Mediagazer: Sources: Sinclair Broadcast Group has approached Tribune Media about a possible merger, which would depend on regulations being relaxed (Reuters)

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Sources: Sinclair Broadcast Group has approached Tribune Media about a possible merger, which would depend on regulations being relaxed — Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc has approached rival U.S. broadcaster Tribune Media Co to discuss a potential combination, people familiar with the matter …

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Felix Gillette / Bloomberg:

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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:

Craigslist founder Craig Newmark donates $1M to ProPublica; the non-profit newsroom will use some of the money to hire extra staff — Craig Newmark, the entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded Craigslist, announced on Wednesday a $1 million gift to ProPublica.

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John Williams / New York Times:

Kurt Andersen, a founding editor of Spy magazine, and Saturday Night Live's Alec Baldwin to write satirical book about Trump — A little more than a month into Donald J. Trump's presidency, it's safe to say that the satire business in America is booming. Penguin Press announced today …

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Dennis Romero / LA Weekly:

Sources: the 6+ staff laid off at Los Angeles Magazine were all women, including Editor-in-Chief Mary Melton — New owners took over Los Angeles Magazine today and quickly laid off more than a half-dozen staffers — all of them women, according to information obtained by the Weekly.

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Kevin Roderick / LA Observed:
Emmis sells Los Angeles, Cincinnati, and Orange Coast magazines to Hour Media Group; LA mag's EIC and editor-at-large to leave but Orange Coast will keep staff

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Tatiana Siegel / Hollywood Reporter:

Sources: Disney CEO Bob Iger is considering running for President in 2020 as a Democrat — Iger told THR in June that “a lot of people have urged me to seek political office,” and now he's considering the prodding for him to lead the Democratic ticket. — Disney CEO Bob Iger already runs the world's most successful media company.

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David Pierce / Wired:

Medium debuts Series feature for its mobile app, similar to Snapchat Stories, but Series don't expire and users can subscribe to updates — At some point in every technology's evolution, the world settles on its Right Way To Do Stuff. Having one broadly adopted system just makes life easier …

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PBS NewsHour:

PBS Newshour and the Washington Press Club Foundation announce the The Gwen Ifill/PBS NewsHour Journalism Fellowship for students — The Fellowship will be Announced Tonight at the Washington Press Club Foundation's 73rd Annual Congressional Dinner — Washington, DC (March 1, 2017) …

Kareem Shaheen / The Guardian:

German officials and others urge release of Deniz Yücel, a Turkish-German journalist for Die Welt jailed in Turkey on propaganda charges — Opposition and rights groups attack arrest of Deniz Yücel as German foreign ministry summons Turkish ambassador to Berlin

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Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:

Discovery Communications and its Eurosport unit want to sell the mobile TV rights to the Olympic Games to cell phone companies — Partners could set up branded channel to stream highlights, news from Games — Discovery Communications and its Eurosport unit, which have the European rights …

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