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Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Politico co-founder Jim VandeHei raises $10M round led by Lerer Hippeau for a subscription-based news venture aimed at professionals, launching early 2017 — Service will sell subscriptions, aim at specialists in industries like tech, health care — Politico co-founder Jim VandeHei …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Trump ends his media ‘blacklist’, effective from Thursday, approving requests for press credentials to media outlets including WaPo, Politico, and BuzzFeed — Donald Trump is ending a practice most journalists think he never should have started: his “blacklisting” of news outlets.
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Sources: Van Susteren tried to renegotiate contract when Ailes left, but when Fox execs refused, she activated contract clause allowing her to exit — Greta Van Susteren, one of the top anchors on Fox News for the past decade, is leaving the cable news channel, effective immediately.
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Source: 21st Century Fox has settled with a “handful” of other women over harassment claims against Ailes; lawyer for Andrea Tantaros says she has not settled
Source: 21st Century Fox has settled with a “handful” of other women over harassment claims against Ailes; lawyer for Andrea Tantaros says she has not settled
Sarah Ellison / Vanity Fair:
Sources: Fox settles Ailes harassment suit with Gretchen Carlson for $20M, has also reached settlements with two other women
Sources: Fox settles Ailes harassment suit with Gretchen Carlson for $20M, has also reached settlements with two other women
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Jon Steinberg / Cheddar:
Subscription video news startup Cheddar raises $10M Series B, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and including Comcast Ventures and Ribbit Capital — Cheddar to expand to full day of linear live programming — Cheddar, the live news and entertainment company, today announced $10 million …
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Jessica Davies / Digiday:
The Guardian's social editor, product manager on what they've learnt from its Sous-chef bot: natural language increases engagement, bots can't be too human-like — For the past two months, the Guardian has been testing a Facebook Messenger bot, “Sous-chef,” that provides recipe suggestions …
The New York Times Company:
The New York Times launches California Today, a daily newsletter posted at 6 am PT, also available on site and via mobile apps — Today The New York Times introduced California Today, a morning update for readers in California (and anyone else interested in the state).
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Gabriel Sherman, New York Magazine's national affairs editor, and author of unauthorized Roger Ailes biography in 2014 named NBC, MSNBC contributor — Gabriel Sherman has been named a contributor to NBC News and MSNBC, the network announced on Tuesday. — Sherman, New York Magazine's …
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Mark Mulligan / Music Industry Blog:
Analysis: streaming drives music labels' digital revenue growth, but advanced payments that are separate from royalties are padding the numbers — All of the three major record labels announced strong streaming music revenue growth in the 2nd quarter of 2016.
Olivia Nuzzi / The Daily Beast:
A local Republican candidate said he hoped I got raped, showing the lack of decorum and misogyny journalists and others now face — My journalism career started in 2013, when I was 20 years old, with the press secretary for a New York City mayoral campaign calling me a “c**t”—on the record …
Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
Maldives government threatens to sue anyone involved in producing or broadcasting al-Jazeera documentary, claims it includes false allegations of corruption — Majority party threatens anyone involved in assisting with, producing or broadcasting what it says are false claims featured in film
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Igor Bobic / The Huffington Post:
Dallas Morning News refuses to endorse GOP nominee for first time since 1964 — The GOP nominee “is not qualified to serve as president and does not deserve your vote.” — The Dallas Morning News, which has endorsed the Republican nominee in every presidential election since 1964 …
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Mike Fishbein / Zero Infinity:
Alt-right writers like Milo Yiannopoulos and Mike Cernovich join Gab.ai, a social network that emphasizes free speech, is in beta and has 10K users — Freedom of speech—as protected by The First Amendment of the United States Constitution—has been central to America's philosophy since it's founding.
Agence France-Presse:
AFP opens bureau in North Korea, becomes fourth news agency in country after AP, Japan's Kyodo, and China's Xinhua, will primarily file videos and photos — Global news agency AFP has opened a bureau in North Korea, becoming one of only a handful of foreign media organisations …