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Jonathan Peters / Columbia Journalism Review:
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 …
Reuters:
Sources: Discovery edges out Viacom to enter exclusive talks to acquire Scripps Networks Interactive in cash-and-stock bid valuing Scripps at about $90/share — (Reuters) - U.S. media company Discovery Communications Inc in the lead to acquire U.S. cable TV network owner Scripps Network Interactive Inc …
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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
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, @sippey, @sm and @reyner
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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PlayStation.Blog, gameinformer.com, Engadget and Multichannel News
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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.
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Gerrick D. Kennedy / Los Angeles Times:
Jury awards producer Quincy Jones $9.4 million in dispute with Michael Jackson estate — Michael Jackson, left, and Quincy Jones at the 1984 Grammy Awards at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. (Doug Pizac / Associated Press) — Quincy Jones met a 19-year-old Michael Jackson during the filming of 1978's …
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New York Times, Billboard, @nytmedia, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork and Variety
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
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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@rj_baird, Adweek, @nishachittal, @jandawson and @tonyromm
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
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 and TVNewser
Bloomberg:
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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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 …
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@kantrowitz, Thanks:@jonsteinberg
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 …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
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.
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