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Michael Wolff / Hollywood Reporter:
The expulsion of Bill O'Reilly and Roger Ailes from Fox News indicates that James Murdoch is now in charge, and that the network will quickly begin to change — With the ouster of Roger Ailes and now Bill O'Reilly, Rupert Murdoch's son has overthrown his own network as he moves to reinvent …
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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Sources: James Murdoch's discomfort with Fox's editorial approach will not cause him to change its programming and risk tampering with profits — Ex-Fox analyst: Bill O'Reilly was untouchable — What is Fox News without Roger Ailes and Bill O'Reilly? — That is the billion-dollar question surely …
Natalia Mazotte / Nieman Lab:
How the Argentinian daily La Nación became a data journalism powerhouse in Latin America, with a six-person data team that works on collaborative investigations — “We have a role that is almost like an NGO. We build and open databases, break with the exclusivist paradigm — we even train competitors!"
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@laxmisarathy, @gingergorman and @natipecoraro
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
The Financial Times launches Due Diligence, a new subscriber-only M&A newsletter used partly to present scoops it can't fit elsewhere — “We want to draw people's attention to the fact that we cover the entire totality of a deal with the same aggression that we would try to get a scoop."
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Ellen McCarthy / Washington Post:
Washington Post national political reporter Robert Costa is taking over for the late Gwen Ifill as moderator of the long-running PBS show Washington Week — Washington Post national political reporter Robert Costa is taking over for the late Gwen Ifill as moderator of the long-running PBS political talk show “Washington Week.”
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@hadas_gold, @kenburns and @costareports
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Four senators write Steve Bannon and White House ethics official, asking questions about Bannon's contacts with Breitbart News — Senate Democrats want White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon to clarify recent contact he's had with Breitbart News, the conservative outlet he once ran.
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Nicole Kobie / The Outline:
The Daily Mail has not been banned from Wikipedia as previously reported, but editors are discouraged from linking to it when better sources exist — The digital encyclopedia has no real leadership, doesn't vote, and has no rules. So how does it govern itself?
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@joshuatopolsky
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
In court, Infowars' Alex Jones says his company is “90% hard news”, compares himself to John Oliver and Stephen Colbert, and disputes the term “performance art” — “I just want to be with the kids, swim in the pool, and eat hamburgers.” — Reporting From
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Mother Jones and @cwarzel
Alex Sherman / Bloomberg:
Sources: As FCC eases ownership rules, Sinclair Broadcast Group is working on a deal to buy Tribune Media for a per-share price in the high $30s — Deal deadline said timed to Tribune earnings next month — Accord hangs on FCC vote to relax rules on ownership limits
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Common Dreams, Los Angeles Times, TVNewsCheck, @jayrosen_nyu and Variety
Jem Aswad / Variety:
Spotify signs new licensing deal with Merlin, which represents thousands of indie labels; deal allows new music to be held from free tier for two weeks — Spotify cleared another hurdle in the route to its IPO this morning when it announced a multi-year licensing deal with Merlin …
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Bérénice Magistretti / VentureBeat:
Quora raises $85M round led by Y Combinator to expand internationally and develop its ads business; CEO Adam D'Angelo says the platform has 190M monthly uniques — EXCLUSIVE: — Quora is known for being an under-the-radar company. But in an exclusive interview with VentureBeat …
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Mashable, @venturebeat and @jamesliamcook, more at Techmeme », Thanks:@ravichandrans25
Corey Hutchins / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at whether Montana alt-weekly the Indy will remain a local media watchdog after being bought by Lee Enterprises, the state's largest newspaper chain — 1820 WORDS — THE MISSOULA INDEPENDENT, the decades-old western Montana alt-weekly, was acquired last week by Lee Enterprises, the state's largest newspaper chain.
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@coreyhutchins, @hollykmichels, @coreyhutchins and Missoula Independent …
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