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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Donna Brazile resigns from CNN, after leaked emails show she shared questions with Clinton campaign before a debate and town hall during Democratic primary — CNN says it is “completely uncomfortable” with hacked emails showing that former contributor and interim Democratic National Committee …
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Sarah Ellison / Vanity Fair:
Sources: Fox has offered Megyn Kelly more than $20M to stay on at the network, but the highly anticipated bidding war for her services has not materialized — Fox News has offered its biggest star north of $20 million a year to stay. But the hotly anticipated, and widely expected, auction for her talents has not materialized.
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Paul Barbagallo / Bloomberg:
Source: Gannett forced to drop bid for Tronc as it was unable to obtain financing for the transaction, after agreeing to buy for $18.75 a share in early Oct — Handshake agreement said to collapse with lack of financing — Few other publicly traded newspaper companies available
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Discovery Communications and MLB's BAMTech form streaming video technology provider, BAMTech Europe, to cater to the continent's broadcasters and OTT providers — Discovery Communications has linked arms with Major League Baseball's BAMTech in a pact under which they are forming BAMTech Europe …
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Emily Nussbaum / New Yorker:
New Yorker TV critic Emily Nussbaum, who donated $250 to Clinton's campaign, reflects on Fox News' allure during the current election season — This year, there was no better view of the meteor hitting the Republican Party in real time. — Full disclosure: late one night, while watching Fox News …
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New York Times:
Slate and The New Yorker remove Outbrain and Taboola from their websites as publishers rethink the way content ads affect their brands — You see them everywhere, and maybe, sometimes, you click: those rows of links under web articles, often augmented with eye-catching photos …
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Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal:
Many publishers say an AMP pageview generates half the revenue as a pageview on their full mobile website due to reliance on standardized banner ad units — Some publishers aren't generating as much ad revenue as they had hoped — Google is stepping up its efforts to serve speedy content …
Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
NC Senator Richard Burr refuses to send Raleigh News & Observer his public events schedule in retaliation for the paper's coverage of his campaign — North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr, a Republican running for reelection, is refusing to provide The Raleigh News & Observer with details …
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Joe Pompeo / Politico:
Morale low at the WSJ as Q1 earnings next week expected to show plummeting ad revenues, management memos talk of “restructuring”, and staff fear more cuts — Big cuts and big change loom for a paper that seemed, not long ago, almost immune — In recent weeks …
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The New York Times Company:
New York Times' Vice-Chairman Michael Golden to retire from executive management role on Dec 31, will remain director and vice-chairman of company board — NEW YORK—(BUSINESS WIRE)— The New York Times Company announced today that Michael Golden, 67, the vice chairman …
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Jane Martinson / Guardian:
Netflix acquires British costume drama The Crown, moving into a genre previously dominated by the BBC, raising questions about how the broadcaster can compete — US company's move into costume drama territory previously occupied by BBC suggests TV viewing will change further in a way few can imagine
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Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
The New York Times partners with Samsung to launch The Daily 360, a daily 360 degree video produced by Times journalists, using Samsung Gear 360 cameras — The New York Times is teaming up with Samsung to launch a new immersive 360-degree video journalism project.
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