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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
AT&T CFO John Stephens says the closing time for the company's $85.4B acquisition of Time Warner is now uncertain, as negotiations with DOJ continue — “I can't comment on those discussions,” John Stephens told a Wells Fargo investor conference in New York, but reiterated …
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Reuters:
Source: Department of Justice is pushing AT&T for “structural remedies”, which can involve selling assets, to satisfy antitrust concerns over Time Warner deal — (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice is pushing AT&T Inc (T.N) for “structural remedies” …
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Financial Times:
Sources: US DoJ tells AT&T it needs to sell CNN to get Time Warner merger approval; source says “It's all about CNN”; source says AT&T plans to sue DoJ — AT&T has been told by the US Department of Justice that it needs to sell CNN, Time Warner's cable news channel …
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Disney's boycott of the LA Times was one media company punishing another, and it showed how much power the press has lost — Journalists have become so powerless that they can now be safely ignored. — That's not my view, but the view of the Walt Disney Company, which last week banned …
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New York Times:
Disney says it has reversed its decision to bar the Los Angeles Times from movie press screenings amid backlash
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Caitlyn Gribbin / ABC:
Facebook tests hashing to eliminate revenge porn in some countries; users send nude pics to themselves that Facebook will hash so they never appear on its sites — If you've had a nude photo taken, you might be nervous about where it could end up. — Your phone may be hacked …
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Court rules against Sci-Hub, which gives free access to academic papers, and says site should be blocked by ISPs, hosts, search engines, domain registries — Earlier this year the American Chemical Society (ACS), a leading source of academic publications in the field of chemistry …
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Terri Cullen / CNBC:
SEC filing shows China's Tencent bought a ~10% minority stake in Snap; sources say Tencent purchased 145.8M nonvoting shares over the last quarter — - The news comes as a vote of confidence in Snap, one day after the company posted a huge revenue miss for the third quarter.
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Peter Hamby / Vanity Fair:
Inside the White House press corps: a look at how reporters cover the White House and how Trump exploits the news cycle to distract them from serious stories — Trump and his team understand that for the political press, the only thing that matters is what's happening right now, not yesterday.
Casey Newton / The Verge:
Twitter is rolling out 280-character tweets around the world — Double trouble — In most of the world, the iconic 140-character tweet is now officially a thing of the past. Twitter said today that after a global test, 280-character tweets will roll out to users around the world.
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Lois Beckett / The Guardian:
Ex-TV anchor Chris Hurst, whose girlfriend and fellow reporter, Alison Parker, was shot dead live on TV, beats NRA-backed candidate in Virginia race — Democrat's victory, two days after Texas church massacre left 26 dead, is hailed by gun control advocates as proof progress on gun violence is possible
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Sarah Maslin Nir / New York Times:
NYU journalism professors are refusing to teach at school's Abu Dhabi campus after the UAE denied a visa for a NYU faculty member — Journalism professors at New York University are refusing to teach at the school's Abu Dhabi campus, after officials in the United Arab Emirates denied a faculty member a visa to teach there.
Karen K. Ho / Columbia Journalism Review:
Profile of Jay Caspian King, Vice News Tonight's civil rights correspondent and a prominent writer on issues like Asian-American culture and race — Jay Caspian Kang collects basketball sneakers. He surfs. He plays poker and says he once lost $9,000 to a stripper wearing heart-shaped sunglasses in Las Vegas.
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Jackie Strause / Hollywood Reporter:
Former Boston news anchor Heather Unruh says Kevin Spacey sexually assaulted her teenage son in a Nantucket restaurant in July 2016 — Heather Unruh says Spacey assaulted her “starstruck” and “straight ” 18-year-old son at a Nantucket restaurant in July 2016.
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