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Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stone:
Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! shouldn't be prosecuted for covering Dakota pipeline protests because she was acting as a journalist — To the offending prosecutor, Ladd Erickson, who is apparently a fan — All Stories — A little over a month ago, private security guards working on behalf …
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Devin Leonard / Bloomberg:
Profile of Univision chairman Haim Saban on his plans for an IPO and his efforts to ensure Hillary Clinton is elected president — Haim Saban, the billionaire chairman of Univision Communications, America's largest Spanish-language media company, flew to Jerusalem in his private jet on Sept. 29 …
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
CNN's Jeff Zucker says he has no regrets about Trump coverage, though he says in hindsight the network aired too many early unedited campaign rallies — Jeff Zucker sleeps great at night. — The president of CNN said in a conversation at Harvard University on Friday that he has no regrets …
Isaac Chotiner / Slate:
Interview with WaPo reporter David Fahrenthold, on covering the Trump Foundation, learning tax law, breaking the Access Hollywood story, and more — The Washington Post's David Fahrenthold on the Trump Foundation, the Access Hollywood tape, and the time the candidate called him “a nasty guy.”
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Nathan Ingraham / Engadget:
BitTorrent says its streaming service BitTorrent Now isn't shutting down, only one co-CEO, Robert Delamar, left the company — Last week, Variety published a report detailing some internal turmoil at BitTorrent: the company's CEOs had both reportedly been fired, the recently-launched BitTorrent …
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek becomes chairman after co-founder Martin Lorentzon steps down from position to become company's vice-chairman — A changing of the guard is underway at Spotify, the streaming music service with 40 million paying users and over 100 million overall that competes …
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Financial Times:
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff on Twitter bid: “In this case we've walked away. It wasn't the right fit for us”; Twitter shares down over 5% on news — CEO Benioff says messaging platform is not ‘right fit’ for his cloud company — The boss of Salesforce.com has ruled out his company …
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Kari Howard / Nieman Storyboard:
How Charlotte Magazine, with a tiny staff and freelancers, produced 12+ stories, a photo essay, and more about unrest after police shot and killed a black man — Editor Michael Graff talks about how his small staff refused to be just “the magazine that gives you the best restaurants and places to live” …
Amanda Hess / New York Times:
Some celebrities are resorting to cyberbullying tactics like posting revenge porn, sharing secret phone recordings, and rallying online mobs for PR offensives — The Latest Celebrity Diet? Cyberbullying — By AMANDA HESS — Secret recordings. Revenge porn. Sexual humiliation.
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Donald Trump's threats to sue media outlets highlight the need for a federal anti-SLAPP act imposing penalties on frivolous lawsuits — A message to the U.S. Congress: Pass a federal anti-SLAPP statute. — Donald Trump is spending the waning days of his buckling presidential campaign complaining about unfairness in the media.
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Reuters:
A Reuters review of state and federal court records suggests that Donald Trump has not sued a newspaper for libel since 1984
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Aishwarya Venugopal / Reuters:
Viacom special committee hires Morgan Stanley, Allen & Company, and LionTree LLC to advise on potential CBS merger — Viacom Inc (VIAB.O) said on Friday that it had hired financial advisers to explore a merger with CBS Corp (CBS.N) following a proposal by Sumner Redstone's National Amusements Inc …
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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
The conspiracy theories Donald Trump espouses show he has fully embraced the Breitbart worldview, pushing nationalist narratives into the mainstream discourse — Donald Trump on Thursday railed against a conspiratorial plot by the Democrats, corporations and the mainstream media …
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Elsa Keslassy / Variety:
French legislature gives preliminary approval to 2% tax on ad revenue from video platforms like YouTube, in order to help finance local content — PARIS - The lower house of the French legislature passed a bill to levy a 2% tax on the advertising revenues of online video platforms, including YouTube and Dailymotion.
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