to ask candidates a not-for-publication question about public funding for Raiders stadium — Reporters for Sheldon Adelson's newspaper have been told to ask candidates if they support public money for the stadium proposed …

Discussion: Deadspin, Deadspin, Awful Announcing, @ralstonreports, Mediaite, @ralstonreports and @jayrosen_nyu

Patrick Frater / Variety:

Alibaba Pictures lost $69.4M in six months up to June, up from $22.7M in same period in 2015, as it used subsidies to build market share for online ticketing — Alibaba Pictures Group lost $69.4 million (RMB456 million) in the six months to June as it used subsidies to build the market share …

Discussion: Deadline and South China Morning Post

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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

Discussion: Strategist, @andrewgauthier, @digiday, @niemanlab, @joelcifer, @mattjroper, @hearstcorp, @peretti, @poynter and @tomgara

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

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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

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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

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OpenAI says the ChatGPT desktop app for macOS can now read code from some developer-focused apps, including VS Code, Xcode, TextEdit, Terminal, and iTerm2

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Google releases a free Gemini app for iOS, letting users ask questions, chat via text, voice, or their camera, and use the conversational mode Gemini Live

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