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White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci suggests return of televised press briefings, tweeting “The TV cameras are back On” — After weeks of the White House briefings being off-camera and journalists complaining about it, new White House Communications Director …
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@scaramucci, @brianklaas, Washington Post, Media Matters for America, The Wrap and Fortune
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Fact-checking website Snopes publishes an appeal for donations to help it avoid shutting down, amid its legal dispute with digital services company Proper Media — It seems that the ongoing legal battle between Snopes and one of its former contractors is beginning to take a toll.
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Snopes, Washington Post, Nieman Lab, Motherboard, Newser, The Atlantic, The Daily Caller, TechCrunch, The Wrap, @digiphile, @dpfunke, ZDNet, Fast Company and @myhlee


Guardian Media Group reports £214.5M revenue, up 2.4% YoY, says paid memberships up from 50K to 230K in last financial year — Publisher of the Guardian and Observer says paid membership numbers more than quadrupled in the last financial year … The parent company of the Guardian …
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Press Gazette, The Guardian and campaignlive.co.uk


MSNBC was the most-watched cable network during weekday primetime last week, beating Fox News, for the first time in the company's 21-year history — MSNBC finished ahead of Fox News as the most-watched cable network during weekday primetime last week, averaging 2.34 million viewers from July 17-21.
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NBC Universal, Mediaite, TVNewser and Fortune


Editors of popular Russian Telegram channels on how news orgs use the service, and the difference in audience compared with other social and messaging platforms — Meduza, Snob, TV Rain, BBC Russian, and RT weigh in on their publishing and promotion strategies on the platform …


‘Fox & Friends’ issues ‘update’ on New York Times-ISIS flap. No apology. — “Fox & Friends” co-host Steve Doocy on Monday morning issued an “update” to a bizarre fight that flared up over the weekend between the program and the New York Times. At issue was the role of the newspaper …
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Rolling Stone, The Daily Caller and Mediaite
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New owner of Chicago Sun-Times pledges to cover the working class and labor unions, which now share ownership of the paper — CHICAGO — At a Christmas party in December, Edwin Eisendrath, a former Chicago alderman, bumped into Jorge Ramirez, a labor leader.
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@felixgillette, @ennisnyt and @melbournecoal


Profile of Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, on their off-camera romance, their tempestuous relationship with Donald Trump, and more — Joe, Mika, and their star-crossed relationship with the president. — It was Joe Scarborough's 53rd birthday, April 9, 2016, and his youngest child …
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Newser, The Wrap, Mediaite, @ebruenig, @olivianuzzi, @olivianuzzi, @feministabulous, @cillizzacnn, @brianstelter, @jpressler, @bilgeebiri, @kaitlancollins and @elongreen


Hulu hires Kelly Campbell, the current head of Global Growth Marketing for Google Cloud, as CMO — Hulu announced this morning the appointment of Kelly Campbell, the current head of Global Growth Marketing for Google Cloud, as its new chief marketing officer.
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Broadcasting & Cable, Variety and The Wrap


Johnston Press says up to 128 jobs, 15% of sales force, could be cut as part of restructure — A regional publisher could make up to 128 staff redundant as part of a restructure of its sales and customer service operations. — Johnston Press could lose up to 15pc of its total sales force …


If AT&T's $85.4B bid for Time Warner is approved by regulators, CEO Jeff Bewkes is expected to leave, with the Time Warner brand being eliminated — Jeffrey L. Bewkes championed acclaimed series like “The Sopranos” and “Sex and the City” at HBO, salvaged Time Warner from its disastrous merger …
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FierceCable, @dylanbyers, TVNewser, @sherman4949 and @gerryfsmith


Profile of Julia Beizer, HuffPost's head of product who oversaw the site's recent redesign and who, prior to that role, spent 11 years at the Washington Post — After HuffPost released its redesigned website in April, Julia Beizer went to a tiny midtown Manhattan karaoke bar with a dozen or so colleagues to celebrate.
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@raju, @emilyingram and @digiday