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Mike Allen / Axios:
Sources: Steve Bannon has told friends he sees a massive opening to the right of Fox News, raising the possibility that he's going to start a network — Unshaven and working from home in cargo shorts as he moves into “Bannon the Barbarian” mode, Steve Bannon is thinking bigger than Breitbart.
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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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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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Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
Inside Spiegel's 60+ year-old “dokumentation” team, a fact-checking group of 70 specialists who work with journalists in a consultative role — German media company Spiegel-Gruppe has had a fact-checking team since the 1950s, several years after its print weekly magazine, Der Spiegel, published its first issue.
Emily Steel / New York Times:
James Murdoch's letter and ADL pledge prompt speculation about whether they signal change at Murdoch-controlled conservative media empire — At 5:55 p.m. on Thursday, James Murdoch sent an email to a list of blind-copied recipients offering a striking repudiation of President Trump and a pledge …
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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
A look at challenges facing Verizon's Oath as the integration of NYC's AOL and SV's Yahoo struggles along, after 2,100 were laid off in mid-June — Can two once-great Internet behemoths come together harmoniously in an age of mergers, roll-ups, and distribution plays?
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: government review of AT&T's $85B takeover of Time Warner has reached an advanced stage, as AT&T lawyers discuss merger conditions with the DoJ — Markets are also growing more optimistic about the $85 billion takeover deal's chances — The government review …
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Mădălina Ciobanu / Journalism.co.uk:
Inside Pop-Up Newsroom, which launched in June to foster innovation in newsgathering, partly inspired by Electionland — The project will document the learnings from each Pop-Up Newsroom to allow anyone in the industry to build on the findings — Credit: Screenshot from Pop-Up Newsroom
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Brendan Pierson / Reuters:
US judge dismisses lawsuit by the former head of Venezuela's National Assembly accusing The Wall Street Journal of libeling him — NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge has dismissed a lawsuit by the former head of Venezuela's National Assembly accusing The Wall Street Journal of libeling …
Wall Street Journal:
Radio revenue in India has seen steady growth in recent years thanks to privatization, adoption of mobile phones with FM receivers, and small-town consumption — Media companies are rushing to get new stations and talent on the air — RJ Gaurav, a DJ at FM station Radio City, broadcasts from the studio in Mumbai.
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Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal:
GroupM relaxes its video ad viewability standards, says ads in news feeds don't have to have sound on or be user-initiated to count — Ad buying giant says video ads in news feeds don't have to have sound on or be user-initiated to count — Ad buying giant GroupM is relaxing …
Ken Schwencke / ProPublica:
The Daily Stormer receives DDoS protection from CDN service BitMitigate, whose founder says he believes in free speech and wants to promote his company — The neo-Nazi site The Daily Stormer was back online Friday with help from a small company whose founder said he wanted to defend free speech …
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Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
Google is rolling out autoplaying AI-generated silent 6-second previews for videos in search results, while on Wi-Fi in Android Chrome and Google apps — Google announced a major update to its mobile search results pages today. Whenever your query brings up a video, Google will now show …
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Lyor Cohen / YouTube Blog:
Lyor Cohen, YouTube's Global Head of Music, on promoting new artists, copyright safe harbors, and how ads and subscriptions can thrive together — Earlier this year, I was asked by Google (because they know I am pre “Sucker M.C.") to work on a Doodle celebrating the 44th anniversary of the music that changed my life.
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