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10:10 AM ET, August 1, 2017

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New York Times:
Trump has removed Anthony Scaramucci from his position as communications director  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump has decided to remove Anthony Scaramucci from his position as communications director, three people close to the decision said Monday, relieving him just days after Mr. Scaramucci unloaded …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Scaramucci interview gives The New Yorker's website a huge traffic bump, with 4.4M unique visitors; subscriptions also up 92% over daily July average
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Lawsuit: Fox News pundit Rod Wheeler claims the network worked with a wealthy Trump supporter and the White House to create a fake story about Seth Rich's death  —  The Fox News Channel and a wealthy supporter of President Trump worked in concert under the watchful eye of the White House …
James Hibberd / EW.com:
Hackers breach HBO's network and leak future episodes of Room 104 and Ballers, plus a script allegedly from next week's Game of Thrones episode  —  HBO chairman: ‘Disruptive, unsettling, and disturbing for all of us’  —  HBO has joined the ranks of Hollywood entertainment companies to suffer a major cyber attack.
Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times:
Spotify passes 60M paying customers, adding over 20M so far in 2017, as sources say it plans for IPO on NYSE later this year  —  Unconventional public debut of music streaming service based on subscription success  —  Read next … Spotify has reached 60m paying customers …
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Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal:
Publishers like Business Insider and Cheddar have begun repackaging video ads as content, blurring the line between sponsored and editorial posts  —  Footage often comes from TV commercials or other promotional marketing materials  —  As online publishers scramble to feed video-hungry platforms …
The Daily Beast:
Sources: One America News Network fires Corey Lewandowski as commentator after multiple appearances on competing networks  —  Corey Lewandowski has been fired.  Again.  —  Three sources with knowledge of the situation tell The Daily Beast that the former Trump campaign manager …
John Koblin / New York Times:
Interview with new MTV president Chris McCarthy on reviving Total Request Live, pulling the plug on MTV News, and more  —  On a recent Wednesday afternoon, Chris McCarthy, the newish president of MTV, was standing at a corner of 44th Street and Broadway and gazing up at the second floor of Viacom's Manhattan headquarters.
Dave McNary / Variety:
Lionsgate and Hemisphere Media Group have launched Pantaya, said to be the first Spanish-language streaming service, for $5.99 a month  —  Lionsgate and Hemisphere Media Group have launched Pantaya, touted as the first Spanish-language over-the-top service.  —  The companies made the announcement Tuesday morning.
Gavin J. Blair / Hollywood Reporter:
Sony Pictures posts a loss of $86M for the April to June quarter, compared to a $103M loss in the same period last year  —  Sony Corp. posted group-wide net income of $722 million, up 282 percent from the same quarter last year, as the company's turnaround continued to bear fruit.
Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Reddit raised $200M in funding, is now valued at $1.8B, a16z and Sequoia among investors; sources: Condé Nast owner Advance Publications retains majority stake  —  It's going on a hiring spree and redesigning its website.  —  Reddit has raised $200 million in new venture funding …
David Lieberman / Deadline:
Discovery buys Scripps for $11.9B, in a 70% cash and 30% stock deal, and assumes $2.7B in Scripps' debt, to increase negotiating leverage with pay TV operators  —  The company behind Shark Week just caught a whale: Discovery Communications has agreed to pay $11.9 billion in stock and cash …
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
In Q&A, Splinter's Editor-in-Chief Dodai Stewart says the site is not the new Gawker and its entire purpose is to include underrepresented voices  —  Despite its edgy media criticism, its dishy stories and its pledge to publish journalism that “get(s) under your skin,” Splinter is not the new Gawker.
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