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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.
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.
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Mike Shields / Business Insider:
theSkimm names Brandon Berger, chief digital officer at Ogilvy and Mather, its new chief business officer as it aims to expand beyond its newsletter — - TheSkimm has hired ad veteran Brandon Berger as its first chief business officer. — The plan is to help the newsletter company unlock different revenue streams.
Jonathan Randles / Wall Street Journal:
Advisers for Gawker Media bankruptcy estate explore sale of Gawker.com, terms of Univision sale restricts publishing on site until March 2018 — Gawker.com has been dormant for nearly a year; sale process in early stages — Advisers overseeing the Gawker Media LLC bankruptcy estate …
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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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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 …
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@emilybell, @niemanreports and @allisonceck
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 …
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.
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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Ronan Shields / The Drum:
Outbrain acquires native ad startup Zemanta, which will continue as a standalone product, for an undisclosed amount — Outbrain has today (July 25) announced the purchase of Zemanta, a demand-side platform (DSP) specializing in native ad formats as the content-sharing network seeks to build …
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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 …
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