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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Steve Bannon is leaving post as WH chief strategist; official statement says departure was by mutual accord, sources conflict on whether he was fired or quit — President Trump has told senior aides that he has decided to remove Stephen K. Bannon, the embattled White House chief strategist …
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Adrian Carrasquillo / BuzzFeed:
Sources: Steve Bannon is expected to return to Breitbart News and is holding a grudge against Matt Drudge, who he believes helped speed his ouster — Sources say Bannon will return to Breitbart, and an ally says he has his eye on one person who he thinks helped accelerate his exit: Matt Drudge.
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Breitbart:
Bannon returns to Breitbart News as executive chairman and led Friday evening editorial meeting — Ranked the #63 website in America by Amazon-owned Alexa.com, and with the #13 Facebook page in the world, Breitbart News is considered the most influential populist website in the world.
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Bloomberg:
Bannon says he will be “going to war” for President Donald Trump and against his opponents, “on Capitol Hill, in the media, and in corporate America” — Aide left amid furor over Trump remarks on Virginia violence — Bannon was architect of Trump's 2016 election victory
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
In less than a month, over 29M unique viewers have watched Stay Tuned, NBC News' daily Snapchat Discover show — In less than a month, over 29 million unique viewers have already watched “Stay Tuned,” NBC News' daily Snapchat Discover show, Axios has learned. — Why it matters:
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Mark Bergen / Bloomberg:
Google is testing new tools with NYT and FT to boost subscription for publishers; tools may include changes to “first click free”, payment and targeting options — Changes coming around search results and potentially payments — New York Times and Financial Times are first early testers
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Anousha Sakoui / Bloomberg:
Sources: movie studios, including Warner Bros. and Universal Pictures, in talks with Apple, Comcast to offer movie rentals mere weeks after theatrical releases — Studios are said focused on project despite exhibitor pushback — Theater chains are said to seek 10 years of revenue split
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Lauren Huff / Hollywood Reporter:
In email to friends, 21st Century Fox CEO James Murdoch criticizes Trump's response to Charlottesville tragedy and pledges $1M to Anti-Defamation League — In a memo, he also pledged a donation of $1 million to the Anti-Defamation League. — The head of Fox News' parent company just took …
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A.J. Katz / TVNewser:
MSNBC finished Wednesday as the number one network across all of cable TV for the first time in its history — Whenever President Trump finds himself embroiled in controversy, cable news generally sees significant ratings improvement. This has been especially true for MSNBC, which has become the resistance network for the Trump era.
David Meyer / ZDNet:
Munich appellate court backs Adblock Plus in lawsuit against RTL Interactive, ProSiebenSat.1, and Süddeutsche Zeitung — Publishers have failed again in their attempts to have ad blocking ruled illegal. — Germany's Eyeo, the maker of the popular Adblock Plus browser extension that's used …
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Simon Rogers / Google:
Google News Lab and ProPublica launch a new machine learning tool to help journalists leverage hate crime data in their reporting — Hate crimes in America have historically been difficult to track since there is very little official data collected and what does exist …
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Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:
Complex Networks, a joint venture of Verizon and Hearst, and cable channel Fuse Media partner to share content and sell ads across platforms — Sales teams will work together on ad packages to reach millennials — Fuse Media and Complex Networks are joining forces to reach millennial viewers.
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