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Jack Shafer / Politico:
The New York Times' addition of Bret Stephens follows paper's tradition of hiring opinion section columnists like Kristol and Safire for quality hate reading — What's that howling ricocheting through the liberal precincts? It's only New York Times readers and writers greeting the arrival …
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Matthew Garrahan / Financial Times:
Sources: Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox is in talks with private equity firm Blackstone to make a joint bid for Tribune Media, hoping to beat a Sinclair bid — Move follows recent lifting of cap on US TV station ownership — Read next … Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox is in talks …
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Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Twitter partners with Bloomberg Media for 24/7 ad-supported live video news channel, expected to start in fall — New Service Comes as Social-Media Firm Fights for Video Ad Dollars — Twitter Inc. TWTR -0.78% has found its first partner for its push into round-the-clock streaming television: Bloomberg.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Hacker leaks stolen “Orange Is the New Black” season 5 episodes after Netflix failed to pay ransom; Netflix says a production vendor was compromised — An anonymous hacker has carried through on a threat to release “Orange Is the New Black” season five episodes online …
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Abby Ohlheiser / Washington Post:
Subdued White House Correspondents' Dinner rebukes Trump's anti-media stance, pays homage to the First Amendment and virtues of journalism — Welcome to White House Correspondents' Association dinner night. This year, it's going to be different. — That's largely because President Trump declined …
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The Guardian:
Turkey blocks Wikipedia under law designed to protect national security — Users trying to access online encyclopaedia via Turkish internet providers receive ‘connection timed out’ error message … Turkey has blocked Wikipedia, the country's telecommunications watchdog said on Saturday …
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Ivana Kottasová / CNNMoney:
Sales of ebooks in US dropped 18.7% during the first nine months of 2016 and in UK dropped 17% for all of 2016, according to data from publisher associations — Coloring books help adults de-stress — Are physical books the new vinyl? — New data suggest that the reading public …
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Comcast's NBCUniversal plans to convert its small cable channel Sprout into Universal Kids network on September 9, aiming at children 2-11 — LOS ANGELES — In a new salvo in the children's television wars, NBCUniversal is creating its own Disney Channel. — Starting on Sept. 9 …
Kieren McCarthy / The Register:
How Obama's intervention on Title II sparked hyper-partisanship at the FCC, and Ajit Pai's public stance on regulations changed as chance to be chairman opened — The answer - because net-neutrality slayer Ajit Pai wants to stay in charge — Special report This week, Ajit Pai …
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Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
Interview with Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom on how the service reached 700M MAUs by shipping and updating products faster, future growth prospects, more — At a recent all-hands meeting with employees, Kevin Systrom, a founder and chief executive of Instagram, showed off one of his favorite charts …
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New Orleans Times-Picayune:
The New York Times and The Times-Picayune form an environmental reporting partnership focusing on the Louisiana coast and plan a documentary and 2018 conference — The New York Times and The Times-Picayune have joined forces on an environmental reporting project focusing on Louisiana's coastal crisis.
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Alan Rusbridger / Committee to Protect Journalists:
As revenue declines for traditional media in Kenya, government withholds ad payments for leverage over what gets published — The Kenyan government withdraws advertising when newspapers step out of line — In some parts of the world, it is still possible to silence a journalist with a sharp blow to the side of the head.
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