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12:00 PM ET, August 8, 2017

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Amanda Holpuch / The Guardian:
Less than 24 hours after criticizing the NYT on Monday night for using anonymous sources, Trump tweeted a link to a Fox News segment citing anonymous officials  —  President shares segment about North Korea that cited ‘US officials’ who ‘requested anonymity’ less than a day after calling out the New York Times
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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
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik:
NEWS: UK Culture Minister tells regulator Ofcom to review Murdochs' Sky bid anew after outrage over Fox's Seth Rich story & other objections  —  NEWS: UK Culture Minister tells regulator Ofcom to review Murdochs' Sky bid anew after outrage over Fox's Seth Rich story & other objections
Discussion: @davidfolkenflik
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Graham Ruddick / The Guardian:
British regulator Ofcom and the UK govt are facing calls to scrutinize Murdoch-Sky bid further in the wake of Rod Wheeler's lawsuit  —  High-profile MPs join demands for government to refer deal to competition authority after US station's report on murdered Democratic aide Seth Rich
Discussion: @akikofujita and Talking New Media
Michelle Castillo / CNBC:
David Letterman to return to screens with a six-episode series on Netflix in 2018, where he will interview notable people  —  - David Letterman will star in a six-episode Netflix series where he will interview notable people and on-the-scene segments.  —  David Letterman will return to TV in 2018 in a new Netflix series.
Discussion: The Wrap, Forbes, Variety and @chicobarney
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Cenk Uygur's political video network The Young Turks raises $20M, in a round led partly by Jeffrey Katzenberg's firm WndrCo  —  Jeffrey Katzenberg's investment venture WndrCo participated.  —  Former MSNBC anchor Cenk Uygur's The Young Turks Network has raised $20 million in a new funding round that was led by 3L Capital.
Billy Penn:
Shannon Wink named editor of Philly news site Billy Penn, with founding editor Chris Krewson promoted to VP of parent company Spirited Media  —  The Philly native is one of two women 30-or-younger leading Spirited Media newsrooms.  —  Billy Penn has a renewed focus on covering Philly's diverse …
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...
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Snapchat's first original series, Good Luck America, averaged over 5M unique viewers per episode in its second season  —  In its second season, Snapchat's first original program, “Good Luck America,” averaged over 5 million unique viewers per episode, Axios has learned.
Discussion: @naseeoh and @tyzlaw
Business Wire:
Time Inc appoints Katie J. Stanton, CMO of health technology service Color and former VP of global media at Twitter, to its board of directors  —  NEW YORK—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Time Inc. (NYSE:TIME) announced today the appointment of Katie J. Stanton, Chief Marketing Officer of Color …
Franklin Foer / The Atlantic:
Franklin Foer, former editor of the New Republic, on Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes' failed attempt to turn around the magazine's fortunes  —  Chris hughes was a mythical savior—boyishly innocent, fantastically rich, intellectually curious, unexpectedly humble, and proudly idealistic.
Kimiko De Freytas-Tamura / New York Times:
Kenyans fear that an ecosystem of misleading news could spur political violence as an election nears  —  ELDORET, Kenya — Fake news.  Odd plot twists.  Tit-for-tat accusations.  One candidate calling another “crooked.”  —  Those political phenomena, familiar to voters in the United States and Europe …
Discussion: www.wnyc.org and Axios
 
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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
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Former CNN contributor Kayleigh McEnany, a prominent Trump supporter, is joining the RNC as its national spokesperson
 

 
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George Steer / Financial Times:
Nvidia closed down 10% on Friday, falling the most since March 2020 and losing more than $200B of its market value, as investors pull back from AI bets

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Sources: EU may accept Apple's proposal to open its NFC payments tech to rivals, and may close its antitrust probe in May, letting Apple avoid hefty fines

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