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With its internet and cell phone business having little room for growth, AT&T acquisition of Time Warner makes sense, allows it to tap into ad revenue — On Saturday, when A.T. & T. announced that it hopes to acquire Time Warner for more than eighty-five billion dollars …
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AT&T has 100 registered lobbyists and has given $11.3M to lawmakers and their causes since 2015, but Time Warner deal will test its influence in Washington — WASHINGTON — From the political right and the left, AT&T's $85 billion bid for Time Warner has provoked pushback.


The sudden reassignment of the US Register of Copyrights, Maria Pallante, raises questions as government evaluates media and tech policy — Maria Pallante attends the U.S. Germanic Copyright Summit at the American Film Market at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel on November 5, 2013, in Santa Monica, California.
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US Copyright Office favored the MPAA and cable companies in the debate over TV set-top box rules, emails obtained through FOIA show — Months of aggressive lobbying by the MPAA and its allies at the Copyright Office gave them the result they desired — In the current debate …
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@efffalcon and Techdirt


Comcast Q3 revenue: NBCUniversal's cable networks revenue rose 22% to $2.9B, while broadcast revenue increased 56.6% to $3.1B — Comcast on Wednesday reported quarterly earnings and revenue that topped analysts' expectations. — The company reported third-quarter earnings of 92 cents a share on revenue of $21.31 billion.
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Pocket will start recommending popular stories saved by other users and will list them in categories like technology, food, and fitness — While Facebook and Twitter offer an endless parade of links, Pocket wants to promote only the good stuff. — Gathering good reading material from around the internet is hard.
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Pocket Blog, VentureBeat, @nateweiner, @chrismessina and MacStories


Tow-Knight Center receives $3.5M in new funding from the Knight Foundation; it will use the money to continue its work in fostering entrepreneurial journalism — The journalism industry is changing quickly. And journalism schools often are slow to catch up.
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Former CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather on corporate media, the Trump campaign, and how he uses FB to reach millions of readers — A little over a year ago, Dan Rather had something he wanted to say about Donald Trump. — Friends told him to keep it quick if he was going to do it on Facebook.


Behind the scenes at Trump TV, which is run by a five-person crew; viewers on Tuesday dropped to 23K, down from 60K on Monday — It was a few minutes after 7 p.m. on Tuesday when Trump TV conked out. — “We have to pause,” said Avi Berkowitz, the 27-year-old director …


Rolling Stone fact-checker says she attributed discrepancies in “Jackie's” account to trauma, spent 80 hours on story but failed to fact-check key quotes — CHARLOTTESVILLE — The Rolling Stone staffer responsible for fact-checking an article about a gang rape at the University …


Sumner Redstone files suit against two former companions, Manuela Herzer and Sydney Holland, alleges they abused him, took $150M+, and left him in debt — Redstone says Manuela Herzer and Sydney Holland manipulated and emotionally abused him to get what they wanted.


Samsung hires Fan TV founder Gilles BianRosa as its new Senior Vice President and Chief Product Officer for TV and Services — Samsung has hired Fan TV founder Gilles BianRosa as its new Senior Vice President and Chief Product Officer for Visual Display Content & Services.