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Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal:
The FT is launching a new mobile app for iOS in the US and UK, six years after it abandoned the platform following disagreements over revenue and data sharing — Publisher abandoned the platform in 2011 following disagreements with Apple over revenue and data sharing
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CBS Q2: revenue up 9.4% to $3.26B, profit up 6.4% to $397M YoY; cable revenue up 7% YoY — CBS Corp. said two closely watched measures of media success - advertising revenue and fees from affiliates and retransmission - increased during its second quarter, boosting overall revenue and...
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Netflix Media Center:
In first acquisition for the streaming giant, Netflix buys comic book publisher Millarworld, the company behind the Kingsman franchise — Comics Legend Mark Millar Joins Forces With the Leading Global Internet Entertainment Platform to Blow Minds Everywhere. — Hollywood Ca.
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Politico:
Former CNN contributor Kayleigh McEnany, a prominent Trump supporter, is joining the RNC as its national spokesperson — Good Monday afternoon. NEWS — KAYLEIGH MCENANY is joining the RNC as its national spokesman, bringing in house a prominent supporter of President Donald Trump.
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Erin Griffith / Fortune:
NYC-based media startup Fatherly raises $4M from Bertelsmann's BDMI and talent agency UTA to expand into video and events — This article first appeared in Term Sheet, Fortune's newsletter on deals and dealmakers. Sign up here. — Fatherly, a New York City-based media startup …
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Tatiana Siegel / Hollywood Reporter:
Hackers leak a month's worth of HBO VP Leslie Cohen's emails and internal documents, HBO says it does not believe that entire email system was compromised — The release of a month's worth of vp Leslie Cohen's inbox is the first indication that HBO's emails have been penetrated, at least partially.
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Jeff Baumgartner / Multichannel News:
AT&T's DirecTV Now inks carriage deal with CBS Corp and will carry its live local feeds in select markets, as well as other channels like Showtime — Agreement includes CBS, Showtime, The CW, Pop and CBS Sports Network — Filling an important gap in its TV lineup, DirecTV Now …
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Rachel Sandler / USA Today:
One prominent publisher of fake news says Facebook and Google's efforts to crack down have hurt his business — “President Donald Trump signs an executive order allowing the hunting of bald eagles," a headline from the St. George Gazette blared last month.
Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:
FX partners with Comcast to launch FX+, an ad-free VOD service featuring currently-airing and older shows, available for $5.99 a month — X1 users can subscribe for $5.99 a month — FX will launch a new premium commercial-free video on demand service on Comcast's X1 system Sept. 5 that will cost subscribers $5.99 a month.
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Shirley Halperin / Variety:
Sources: Tidal hires new CEO Richard Sanders, former president of music royalty collector Kobalt — Former Kobalt Music Group president Richard Sanders is the new CEO of Tidal, the Jay-Z-owned music streaming service launch in 2015, sources confirm to Variety.
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
BuzzFeed will launch an hour-long weekday morning show on Twitter sometime later this year — BuzzFeed News is launching a morning show on Twitter later this year, and it's hiring a team to get it off the ground. — The next broadcast from the company that brought you exploding watermelons …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
“Stay Tuned with Preet,” a weekly podcast by Preet Bharara, former US attorney removed by Trump, is picked up by WNYC — Preet Bharara, the former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York whose path has proved of great interest since he was removed from his post …
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