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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Conservative columnist Glenn Reynolds, aka Instapundit, temporarily suspended from Twitter for urging drivers to hit protesters in Charlotte blocking a highway — As protests in Charlotte descended into chaos and violent outbreaks on Wednesday night, a conservative columnist for USA Today put …
Rebecca Shapiro / The Huffington Post:
CNN correspondent Ed Lavandera was knocked to the ground on live TV covering Charlotte protests; he says the perpetrator came back later to apologize — CNN correspondent Ed Lavandera, reporting live from protests against police violence in Charlotte, North Carolina, was knocked over in mid-sentence Wednesday night.
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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.
Kara Swisher / Recode:
Sources: Yahoo expected to confirm data breach of 200M+ user credentials that was detailed in August — A hacker named “Peace” is bringing chaos to the internet giant just as its sale to Verizon is pending. — Yahoo is poised to confirm a massive data breach of its service …
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Interview with media lawyer Charles Harder, who represented Hulk Hogan in Gawker suit, on Peter Thiel, representing Melania Trump, libel reform, and more — After getting Gawker to fork over an extra $40 million on behalf of Hogan, Harder, arguably the highest-profile media lawyer in America …
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Emily Steel / New York Times:
Viacom says it will no longer seek sale of minority stake in Paramount, adjusts Q4 earnings estimate to $0.65-$0.70/share from expected $0.98, cuts dividend — The fight for control of Viacom is settled, but the drama over its future is far from over. — Thomas E. Dooley will step …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Google Play Books updated with Discover recommendation feature and Editorial supplementary content; available on Android, coming soon to iOS — Google today is launching a new feature for Google Books which aims to offer a better challenge to Amazon's Kindle app when it comes to helping you find new things to read.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube to Live-Stream 2016 Presidential Debates From PBS, Telemundo, Washington Post — Video giant launches #voteIRL initiative to encourage people to register and vote — YouTube, as part of launching a get-out-the-vote initiative aimed at young Americans, has set deals to live-stream …
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Peter Kafka / Recode:
Sources: Verizon in advanced talks to buy Jason Kilar's mobile video startup Vessel, which is working on new Snapchat-like product — Verizon likes video, but Vessel has been working on a non-video product, too. — Verizon is in advanced discussions to acquire mobile video startup Vessel …
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Chloe Melas / CNNMoney:
People Magazine rushed to publish an extra issue featuring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's divorce; two print editions will sit on newsstands this week — Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's divorce is such big news that People Magazine is publishing not one but two editions this week, CNNMoney has learned.
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Business Insider:
Inside Mode Media's end: a changing ad market, a free-spending co-founder and CEO, and investors who had lost faith — From the winding freeway that links Silicon Valley with San Francisco, the giant Mode Media sign gracing the company's headquarters was a hard-to-miss proclamation alerting passing drivers …
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Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
USA Today Network launches VotingBecause.com, a national voter registration and civic engagement website, partly a bid to attract new readers and subscribers — For the first time in its history, USA Today and its more than 100 partner publications around the country will hold …
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