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A look at Senate Press Gallery rules vs. Constitutional protections after journalists were told to delete images and forbidden from taking photos of protesters — Protesters chanted in the Senate visitor galleries Tuesday as legislators prepared to vote to open debate on a bill repealing parts …
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@desideriodc, @jbendery, @tomauchterlonie, @cjr, @chayesmatthew, @coryschouten, @bypetevernon, Common Dreams, Media Matters for America and Consumerist


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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PlayStation.Blog, gameinformer.com, Engadget and Multichannel News
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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.
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Variety, Wall Street Journal, Deadline, FierceCable, C21Media and TVWeek.com


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.
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Vanity Fair


Medium acquires Talkshow Industries, with CEO Michael Sippey, formerly Twitter VP of product, becoming Medium's head of product — Medium has a new head of product, while the startup behind the defunct texting app Talkshow appears to be done for good. — Talkshow Industries was led …
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Michael Sippey, @reyner and @sippey


Sources: Facebook to debut a series of original, short-form videos from partners in mid-Aug., after a number of false starts; longer-form content to come later — Facebook's video tab start has been delayed several times — Company is asking partners to turn in first episodes now
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ZDNet, Pocket-lint, Ubergizmo, Variety, MacRumors, Engadget, FierceCable and The Verge, more at Techmeme »


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 …
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@kantrowitz, Thanks:@jonsteinberg


Sinclair CEO Chris Ripley denies rumors of a Fox News rival, contests recent reports of a conservative agenda, and says Tribune buyout will focus on technology — Of the many challenges Fox News Channel is facing amid a turbulent year, there's one threat Rupert Murdoch can cross off the list …
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@tcfrankel, Financial Times, Media Matters for America, FierceCable, Fortune and TVNewser


Twitter adds features to Notifications tab, including a Nuzzel-like alert about links shared by people you follow — Your Notifications tab on Twitter might be getting a little more busy. The company recently added a new feature to this section on both mobile and web …
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Adweek, @rj_baird, @tonyromm, @jandawson and @nishachittal


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 …


Parse.ly: Flipboard is the fourth biggest driver of traffic to news stories on mobile after Google, Facebook, and Twitter — Flipboard is becoming one of the biggest drivers of traffic to news stories on mobile, according to exclusive data from media analytics firm Parse.ly.


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 …
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Deadline, TVWeek.com, Associated Press and Hollywood Reporter