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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Judge blocks Redstone's National Amusements from changing voting structure of CBS until a further court ruling can be made — Chancellor Andre Bouchard is temporarily granting CBS' request for a restraining order to protect jurisdiction and make sure nothing new happens.
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Senate narrowly votes to block Ajit Pai's repeal of net neutrality rules; the resolution next heads to the House, where it faces long odds — Senate defies “armies of lobbyists,” but House may help FCC kill net neutrality. — The US Senate today voted to reverse the Federal Communications …
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Etan Vlessing / Hollywood Reporter:
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said pending Time Warner deal is about improving targeted advertising for premium video products — Randall Stephenson told investors that AT&T wants to do for premium video advertising what Facebook and Google have done for digital advertising.
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Alexandra Stevenson / New York Times:
The Los Angeles Times suspends Jonathan Kaiman, its Beijing bureau chief, after accusations of sexual misconduct from two women, a journalist and a law student — The Los Angeles Times said Tuesday that it was suspending Jonathan Kaiman, its Beijing bureau chief, amid accusations of sexual misconduct.
Mike Wuerthele / AppleInsider:
Apple Music now has over 50M users including paid members and trials, Tim Cook says in wide-ranging interview — In a wide-ranging interview, Apple CEO Tim Cook divulged Apple Music subscriber numbers, and said that a strong push into television and movies is underway.
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Peter Kafka has been named executive editor of Recode, with Kara Swisher taking up the role of editor-at-large — Recode editor in chief Dan Frommer sent out the following announcement:
Joseph Otterson / Variety:
Time Inc.'s TV production arm, Time Inc. Productions, has rebranded as Four M Studios and is partnering with Freeform to develop scripted movies — Months after its $1.85 billion acquisition of Time Inc.'s stable of magazines, media conglom Meredith is ready to make its mark on the company's TV production arm.
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
The Associated Press is launching AP VoteCast, a new way of measuring exit polls abandoning traditional methods, in partnership with Fox News — The Associated Press unveiled a new project Tuesday to supplant traditional exit polling — beginning with the 2018 midterm elections.
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Nieman Lab and @michaelgmiller
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
YouTube will use Content ID data to display full music credits and link to the official videos of artists and songs — YouTube is to begin surfacing more song and artist information for videos that are hosted on the YouTube platform. — The Google-owned video-streaming giant has long offered …
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Music Ally, RAIN News, Variety, Tubefilter and Android Police, more at Techmeme »
Pew Research Center:
In Western Europe, trust in news media varies more widely between populist/non-populist views than between left/right politics; trust lowest in Southern Europe — France, Spain and Italy are more fragmented in their news sources and more negative toward the news media than other countries
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@pewglobal and @pewresearch
The New York Times Company:
The New York Times has created a political investigations unit and has appointed Pulitzer-prize winning Editor Paul Fishleder to lead it — In a sign of our dedication to the 2018 and 2020 elections, the newsroom is starting a new unit, which Paul Fishleder, one of The New York Times's …
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
National Geographic and The Wall Street Journal are launching Far & Away, a print magazine for business travelers; first issue will be bundled with May 19 WSJ — National Geographic and The Wall Street Journal have partnered to launch Far & Away, a print magazine for business travelers …
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