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Scott Moritz / Bloomberg:
Sources: ahead of Time Warner buy, AT&T plans to create telecom and media arms with separate CEOs, overseen by Randall Stephenson, who will become exec chairman — Co-chiefs to run separate communications and media businesses — Stephenson sheds CEO title, will oversee company as chairman
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David Bond / Financial Times:
Ipso's ruling against Mail Online over photos of Prince Harry comes as the UK press watchdog weighs how to deal with global digital publishers — Decision comes as Ipso weighs how to deal with global digital publishers — Read next … Mail Online has fallen foul of the UK press watchdog …
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Matt Levine / Bloomberg:
Appeals court rules that New York shield law protects Reorg Research from having to disclose the names of its sources; Murray Energy vows continued litigation — Bankruptcy news is news. — New York State has a “shield law” that allows journalists to keep their sources confidential.
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Gary Abernathy / Washington Post:
The editor and publisher of Ohio's Times-Gazette believes national news outlets take Trump's media broadsides too personally, abandoning fairness — Gary Abernathy is publisher and editor of the (Hillsboro, Ohio) Times-Gazette. — HILLSBORO, Ohio — Just like our larger media counterparts …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Streaming companies like Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu snagged 162 Emmy nominations, almost a third of the total and the most ever awarded to tech companies — Streaming companies like Netflix, Amazon and Hulu snagged 162 Emmy nominations this year, almost a third of the total and the most ever awarded to tech companies.
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@sarafischer, @milligan_llnw and @jgreendc
Corinne Grinapol / Adweek:
The New Yorker has hired BuzzFeed's Dan Oshinsky as director of newsletters, a new position for the magazine — It's a new position for the publication — The New Yorker has snagged BuzzFeed's director of newsletters to lead its own newsletter efforts. Dan Oshinsky will join the publication …
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Tyler Falk / Current:
Howard Berkes, a longtime correspondent for NPR's investigations unit, says tensions over union negotiations have “never been this bad” — NPR employees represented by the SAG-AFTRA union and network management are closing in on a deadline Friday to agree on a new contract.
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@kelseymsutton, @hberkes, @currentpubmedia and Adweek
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Jonathan Handel / Hollywood Reporter:
NPR staffers weigh a possible strike vote as early as Friday night, while management takes a hard line in contract talks
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BuzzFeed:
In a familiar pattern, right-wing personalities and media spread false claims about a Russian lawyer who met with Trump Jr., with one claim amplified by Trump — Pro-Trump media figures have gone as far as to falsely suggest that the Russian attorney may have planted a listening device for the Obama administration.
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@michaeldweiss, @nickriccardi, @craigsilverman, @kyleparkernet, @rizzmigizz, @salhernandez and @tllanes
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
Local papers have struggled to capitalize on subscription surges seen at national outlets in the age of Trump — Dallas, Minnesota newspapers see reader angst over coverage — Baquet: Local news is ‘biggest crisis’ in U.S. journalism — President Donald Trump loves to hurl …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
BBC's partnership with CBS ends its deal with ABC, as CBS ends its deal with Sky — BBC News is ending its decades-long editorial partnership with ABC news to team up with rival CBS. In a statement released Thursday, network executives celebrated the impact the partnership …
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Alexandra Ellerbeck / Committee to Protect Journalists:
Recent US Senate report on leaks and national security used unscientific methodology, created false paradigm between national security and press freedom, more — Last week, Republicans on the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs released a report on leaks to the media.
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@pressfreedom
Maureen Farrell / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Roku has hired IPO underwriters, and one source says it may file confidentially in the next few weeks, seeking a valuation of ~$1B — Streaming media player maker said to be seeking a valuation of roughly $1 billion — Roku Inc., which makes streaming media devices and software …
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Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed:
Leaked documents suggest that Robert Mercer and his family funded Milo Yiannopoulos following his resignation from Breitbart News — The Mercer family helped Donald Trump become President — and they appear to be funding the controversial Yiannopoulos. — Secretive hedge fund billionaire …
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