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11:45 AM ET, May 8, 2017

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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Sinclair Broadcast Group acquires Tribune Media in a deal valued at $3.9B, paying $43.50 a share, a 25% premium over its average share price in Feb  —  Sinclair Broadcast Group has set a $3.9 billion merger agreement with Tribune Media, a deal that will bring more than 200 TV stations under …
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
Comcast and Charter, the two largest cable operators in the US, announce wireless partnership, will work together to compete with AT&T and Verizon  —  Cable giants will collaborate to negotiate better contracts  —  Companies to work only with each other on new wireless deals
Sam Gustin / Motherboard:
John Oliver urges internet users to defend net neutrality again, leading to the FCC's comments submission site temporarily crashing, as it did in 2014  —  HBO comedian John Oliver is a strong supporter of net neutrality, the principle that all internet content should be treated equally.
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Advertisers should stop rushing to Facebook and Google, and combat fake news by supporting the real news ecosystem, by giving newspapers their business again  —  PHILADELPHIA — Hey, America's Advertisers: You got some good news last week, didn't you?  —  Facebook, where you are increasingly placing …
Discussion: @perlberg
BuzzFeed:
After Le Pen's party banned BuzzFeed, Politico, Charlie Hebdo, more from election-night event, Le Monde, Bloomberg, and others pulled their reporters out too  —  The banning happened shortly after BuzzFeed News published investigations exposing racist and antisemitic statements made by Front National candidates.
USA Today:
Gannett asks FBI to probe wave of phony Facebook accounts that like USA Today and affiliates; firm has taken steps including blocking new Bangladeshi followers  —  SAN FRANCISCO - The parent company of USA TODAY said it had asked the FBI to investigate a wave of fake Facebook accounts so large …
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Prosecuting Julian Assange under the Espionage Act, for publishing leaked information, would create a massive threat to press freedom in the US  —  Lady Gaga — all in black and wearing a witch's hat — is interviewing Julian Assange in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he's been holed up for years.
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
News Corp names Marc Frons chief technology officer, after he took the role on an interim basis last October  —  News Corp, the parent of The Wall Street Journal, Barron's and MarketWatch.com., announced Monday that Marc Frons has been appointed chief technology officer.
Max Willens / Digiday:
Financial news network Cheddar, exploring additional revenue streams, creates a series of online courses for Strayer University  —  To expand its branded-content business, Cheddar is going to school.  The millennial-focused financial news network created a set of virtual courses …
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Profile of The Pudding, a site publishing painstakingly crafted data visualization essays, financed via founders' work for clients like YouTube and Google  —  “Our goal is for The Pudding to be a weekly journal.  We specifically seek out stories that aren't news related, because we don't want to compete in that space."
Discussion: @niemanreports and @ylichterman
 
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Profile of Ryan Schreiber and his influential music website Pitchfork about two years after its acquisition by Condé Nast
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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Profile of InfoWars' Alex Jones, who is now an insider after a career spent crusading against the establishment and the elite
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
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