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Joseph Lawler / Washington Examiner:
Eric Bolling's 19-year-old son, Eric Chase Bolling, dies hours after Fox News announced it was parting ways with his father — The son of Eric Bolling, the former Fox News host released this week amid allegations of sexual harassment, died Friday night at the age of 19.
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Sopan Deb / New York Times:
Amid Irma, some question the value of TV reporters broadcasting in hurricanes; others say visuals are essential to persuade people to take threats seriously — Early Sunday morning, Bill Weir, a veteran CNN correspondent, was talking to the anchor Chris Cuomo in the middle of a live shot in Key Largo …
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Lucia Graves / The Guardian:
Continuing Wall Street Journal newsroom leaks show editors keep pushing reporters to moderate criticism of President Trump — Dozens have left the paper in the past year and interviews with current and ex-staffers show outrage over pressure from management to normalize Trump
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Yahoo:
The FBI is investigating Sputnik News Agency for violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act; the agency questioned the site's former White House corr — WASHINGTON — The FBI recently questioned a former White House correspondent for Sputnik, the Russian-government-funded news agency …
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Stewart Clarke / Variety:
European pay TV operator Sky rolls out low-cost streaming service in Spain; it will feature US cable and network shows like The Walking Dead — European pay TV giant Sky has moved into the Spanish market, rolling out a low cost streaming service that will have U.S. network and cable shows including “The Walking Dead.”
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
UK regulator Ofcom says Channel 4 seriously breached the broadcasting code by identifying the wrong man as the Westminster terror attacker — Media regulator forces programme to broadcast finding that it breached code by identifying wrong man as terrorist — The media regulator has found …
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Meg Dalton / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at Politico's media team and coverage, which is returning to its roots by hiring HuffPost's Michael Calderone after several high-profile departures — Politico's Morning Media newsletter bills itself as “your guide to the media circus.” Every weekday morning, the newsletter delivers …
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Katie Roof / TechCrunch:
Uber's new CEO Dara Khosrowshahi is stepping down from the New York Times' board of directors, citing his new role as the reason — Dara Khosrowshahi, the recently named CEO of Uber, is leaving the New York Times Company's board of directors. — According to a government filing …
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Lisa de Moraes / Deadline:
Actress Melissa McCarthy won an Emmy on Sunday night for her portrayal of ex-White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer on Saturday Night Live — Here's hoping President Donald Trump tweets about Melissa McCarthy being a no-show at tonight's Creative Arts Emmy Awards, when she won her second Emmy …
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John Patrick Pullen / Fortune:
How Oregon-based amateur photographer Kristi McCluer captured golfers playing in front of the Eagle Creek wildfire — For days, a photo of three golfers putting near what appears to be the setting of Dante's Inferno in Oregon has been making its rounds on the Internet …
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Mike Shields / Business Insider:
After bringing in more than $500M in 2016, Vevo says it expects 130% growth this year and has locked in nearly $200M in upfront ad buys — - Vevo - the so-called Hulu for music videos - is seeing a surge in audience, thanks to artists like Taylor Swift. — Since embracing a TV-like selling model …
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
After settling with songwriters over mechanical rights, Spotify is now challenging the applicability of this copyright to its business in another lawsuit — Hold on tight: we're going to get down into the weeds a bit on a copyright issue. In early 2016, we wrote about the …