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4:10 PM ET, August 3, 2017

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Hunter Walker / Yahoo:
Andrew Feinberg, who was fired as Sputnik White House reporter in late May, said he was pushed to advance the Seth Rich story, said no, and was then fired  —  WASHINGTON — Reporter Andrew Feinberg says a Russian state-owned news site he once worked for pressured him to advance a conspiracy theory …
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Anousha Sakoui / Bloomberg:
Source: Fox is in talks with Ion Media to operate local TV stations across the US, potentially paving the way for Fox to dump Sinclair as an affiliate partner  —  Joint venture is said to include Ion, Fox-owned stations  —  Fox is said to mull moving affiliation from Sinclair channels
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Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Facebook-Google duopoly over online advertising has survived multiple challenges, such as Snap's rise, increasing worry among publishers and some advertisers  —  For well over a year now, the digital advertising and publishing industries have grappled with the growing power of Google and Facebook …
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Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal:
Facebook to display “related articles” for popular stories, including ones flagged as false by fact checkers, to combat misinformation, after months of testing  —  Social-media giant will display related articles to limit the damage of false news without censoring posts
Tony Romm / Recode:
Senate confirms Democrat Jessica Rosenworcel and Republican Brendan Carr to FCC's two open slots  —  Lawmakers sent Brendan Carr, a Republican, and Jessica Rosenworcel, a Democrat, to the telecom agency  —  The Federal Communications Commission is set to return to its full strength …
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
CBS hires David Lawenda, a former Facebook marketing executive, as executive vice president of digital sales and sales strategy  —  Network restructures sales unit, Jo Ann Ross upped to chief revenue officer  —  CBS Corp. CBS.A -.20% has tapped a former Facebook FB .06% marketing executive …
Julia Dahl / Columbia Journalism Review:
Reflections on writing for the New York Post and how reporter and subject interactions, for the sake of clicks, shape society's perception of news media  —  A man waiting at a New York City intersection reads a copy of the New York Post.  (Photo by Robert Alexander/Getty Images)
The Atlantic:
New York Times reporter Rachel Donadio joins The Atlantic as a culture and politics writer based in Paris  —  Washington, D.C. (August 3, 2017)—As The Atlantic continues to expand internationally, Editor in Chief Jeffrey Goldberg announced today the addition of three journalists to its global reporting team.
Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
How CNN's response to reporters invoking the Statue of Liberty has varied, depending on the staffer and the year  —  CNN executives have discussed giving Jim Acosta — who argued over immigration with White House adviser Stephen Miller at Wednesday's briefing — an anchor position or his own show …
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Source: “ripping culture” at a UK newspaper website has prompted more than half its graduate trainees to abandon journalism for PR  —  The “ripping culture” at one national newspaper website has led to more than half its graduate trainee intake for the last two years abandoning journalism for PR.
Erich Schwartzel / Wall Street Journal:
Chinese-backed Tang Media Partners nears deal to buy Open Road Films, the studio behind Spotlight, as part of a $500M expansion plan  —  Los Angeles-based Tang Media Partners nearing deal for Open Road Films  —  LOS ANGELES—Tang Media Partners, a two-year-old company with major Chinese backers …
Discussion: @erichschwartzel and Deadline
Andy Kroll / Mother Jones:
Caroline Heldman, a former Fox News guest, says a Fox consultant named Woody Fraser offered her a paid gig at the network in exchange for sex  —  A former frequent on-air guest at Fox News says that a Fox consultant and top lieutenant to Roger Ailes, the network's late founder and longtime CEO …
 
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Univision posts Q2 profit of $106.1M, up from $74.7M a year ago, with core revenue increasing 5.3% YoY to $753.5M
Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable
Dustin Volz / Reuters:
Site supported by German Marshall Fund tracks Russian-supported disinfo on Twitter; Alliance for Securing Democracy plans analyses for Facebook, Reddit, YouTube
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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Tronc reports Q2 net income of $6.8M on $370M revenue; digital ad revenue fell 9% YoY, and total ad revenue fell 15% YoY; digital subs grew 22% in Q2 to 220K
Discussion: Vanity Fair and tronc, inc.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Plex brings its Live TV streaming service and DVR to Apple TV and Android, adds “time-shifting” feature to pause, rewind, and fast-forward through live TV
Discussion: Digital Trends
Ryan Knutson / Wall Street Journal:
Trade group predicts US TV antenna sales will rise 7% in 2017 to nearly 8M units as millennial cord cutters discover free TV signals
Rafat Ali / Skift:
Lessons on Skift's fifth birthday: value curiosity, camaraderie, and consistency, ignore competitors, and keep things simple
Vicky Ward / HuffPost:
Fired White House comms chief Anthony Scaramucci speaks out about his rant to The New Yorker's Ryan Lizza, claims “spirit” of the chat was off the record