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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Sources: local TV anchors at Sinclair stations are concerned about mandatory corporate promotion language that claims national media outlets publish fake news — “This is so manipulative.” — That's an anchor at a local TV station owned by Sinclair, describing the company's latest mandate …
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Mediaite, @kairyssdal, @oliverdarcy, @brianstelter and @anhaiphung
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Todd Shields / Bloomberg:
Sinclair executes agreements to sell New York and Chicago TV stations to entities with ties to Sinclair's executive chairman; Sinclair would operate stations — Sinclair seeking to trim holdings in deal to buy Tribune — Sales of big stations executed, Sinclair says in FCC filings
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@stopthecap, Broadcasting & Cable and Variety
Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
NYT journalist Farhad Manjoo spent nearly two months relying solely on print for his news and concluded that digital has broken how we process information — I first got news of the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., via an alert on my watch. Even though I had turned off news notifications months ago …
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Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Univision withdraws its long-delayed IPO, citing “prevailing market conditions”, announces that Peter Lori will replace Frank Lopez-Balboa as CFO — Francisco Lopez-Balboa is out and Peter Lori has been promoted as chief financial officer. — Univision Communications is canceling …
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Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Axios, @gerryfsmith and Multichannel News
David Streitfeld / New York Times:
In an interview, Peter Thiel says he is pursuing Gawker through the courts because Terry Bollea is owed money and does not plan to destroy site's archives — Peter Thiel is Silicon Valley's homegrown Cassandra. He warned for years that the big tech companies were arrogant and clueless and less good for mankind than they believed.
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@anildash, @karaswisher, @pkafka, @stevecase, @karaswisher, @pinboard, @mikedelmoro, @trickfreee, Axios, East Bay Times, @scottmaustin, Mediaite, @alexeheath, @ceciliakang, @bykowicz, @joshuabrustein, @johnjcook, @viacristiano, @katierogers, @caseynewton, @mhbergen, @espiers and @sparkyrandles, more at Techmeme »
Wall Street Journal:
Newsweek Media Group says it fired two engineers connected with code that inflated ad metrics, says it removed code; some ad tech firms cut ties with company — Newsweek's international sites ran code that allegedly generated invalid traffic; Newsweek Media Group says it has removed the code, fired two employees linked to issues
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PR Newswire, @jason_kint, @jbenton, @larakiara, @keithrhernandez, @srabil and Talking Biz News
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Alex Heath / Cheddar:
Sources: Snap plans layoffs to its engineering department, the largest layoffs to date; source says about 100 people, less than 10% of the unit, are affected — Snap Inc. is preparing its largest round of layoffs to date, Cheddar has learned. — The Snapchat-maker plans to announce …
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VideoInk, Variety, CNBC, Wall Street Journal, GeekWire, TechCrunch, Recode, The Hill, The Verge, Business Insider and Fast Company, more at Techmeme »
Rhett Jones / Gizmodo:
NYT editor using “Millennials to Snake People” Chrome extension swapped “Great Recession” for “Time of Shedding and Cold Rocks” in post, had to write correction — Text-altering browser extensions are all fun and games until you forget to turn them off in the most awkward situations possible.
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New York Times, @ylindaqiu, @emjbanks, @coolranchzaku, @m_delamerced, @pvolpe, @jswatz, @bencasselman, @bankonjustin, @echinocrepis, @sinderbrand, Mashable and New York Magazine
Dan Seiffert / Boston Business Journal:
The Boston Globe is increasing the price of its print subscription by up to 80%, meaning daily delivery will cost some customers $1,347 a year — The priciest regional daily newspaper in the U.S. is about to get pricier, with as much as an 80 percent increase possible for some home delivery subscribers.
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Nieman Lab, Media Nation, @jbenton, @hari, @dankennedy_nu, @yelvington, @mmasnick, @dada_drummer, @bosbizdon, @raju and @brucebartlett
Associated Press:
The Associated Press partners with Facebook to identify and debunk false or misleading stories related to the US mid-term elections — As part of its comprehensive fact-checking efforts, The Associated Press announced Wednesday that it will work with Facebook to identify and debunk false …
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@justinhendrix, @ericcarvin, @jason_w_white and Mediaite
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Weekly music mag NME, the UK's equivalent of Rolling Stone, is ending its print edition but will continue to operate digitally — Publisher of music magazine consulting about redundancies, while title will continue online … The NME is to cease publication in print after 66 years …
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The Outline, @prodnose, The Quietus, Sky News, Telegraph, BBC, HeraldScotland, HuffPost UK and mirror
Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
Tronc says FTC and DOJ have approved sale of LA Times as company reports Q4 loss of $373K on revenue of $435M, up 2.3% YoY; print ad revenue down 11.2% — Federal regulators have approved Los Angeles billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong's planned purchase of the Los Angeles Times …
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Deadline, Chicago Tribune, TVWeek.com, tronc, inc. and Associated Press
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