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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Profile of Michael Wolff, who has been a columnist, media executive, and biographer of Rupert Murdoch, and who is accustomed to angering the Manhattan elite — Michael Wolff has, for years, been a prime piranha in the Manhattan media pond, using his caustic columns to tear into his lunchmates at Michael's …
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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Source: “hard push” exists to convince Breitbart CEO Larry Solov and Susie Breitbart to fire Steve Bannon; WH press secretary says firing should be considered — Trump slams Bannon: He lost his mind — The White House on Thursday said that Breitbart should consider firing …
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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Longtime Steve Bannon backer Rebekah Mercer issues rebuke distancing family from Bannon, says she's committed to Breitbart News, where she holds minority stake — Stephen K. Bannon's main financial backer is formally cutting ties with the former Trump adviser.
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Trump fell for Michael Wolff's skill of sucking up to sources before he tears them down, a decade after Wolff did the same to Murdoch
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Washington Post:
Lawyer Charles Harder demands that publisher Henry Holt and Co. cease and desist from publication of Michael Wolff's book on Trump
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CNNMoney:
Publisher of Wolff book moves release date to Friday, starting at 9am ET, from previously scheduled Tuesday release date
John Santucci / ABC News:
Trump lawyer Charles Harder sends Steve Bannon a letter demanding he refrain from disparaging comments about Trump and his family, claims Bannon breached NDA
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Reuters:
Obama to appear on Netflix's six-part My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman, Obama's first talk show appearance since leaving office — (Reuters) - Veteran former U.S. talk show host David Letterman will return to television on Jan. 12 in a new Netflix show where his first guest …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Nielsen: 54% of all US music is now streamed, surpassing all formats for the first time; on demand audio hit 400B streams in 2017, up from 252B in 2016 — U.S. album sales declined in 2017 as streaming continues to grow, according to Nielsen's year-end music report released this week.
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Tony Romm / Recode:
Internet Association, representing Amazon, Facebook, Google and others, says it will join upcoming lawsuit against net neutrality repeal as an intervening party — The companies will intervene in a coming lawsuit through their trade group, the Internet Association.
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Ben Rumsby / Telegraph:
Sources: Amazon considers bidding for UK streaming rights to Premier League matches for 2019-22 in next month's auction, as a possible challenge to Sky and BT — Amazon has held talks over the UK rights to the Premier League ahead of next month's auction, Telegraph Sport can reveal.
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Peter Kafka / Recode:
Spotify's Chief Content Officer Stefan Blom is leaving ahead of its IPO; the company hasn't named a successor yet — Stefan Blom's departure may raise questions. — Spotify's top content executive is leaving, just ahead of the streaming music company's planned public offering.
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Sources: ABC News' Brian Ross returns after suspension for error in story about Michael Flynn, will work in a separate ABC unit on projects like documentaries — Brian Ross's four-week unpaid suspension is over. He is coming back to ABC News — but not to his old job.
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Jeanine Poggi / Ad Age:
Dish Network teams up with Comscore to measure addressable ads across multiple platforms including desktop, mobile, smart TVs, and devices like Roku — Internet-enabled TV could be getting closer to making TV advertising smarter. — Dish Network is working with Comscore to measure …
Catherine Shu / TechCrunch:
Google invests undisclosed sum in Chinese game streaming firm Chushou, as it seeks ways to enter Chinese market, which has blocked its search engine since 2012 — Google has added Chinese mobile game live streaming platform Chushou to its list of investments in Asia.
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Philip Oltermann / The Guardian:
New German hate-speech law tests how tech firms juggle free speech and hate speech, with several controversial deletions and suspensions in its first few days — Firms such as Facebook and Twitter face fines up to £44m under controversial law that came into force on 1 January
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