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10:00 AM ET, July 26, 2017

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Tristan Greene / The Next Web:
Sony adds a $10/a month sports package option to its Playstation Vue TV streaming service; it offers NFL Redzone, some ESPN programming, more  —  Sony is trying to make cords go extinct by addressing one of the biggest concerns that holdouts have: live sporting events.
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Bernie Arnason / Telecompetitor:
Sony signs deal with the National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC), allowing NCTC members to include Playstation Vue in TV packages  —  In a sign of the times, two NCTC OTT deals were announced at this week's Independent Show, taking place in Indianapolis.
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
White House senior assistant press secretary Michael Short has resigned after Anthony Scaramucci threatened to “fire everybody” to stop leaks  —  Anthony Scaramucci, the new White House communications director, threatened on Tuesday to fire his entire staff in an effort to stem …
Alex Stedman / Variety:
Ex-Fox News Latino VP Francisco Cortes, fired over sexual harassment complaint, sues the network for $48M, claiming he was a “scapegoat”  —  Fox News parent 21st Century Fox is continuing to see fallout from the network's sexual harassment scandal, and was hit with a different kind of lawsuit on Tuesday.
Jessica Toonkel / Reuters:
Sources: Viacom has informed Scripps Network it is willing to purchase it in all-cash deal; a decision is expected within the next few days  —  (Reuters) - Viacom Inc has informed Scripps Networks Interactive it is willing to pay all cash to acquire the U.S. TV network operator, sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and C21Media
Davey Alba / Wired:
Google files injunction in US district court against Canadian court order to globally alter search results, arguing that doing so in US violates First Amendment  —  IN JUNE, CANADA'S Supreme Court came down on Google—hard.  It ruled that the tech giant must take down certain Google search results for pirated products.
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
More than 80% of the Atlantic's revenue comes from digital sources, a consulting business, and live events such as the annual Washington Ideas Forum  —  The Atlantic has gotten very good at flipping conventional wisdom upside down.  —  A decade ago, like most traditional publications …
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
How Danish news startup Føljeton evolved into a newsletter company with 5,500 paying subscribers  —  “The website and the apps are based on the rhythm and structure of the newsletter now.”  —  COPENHAGEN — Every weekday at noon, subscribers to the Danish news site Føljeton receive …
Daniel Funke / Poynter:
Snopes raises more than $500K in one day, which it will use to meet basic operating expenses like staffers' salaries  —  In one day, Snopes received more than $500,000 worth of donations from nearly 20,000 people on GoFundMe in order to keep its doors open.  —  “Stunned and humbled by this.
Christopher Williams / Telegraph:
ITV profit down 16% to £259M in first half of 2017, advertising revenue down 8% to £769M; broadcaster raises dividend 5% to reassure investors  —  ITV profits sank 16pc in the first half of the year as advertisers curbed spending in response to political and economic tremors and it spent more on making big-budget dramas.
 
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
Late-breaking news creates chaos in cable's prime-time as networks scramble to book guests and cover stories
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Twitter confirms it's winding down its SnappyTV video editing tool, acquired in 2014, shifting features to Media Studio
Discussion: Digiday and Adweek
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Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Facebook has acquired a content rights startup called Source3 to help fight video pirates
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
Sources: despite a historic run, the mood at The New York Times is hollow due to impending buyouts and a major newsroom reorganization