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Beatrice Verhoeven / The Wrap:
Disney and its ABC television station, KTRK Houston, donate $1M to the American Red Cross to support its Harvey relief efforts — The Walt Disney Company and its owned ABC television station in Houston, KTRK, will commit $1 million to the American Red Cross for its Hurricane Harvey relief efforts, the company announced Tuesday.
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Brian Klaas / The Hill:
The heroism of journalists in Houston, with some rescuing victims, shows they are not “enemies” of the people; Trump should apologize — As the floodwaters of Hurricane Harvey continue to bury Houston, President Trump owes journalists an apology.
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Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Sky will stop broadcasting Fox News in the UK as of September 5 at 4pm; sources say decision not connected to takeover bid, channel only draws 2K viewers a day — Sources say decision to stop broadcasting Fox News is not connected to Fox's £11.7bn takeover bid for Sky
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Ashley Cullins / Hollywood Reporter:
ShowTime faces class-action lawsuit from customers who are suing the network over its in-app low quality stream of the McGregor-Mayweather fight — Grainy video, errors and buffering streams weren't what fans paid $99 to see, according to the lawsuit. — Before the sweat was dry …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Jeffrey Herbst, president and chief executive of the Newseum, steps down as board announces a financial review, which could trigger sale of its building — Jeffrey Herbst, president and chief executive of the Newseum, stepped down suddenly on Monday as the museum's board announced a full-blown review of its long-troubled finances.
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Sources: Apple's talks with Hollywood studios hampered by pricing disagreements over 4K content, ready for new Apple TV, with Apple wanting to charge $20/movie — Tech giant wants to have major Hollywood films available in ultra-high definition on the new device
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Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Emails show hoaxer distributed information for stories written by Claude Taylor and promoted by Louise Mensch; Taylor offers apology after being approached — Explosive allegations about Donald Trump made by online writers with large followings among Trump critics were based on bogus information …
Tanya Dua / Business Insider:
After eschewing them for years, BuzzFeed will introduce display ads to its homepage, story pages, and mobile apps, using 3rd-party ad tech to buy and sell them — - BuzzFeed is finally embracing banner ads — The media company will let advertisers run display ads on its homepage, story pages, and mobile apps
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Joe Lemire / SportTechie:
How Intel's weekly MLB broadcast, run by a team of ~12 people, uses VR to give viewers new viewpoints within the game alongside director-led “VR-Cast” option — NEW YORK — Those fans at Citi Field whose seats were low near the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks' dugout last Tuesday …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
NFL debuts a new 30-minute live show, #NFLBlitz, on Twitter tonight at 7PM ET — Twitter lost streaming rights NFL Thursday Night Football games to Amazon this season, in a deal valued at around $50 million - up from the $10 million Twitter had paid previously.
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Mădălina Ciobanu / Journalism.co.uk:
How US-based nonprofit ORBmedia, which is focused on in-depth reporting of global issues, publishes stories in multiple formats and languages — The non-profit organisation publishes stories in four formats, including text and audio, and translates them into four languages
Kerry Flynn / Mashable:
Facebook says Pages repeatedly sharing articles marked as false by 3rd-party fact-checkers won't be able to buy ads, but the bans won't necessarily be permanent — Facebook is continuing its crackdown on fake news. — The social network Monday announced Facebook Pages will no longer …
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