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5:10 PM ET, July 26, 2017

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Tristan Greene / The Next Web:
Sony adds a $10/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.
Discussion: Consumerist
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.
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Financial news network Cheddar announces Cheddar Local, news packages tailored for local TV stations, and partners with TEGNA and New York's News 12  —  On Tuesday, News 12 anchor Doug Geed did something that months ago would have been out of the ordinary for his Long Island-based TV station …
Discussion: @kantrowitz, Thanks:@jonsteinberg
Poynter:
Q&A with The Hill's campaign editor Will Sommer on his newsletter Right Richter, a weekly round-up of right-wing news which now has 5.2K subscribers  —  A few days before the presidential election, Will Sommer wrote a story for Washington City Paper about a little D.C. pizzeria with a big problem.
Discussion: Vanity Fair
Rodney Ho / AJC.com:
District court judge throws out class action racial discrimination lawsuit against CNN, Turner Broadcasting, and parent company Time Warner  —  This was posted on Wednesday, July 26, 2017 by RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com on his AJC Radio & TV Talk blog  —  A federal judge has thrown …
John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable:
ASCAP and BMI announce they're building a single database to track ownership of musical works, with rollout in late 2018  —  Sensenbrenner says they are grasping at straws  —  Performance rights groups ASCAP and BMI have teamed up to create what they are billing as a “single …
Discussion: Billboard and Variety
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 …
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.
 
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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
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