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Peter Kafka / Recode:
The New York Times is buying online consumer guide The Wirecutter, founded by former Gizmodo editor-in-chief Brian Lam; sources say NYT will pay more than $30M — The New York Times is buying The Wirecutter, a five-year-old online consumer guide. The Times will pay more than $30 million …
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson vows to maintain CNN's independence if AT&T-TWC merger succeeds, following concerns from ex-CNN president Tom Johnson — The chief executive of AT&T has pledged to maintain the journalistic independence of CNN if his company's $85 billion purchase of CNN's parent company, Time Warner, is completed.
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Politico:
In Washington, AT&T-Time Warner deal could struggle to gain regulatory approval as both Trump and Clinton campaigns and congressional lawmakers express concern
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@margarethmcgill, @byersalex, Consumerist and @politico
Kara Swisher / Recode:
Resistance from Time Warner execs like Jeff Bewkes, head of HBO at the time, doomed the AOL merger, which raises questions about the prospects of the AT&T deal
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Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
MTV President Sean Atkins steps down after little over a year in the role, as the channel failed to reverse trend of downward ratings — EXCLUSIVE: Sean Atkins is stepping down as president of MTV a little more than a year after joining the network. I've learned that Atkins opted to leave …
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James Ball / BuzzFeed:
How WikiLeaks and Assange haven't changed, even though they're now darlings of the alt-right instead of the left — The Wikileaks founder is out to settle a score with Hillary Clinton and to reassert himself as a player on the world stage, says BuzzFeed News special correspondent James Ball, who worked for Assange at Wikileaks.
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Bloomberg:
Bloomberg.com to switch all sites in its network to HTTPS by the end of 2016; the encryption process began over a year ago to ensure the privacy of its users — With cyber security concerns on everyone's mind, it's increasingly important for businesses to understand what switching from HTTP to HTTPS means for their websites.
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@bbgmedia, @niemanlab and @msh200
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Trump's alt-right supporters have adopted a term popular during the Nazi regime, “lügenpresse,” meaning “lying press” in German, to discredit the media — “A sly reference,” says a white nationalist leader. — It's become a familiar routine by now …
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Business Insider launches Markets Insider, a markets data and news site with a global focus, powered by data from Finanzen.net, Axel Springer's finance portal — The publisher's relationship with the German media conglomerate is growing closer — Business Insider's partnership …
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@stevekovach, @realbengilbert, @rafat, @sarahmarshall and FishbowlNY
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix says it plans to raise $800M in debt, bringing total long-term debt to $3B, says it will use the new debt for general corporate purposes — Netflix said it plans to raise $800 million through a new debt offering, which would bring its long-term debt load to more than $3 billion.
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
The WHCA expresses “profound concern” at the failure of both Clinton and Trump campaigns to establish a protective pool for post-election press access — The White House Correspondents' Association says not having a protective pool would be a “serious breach of historical precedent.”
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TVNewser, @atompkins, Politico and The Week
Ken Doctor / Politico:
Newsroom memo: Gannett to lay off another 2% of its workforce, about 350 or more positions in total — Layoffs come ahead of long-simmering Tronc deal — Gannett, the largest U.S newspaper company, is cutting another two percent of its workforce. That cut, which should total about 350 …
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Newsonomics, The Wrap, @nbj914, @politico_media, @kdoctor, @politico, @politico_media, @mchappell51 and @amandaccoyne
Jonah Engel Bromwich / New York Times:
Lawyers for Adnan Syed, whose murder case was spotlighted on Serial in 2014, have asked a Maryland court that he be released on bail while he awaits new trial — Lawyers for Adnan Syed, whose murder case was spotlighted on the popular “Serial” podcast in 2014, said on Monday that they had filed …
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@cristinaeverett, @mccanner, @palafo, @miche11eleung, @mccanner, @jonesieman, Vulture, NPR and The Week
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Bustle hires Viacom's VP of digital business development Kate Robinson to lead content distribution and partnerships as senior VP of business development — Bustle has tapped Kate Robinson, a nine-year Viacom veteran, to lead content distribution and partnerships for the women's lifestyle …
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