Mediagazer: Sources: mobile video app Flipagram is looking for a buyer after pivot to become a social network fails to generate growth (Kurt Wagner/Recode)

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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:

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Sources: Liberty Media in advanced talks to acquire 10-15% stake in F1 racing franchise for £1B-£2B, with 21st Century Fox's Chase Carey to become chairman — Liberty Media, the cable TV group owned by John Malone, is closing in on a deal to take a significant stake in Formula …

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Kurt Wagner / Recode:

Sources: mobile video app Flipagram is looking for a buyer after pivot to become a social network fails to generate growth — Or should we say flip itself. — Flipagram is looking for a new home. — The LA-based startup, which makes an app that lets users stitch together photos …

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Richard Neville, co-founder and editor of the 1960s counterculture magazine Oz, dies at 74 — Co-founder and editor of the 60s counterculture magazine Oz — In early 1963, Richard Neville, who has died aged 74, gathered together a band of fellow students at his parents' home in suburban Sydney to put together a satirical magazine.

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

MTV's Video Music Awards had 21M unique viewers on Snapchat, up 75% from last year, while its TV audience fell 34% to 6.5M — Viacom's MTV is still a TV brand, and the bulk of its revenue is still anchored in traditional television distribution. But the youth-skewing brand has been forced …

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Matthew Garrahan / Financial Times:

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Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal:

Facebook plans to limit ad placement for advertisers whose sites load too slowly or are not optimized for mobile — Social network will limit where and when ads appear if they point to slow-loading sites — Facebook wants advertisers to speed up their mobile websites and plans to limit …

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