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Swedish prosecutors announce they have dropped investigation into allegations of rape against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange — STOCKHOLM — Prosecutors in Sweden said on Friday that they would drop their investigation into Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder who sought refuge …
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Matthew Weaver / The Guardian:
Julian Assange cannot leave the Ecuadorian embassy yet, as Scotland Yard confirms a warrant for his arrest will still be acted upon should he exit — A potential UK arrest and US extradition still loom over the WikiLeaks founder after Sweden dropped its rape inquiry
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Marc Fisher / Washington Post:
Roger Ailes, former Fox News chief and architect of conservative-oriented TV news, has died at 77, his wife Elizabeth says in a statement — “I am profoundly sad and heartbroken to report that my husband, Roger Ailes, passed away this morning. Roger was a loving husband to me …
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Michael Wolff / Hollywood Reporter:
Prior to his death, Ailes was discussing the formation of a new right-wing news network, despite the non-compete provisions in his severance agreement — The Fox News exec understood the intensity of the unhappiness and anger in another America that liberal media people are only now waking up to with Donald Trump.
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David Priest / CNET:
Esports company ESL says it will bring 5.5K+ hours of live streaming to Facebook, 1.5K of which will be exclusive, starting June — Facebook and ESL are bringing over 5500 hours of streaming content to the social media platform. — ESL, the largest esports company in the world …
Ken Yeung / VentureBeat:
Medium launches audio versions of stories, narrated by actors or post writers, for subscribers, with 50+ available now, and more coming — Medium is hoping to sweeten the pot in order to get you to become a paying member. The publishing platform provider said that members will now be provided …
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Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Spotify acquires French machine-learning music recommendation startup Niland — - Spotify bought a French AI start-up called Niland that has a unique approach to music recommendations. — It's in a race with Apple and Pandora to use AI and other methods to give music customers the best music-discovery experience.
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Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:
Interview with Washington Post's Marty Baron on the future of legacy media, working with Bezos, fake news, and covering Trump — “I think there's a direct connection between investigative reporting and subscriptions.” — It's a bright, warm morning in April, and Marty Baron takes a seat …
Los Angeles Times:
How big TV networks are weaving products into story lines, partnering on ads, and investing in data as they adapt to ad-skipping viewers, digitally recorded TV — TV advertising is in a state of 'total upheaval. It's the television industry's biggest week of the year.
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Google says there are 2B pages and 900K domains using AMP; pages now load twice as fast — As Google looks for ways to keep people using its own mobile search to discover content — in competition with apps and other services like Facebook's Instant Articles — the company is announcing some updates to AMP …
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The New York Review of Books:
Ian Buruma named editor of The New York Review of Books, succeeding founding editor Robert B. Silvers who recently died — Ian Buruma has been named editor of The New York Review of Books. He succeeds Robert B. Silvers who recently died and who was, with the late Barbara Epstein, a founding editor of the Review.
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Nathan McAlone / Business Insider:
Facebook signs deal with MLB to broadcast 20 Friday night games live this season, with the first one being streamed tomorrow — Facebook just announced that it has reached a deal with Major League Baseball to broadcast 20 games live on Facebook this season, part of the tech giant's big push into premium video.
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