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Tripp Mickle / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Apple has set a budget of ~$1B to procure and produce original content over the next year, could acquire and produce as many as 10 TV shows — Company immediately becomes a considerable competitor in crowded market for original shows — Apple Inc. AAPL 1.09% has set a budget …
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John Daniszewski / Associated Press:
AP's VP for Standards, John Daniszewski, says the news organization should avoid the term “alt-right” as it is a euphemism disguising racist aims — At AP, we have taken the position that the term “alt-right” should be avoided because it is meant as a euphemism to disguise racist aims.
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White House confirms that Hope Hicks is its interim communications director — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)Senior communications adviser Hope Hicks will likely take on the role of White House communications director, according to two sources inside the White House and one outside.
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Tatiana Siegel / Hollywood Reporter:
A new episode of Game of Thrones was accidentally aired on HBO Nordic and HBO Espana, with the leak then spreading to file-sharing sites — Though the episode was posted for a “brief” amount of time, the leak quickly spread on the Internet early Wednesday. — It's a case of deja vu for HBO.
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Laurel Wamsley / NPR:
Hosting provider DreamHost is resisting a DOJ warrant which it claims requires the company to hand over the details of 1.3M visitors to an anti-Trump site — At the intersection where protections against unreasonable search and seizure meet the rights to free speech and association, there's a now web hosting company called DreamHost.
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The Conversation:
A look at potential hazards of news outlets increasingly receiving capital from billionaires — On July 28, Apple heiress Laurene Powell Jobs bought a majority stake in The Atlantic. — It's the latest media purchase by the billionaire class, a group that includes Amazon founder Jeff Bezos …
Jason Guerrasio / Business Insider:
A day after MoviePass announces its new $10 a month plan, AMC Theaters says it is consulting with attorneys as to whether it can block the service — Following the surprising news on Tuesday that MoviePass would begin a $9.95-a-month subscription service in which members can see one movie …
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Appeals Court revives defamation claim against The New York Times from economics professor Walter Block over quote on slavery he alleges was out of context — Walter Block alleges that when the paper quoted him as saying slavery was “not so bad,” it took his thoughts out of context.
Wil S. Hylton / New York Times Magazine:
Breitbart has quietly shifted the tone of its news coverage in recent months, as it tries to lure mainstream talent and act more like a “legitimate” news org — Steve Bannon once said it was the platform for the alt-right. Its current editors disagree.
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
The Young Turks Network partners with Verizon's Go90 to air 16-episode docu-series on climate change exclusively on the streaming service this fall — The show, called ‘True North’ and hosted by John Iadarola, is a docuseries slated to debut this fall. — The Young Turks Network …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
ESPN rolls out update to Apple TV app that lets users watch four live streams simultaneously — ESPN today rolled out a new version of its Apple TV app that introduces the ability to watch four live simultaneous streams which can be displayed on the screen at the same time.
Ray Sanchez / CNN:
ESPN issued an apology on Tuesday for a fantasy football segment of an auction draft where black players were sold to mostly white male bidders — (CNN)ESPN apologized on Tuesday for a fantasy football segment of an auction draft where black players were sold to mostly white male bidders.
Morgan Little / CNET:
Reddit bans a subreddit after uproar led by r/AgainstHateSubreddits, and Facebook bans several group pages after Charlottesville attack — The Charlottesville tragedy has highlighted neo-Nazi communities across the internet. Reddit and Facebook are beginning to take action.
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Russell Brandom / The Verge:
In the wake of a killing after a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, tech firms are setting aside content neutrality in the fight against online hate
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Adi Robertson / The Verge:
Neo-Nazi site Daily Stormer moves to dark web after GoDaddy, Google bans, sharing its .onion address
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