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CNN says reports of Lewandowski suspension are untrue while the Trump campaign says it will continue to pay him through remainder of 2016 — Donald Trump's former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski will be paid by the campaign through the end of 2016, heightening concerns of a conflict of interest for CNN …
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Charley Lanyon / New York Magazine:
Fox says it didn't know about Sean Hannity's appearance in recent Trump campaign video, says the network star will not appear in any in future — Fox has confirmed that it did not know about a recent Trump promotional video featuring Sean Hannity, and that Hannity would not be appearing in similar videos in the future.
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Washington Post:
Trump's Federal Election Commission filing shows former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski received $20K for strategy consulting in August while working for CNN — Last month at this time, regular readers will recall, we posed this question: Donald Trump is finally raising money. So why isn't he spending it?
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Raju Narisetti, senior vice president of strategy at News Corp, is named CEO of what was Gawker Media; company to be renamed Gizmodo Media Group — Raju Narisetti is the new CEO of the Gawker-less Gawker Media Group, which is being renamed the Gizmodo Media Group.
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Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Twitter will live stream Bloomberg's coverage of all three presidential debates, split revenue from ads displayed during pre-debate and post-debate coverage — Hillary versus Trump, live on Twitter. — When Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump square off in their first nationally televised presidential debate …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
ABC News teams up with Facebook to live stream the 2016 general election debates
ABC News teams up with Facebook to live stream the 2016 general election debates
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Tony Maglio / The Wrap:
Viacom's interim CEO and President Tom Dooley will depart November 15, as search for permanent CEO continues — Viacom's new interim CEO and president Tom Dooley is set to exit the company — yes, already. — Additionally, the company announced on Wednesday that it has dropped …
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Comcast CEO says the company plans to debut a wireless service by mid-2017, using leased Verizon airwaves and Comcast's 14M+ Wi-Fi hot spots — Comcast just solidified long-rumored plans to launch its own MVNO cellular service. Speaking at an investor conference moments ago …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix CFO David Wells says company wants original content to make up 50% of its catalog within a few years, is currently “one-third to halfway” toward target — Netflix is driving toward having half the content on its streaming service be original productions over the next few years …
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Jim Milliot / Publishers Weekly:
AAP: mass market paperback sales down 25.5% YoY in Q1 2016, as decline in e-book sales continues — Sales of adult books fell 10.3% in the first quarter of 2016, compared to the first period of 2015. Sales of children's/YA titles dipped 2.1%, according to figures released by the AAP's StatShot program.
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Danielle Bacher / Esquire:
Behind Andrea Tantaros' $49M suit against Fox News: in run-up to suspension from the network, Tantaros accused Ailes and Bill O'Reilly of sexual harassment — One evening this past April, Andrea Tantaros returned to her Manhattan apartment from a yoga class and picked out a series of outfits for the week ahead.
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Will Fitzgibbon / ICIJ:
ICIJ, which coordinated the Panama Papers, Süddeutsche Zeitung, and others publish investigation based on leaked files from the Bahamas corporate registry — New revelations published today by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung …
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Mike Fleming / Deadline:
Sources: Sony Pictures nears co-financing deal giving Dalian Wanda minority stakes in some big films with global appeal — EXCLUSIVE: Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group is about to broaden its Hollywood footprint in a substantial way. The company is closing a significant co-finance deal …
Matthew Weaver / Guardian:
Editor of Norway's Aftenposten Espen Egil Hansen challenges Mark Zuckerberg to discuss Facebook's control of news and content — Head of Aftenposten, which forced backdown over ‘napalm girl’ photo, accuses Facebook founder of hiding from debate — The Norwegian editor who successfully took …
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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Delay in surfacing police shooting of Terence Crutcher underscores need for Facebook to reexamine Trending Topics
Delay in surfacing police shooting of Terence Crutcher underscores need for Facebook to reexamine Trending Topics
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