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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
CEO Bob Dickey says Gannett still wants to acquire more newspapers, even as same-property print ad revenue falls 16.8% YoY — With print revenues plunging and digital businesses coming along slowly, Gannett is still sticking with its plan to acquire more local newspaper organizations.
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John Herrman / New York Times:
YouTube has emerged as the new conservative talk radio for a younger generation of right-wing vloggers like Paul Joseph Watson and Stefan Molyneux — In June, Zack Exley, a political organizer and a fellow at the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, published a report on …
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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
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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 …
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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 …
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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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Angelica LaVito / CNBC:
Viacom beats targets, reporting Q3 net earnings of $680M on $3.36B revenue, up 8% YoY, driven by sale of Epix and growth in ad and affiliate revenues — - The company beat earnings expectations in both the first and second quarters, yet the company's stock is down on the year.
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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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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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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.
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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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