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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Steve Bannon is leaving his post as White House chief strategist — President Trump has told senior aides that he has decided to remove Stephen K. Bannon, the embattled White House chief strategist who helped Mr. Trump win the 2016 election, according to two administration officials briefed on the discussion.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: 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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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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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 …
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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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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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 significant ratings improvement. This has been especially true for MSNBC …
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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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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Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Hearst is launching an incubator focused on making early-stage investments in women-led startups, aims to invest a total of $2.5M-$5M in ~10 companies a year — HearstLab over the past year has invested in 11 companies in media, information, or services — Hearst, the parent …
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