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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
CNN cuts ties with commentator Jeffrey Lord after he replies “Sieg Heil!” in a Twitter discussion with the president of Media Matters for America — CNN severed ties with Jeffrey Lord on Thursday, hours after he ignited controversy by tweeting the words “Sieg Heil!” at a prominent liberal activist.
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Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Bill O'Reilly debuted a 30-minute online news show for paid subscribers on Wednesday night, made available for free on Thursday — The ousted Fox News host has debuted an experimental, 30-minute-long online news show for paid subscribers. — It's not Fox News, but it'll do for now.
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Dan Primack / Axios:
Memo: SoundCloud has asked investors for $170M at a pre-money valuation of $150M; if rejected, CEO says the firm won't be able “to continue as a going concern” — Tomorrow is do or die for SoundCloud, the struggling streaming music company that recently laid off 40% …
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The Verge, TechCrunch, Variety, @joshsternberg, @danprimack and @rmac18, more at Techmeme »
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
BuzzFeed's live Twitter morning show, premiering September 25 and called AM to DM, will aim to break news in real time — BuzzFeed's live Twitter morning show — premiering September 25 and called “AM to DM” — will aim to break news in real time in a way that's like television, but produced for digital audiences and consumption.
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Variety and Broadcasting & Cable
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook introduces Watch, its redesigned video section for original content, with producers earning 55% of ad revenue, rolling out Thursday — Facebook has a new home for original video content produced exclusively for it by partners, who will earn 55 percent of ad break revenue while Facebook keeps 45 percent.
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Variety, Recode, Forbes, Nieman Lab, The New York Observer, TVWeek.com, The Week, The Verge, Facebook Media, BUSTLE, VideoInk - Medium, Business Insider, Refinery29, Android Police, Tubefilter, BGR, AppAdvice.com, NPR, GeekWire, Light Reading, VideoNuze Analysis, BetaNews, New York Magazine, The Next Web, Digiday, Ad Age, Facebook, The Guardian, Adweek, VentureBeat, MacRumors, Engadget, 9to5Mac, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, @joshconstine, Gizmodo, @brianstelter, @joshuatopolsky, Business Insider, Variety, Mark Zuckerberg, @kantrowitz, Mashable, @kantrowitz, BuzzFeed and @cordnever, more at Techmeme »
Amy Caren Daniel / Reuters:
News Corp misses Q4 targets with a net loss of $430M and revenue of $2.08B, down 7% YoY, with print ad revenue down 12% and subscription revenue down 9% YoY — (Reuters) - News Corp (NWSA.O) reported fourth-quarter revenue that missed estimates as the owner of the Wall Street Journal was hurt by decling demand for print advertising.
Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
Profile of Josh Raffel, a 33-year-old White House spokesman who handles PR for Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump — When reporters are working on stories that involve Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, they hear from Josh Raffel, a tough, former New York City flack now inside the White House.
Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
ABC News paid $177M+ to settle “pink slime” lawsuit earlier this year according to earnings report from network's parent company Disney — ABC News made an historically large payout to settle a defamation lawsuit earlier this summer, according to a new financial release …
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TVWeek.com, Boing Boing, The Wrap, @brianstelter and TVNewser
Georgia Wells / Wall Street Journal:
Snap reports Q2 revenue of $182M vs. $186.8M expected, DAUs grow 7.3M vs. 8M expected, reaching 173M, and loss grows to $443M; stock down 13% after hours — Snapchat's parent hurt by intensifying competition from larger rival Facebook — Snap Inc. on Thursday said its loss nearly quadrupled …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Adam Ostrow, Mashable's chief strategy officer and board member, leaves to become chief digital officer for local broadcasting and media company Tegna — Tegna, the local TV broadcasting and media company that spun out from Gannett, has hired Adam Ostrow — who was the second employee hired …
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TVSpy, Radio & Television … and Broadcasting & Cable
David Uberti / Splinter:
61% of BuzzFeed News staffers identify as white, down from 69% two years ago, while the number of Hispanic employees has stagnated, according to company data — BuzzFeed News' staff is generally becoming more representative of the communities it aims to cover and the audiences it tries to reach …
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@daviduberti, @daviduberti, @mattmittenthal and @daviduberti
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Most analysts applaud Disney's streaming plans, as questions remain about pricing, effects on Netflix and cable operators, and Disney's content costs — LOS ANGELES — Disney set off a sonic boom in Hollywood by unveiling plans to start two Netflix-style services: For the first time in the streaming age …
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Somini Sengupta / New York Times:
Alison Smale, a veteran correspondent and editor at The New York Times, is named under secretary general for global communications at the United Nations — The United Nations on Wednesday named Alison Smale, a veteran correspondent and editor at The New York Times, as its most senior official …
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Fortune, The United Nations, @liamstack and @rickgladstone
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
A lab test of Infowars supplements reveals they are more or less accurately advertised, reasonably safe, and heavily overpriced, with few if any health benefits — Alex Jones' wildly popular suite of Infowars supplements probably won't kill you, but extensive tests provided to BuzzFeed News …
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@isaacfitzgerald, @evepeyser, @kfile, @virginiahughes, @willsommer, @kantrowitz and @cwarzel
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