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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Anthony Weiner loses his Daily News column, put on indefinite leave from NY1, in wake of new sexting scandal — Multiple news organizations have moved to sever or suspend their ties with Anthony Weiner on Monday after new reports that the former congressman was involved in another sexting scandal.
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Julia Boorstin / CNBC:
Source: Twitter expands Amplify Publisher program to individual video creators, giving them 70% of ad revenue, better than YouTube and Facebook's terms — Twitter is trying something new to boost its stagnating user base: Luring content creators to post on Twitter by giving them an easy way to earn money from their videos.
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Ad Age, VentureBeat and @johnnyrapp
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Kurt Wagner / Recode:
In a competitive market, Twitter's revenue share deal is designed to appeal to YouTube stars, does not require content exclusives — Twitter's 70/30 revenue split is better than YouTube's deal. — Twitter wants the kind of video creators YouTube has — and the massive audiences that come with them.
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TechCrunch
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
How Donald Trump might transform his campaign into an alt-right news network, with hosts including Sean Hannity, Ann Coulter and Milo Yiannopoulos — It's always wise to have a Plan B. And because Plan A — the Oval Office — is looking less and less likely, Donald Trump surely has something else in mind.
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@jysexton, @drewharwell and @sulliview
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Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
Sources: Trump's camp has considered the candidate's options for creating a media business but there's currently no serious effort to establish one — A TV network could struggle to find distribution, advertisers — Glenn Beck's web video service could offer blueprint for Trump
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Mediaite, TVNewser and @mccormickjohn
Giulia Segreti / Reuters:
During Italy visit, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg insists the social network is not a media company and will not become a content provider — Facebook Inc. will not become a media company, its founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Monday, telling students the firm would remain a technology platform.
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The Wrap, FishbowlNY, Guardian, @nathanjurgenson, @dangillmor, @dannagal, @emptywheel, @pedroboucherie, @ivovic and Reuters
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Carrie So / Ad Age:
Facebook Live's mid-roll ads resurrects a 20th century broadcast model in a 21st century social network, ignores changing viewing habits, rise of ad-blockers — Mid-Roll Video Ads Show a Disconnect With Changing Audience Habits — With Facebook announcing mid-roll ads for Facebook Live …
Tanya Dua / Digiday:
Ex-Facebook trending news curator: business side attempted to influence editorial, push towards quotas and producing content stifled newsroom discussion — Barely two days after changes to its Trending Topics section, a fake article about Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly began trending on Facebook …
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@daweiner, @cunninghamjeff, @kantrowitz, The Verge, Press Gazette, Variety, VatorNews, TVNewser and Forbes
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
At second-biggest news website in Lithuania, 15Min.lt, ad-blocking fell by 74% after implementing strategy that uses journalists to appeal directly to readers — In May, Tomas Balekas dropped a revelation on the crowd gathered at an internet conference in Vilnius, Lithuania's capital city.
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David Uberti / Columbia Journalism Review:
Reuters unveils a new election simulation tool that's powered by an Ipsos national tracking poll and draws from a sample size of 15K to 17K people — Campaign season is a quadrennial reminder that numbers often drive the most consequential stories. Census surveys are sliced and diced into shareable charts.
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The Week, @josedeynes and @jray05
Bloomberg:
Sources: Shari Redstone, who has taken control at Viacom, is considering merging with CBS, though CBS hasn't received indication that a deal is imminent — Settled lawsuits free daughter of ailing billionaire to lead — Recombining Viacom with CBS is said to be under consideration
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@clay1016, @cgasparino, @gerryfsmith and @business
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Fox News seeks to move Andrea Tantaros case to arbitration; in legal papers, Fox says the former host “is not a victim; she is an opportunist” — Attorneys for Fox News Channel Monday sought to have a suit filed by a former correspondent, Andrea Tantaros, against the 21st Century …