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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 letter he also pledged a donation of $1 million to the Anti-Defamation League. — In a memo, 21st Century Fox CEO James Murdoch took …
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Electronic Frontier Foundation:
When internet intermediaries like GoDaddy, Google, and CloudFlare bar neo-Nazis, dangerous precedent is set for silencing legitimate voices — In the wake of Charlottesville, both GoDaddy and Google have refused to manage the domain registration for the Daily Stormer, a neo-Nazi website that …
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Joe Palazzolo / Wall Street Journal:
Executive director Anthony Romero says ACLU will no longer defend groups seeking to march with firearms, deciding case by case, screening for possible violence — Executive director says violence and guns at Charlottesville rally spurred new stance — The American Civil Liberties Union …
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Maxwell Tani / Business Insider:
Internal memo: Mic is laying off 25 staffers, primarily from its news and editorial departments, as it shifts focus to video and visual journalism — Mic.com laid off staffers on Thursday in what is part of a larger pivot to video that it will begin later this month.
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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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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Google announces that YouTube TV is now available in 50% of US households, with continued rollout in coming weeks — Following July's expansionwhich tripled its footprint, Google today announced that YouTube TV is now available to 50 percent of U.S. households, thanks to a rollout to 14 new markets.
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Foreign Policy:
The Defense Department forces out Steve Warren, a popular press spokesman, as Pentagon reporters raise complaints about media access — The Defense Department has parted ways with a senior media adviser who had years of experience working with reporters, a move that is sure to aggravate …
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@davidgura, @dabeard and @samueloakford
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Reddit now allows users to upload videos of up to 15 minutes to its website or on its mobile apps for iOS and Android — Videos are coming to Reddit, thanks to a new feature that allows users to upload video clips directly to the service. Reddit rolled out the new video feature Tuesday …
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Tim Peterson / Marketing Land:
Facebook starts offering in-stream-only video ad units that will play as users watch videos on Facebook — Advertisers can buy video ads from Facebook that will only be served when people are viewing a video, increasing the likelihood that people will watch them.
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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, the cable news networks often see their significant ratings improvement. This has been especially true for MSNBC …
Eben Novy-Williams / Bloomberg:
Nielsen is launching a new division, Nielsen Esports, to quantify the rapidly growing industry for teams, sponsors, advertisers, and publishers — Estimates of pro gaming industry, audience vary wildly — Nielsen will provide analysis across traditional, new channels
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Sources: Steve Bannon has told associates that he didn't know he was giving an interview to Robert Kuttner of The American Prospect — Steve Bannon's White House colleagues can't believe what they're reading tonight — and here's the twist: neither can Bannon.
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