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Joseph Otterson / Variety:
ABC cancels hit sitcom Roseanne after racist tweet from star Roseanne Barr; ABC says tweet was “abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values” — ABC has pulled the plug on “Roseanne.” — “Roseanne's Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values …
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Katie Kilkenny / Hollywood Reporter:
Viacom pulls reruns of the new Roseanne sitcom from Paramount Network, TV Land, and CMT; Hulu says it's also dropping the show
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Talent agency ICM Partners drops Roseanne Barr as a client after her racist tweet and cancellation of sitcom
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BBC:
Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko, widely reported to have been assassinated in Kiev on Tuesday, appeared at a Ukrainian press conference on Wednesday — Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko, widely reported to have been assassinated in Kiev on Tuesday, is alive and well.
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Edmund Lee / Recode:
James Murdoch says ~50% of Hulu's 20M subscribers opt for the $11.99/month ad-free plan, instead of the $7.99/month plan with commercials — But does he think Facebook could one day offer an ads-free version? Maybe not. — Hulu has three principal owners at the moment, including 21st Century Fox …
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Recode:
Interview with James Murdoch at Code Conference on Disney agreement, Comcast bid, Hulu's subscribers, the future of advertising, and the future of Fox — “You look at all of this crazy stuff in the news industry, news and entertainment industry but I mean, it looks like nobody can keep their pants on."
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Terri Walter / Chartbeat Blog:
Direct mobile traffic to publisher sites surpasses referral traffic from Facebook, including desktop and mobile, for the first time — New data shows that for the first time, mobile direct-to-site traffic has surpassed Facebook. Could this mean that mobile does not equal social after all?
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Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Martin Sorrell has purchased a 75% stake in Derriston Capital, to be renamed S4 Capital, with the aim of building a next-generation WPP — Former boss of world's biggest advertising group reveals he is already in takeover talks — Sir Martin Sorrell has revealed he is in takeover talks …
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Didit:
Gawker selects marketing and communications firm Didit as its stalking horse bidder, with a bid of $1,131,600 — Didit (www.didit.com), a fully integrated marketing and communications firm, headquartered in Mineola, New York, announced that it has been selected by the Gawker Media estate as the …
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Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Bankruptcy judge accepts $1M opening bid for Gawker from ad agency Didit, which plans a “good gossip” site: “We'll cover celebrity babies and dating”, not DWIs
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Ben Detrick / The Ringer:
Philadelphia 76ers exec Bryan Colangelo has been secretly using five Twitter accounts to criticize players, disclose sensitive info, and share team strategy — A collection of Twitter accounts that has criticized Joel Embiid and Markelle Fultz, disclosed sensitive information …
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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
The Washington Post offers a $90/year “premium EU subscription” with no ads and no data tracking to EU visitors in the wake of GDPR; a basic sub costs $60/year — Some U.S. publishers have blocked visitors from the E.U. to their sites rather than comply with the wide-ranging …
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Lucas Matney / TechCrunch:
Oculus rolls out Oculus Venues, its platform for watching live sporting events, concerts, and other media in VR, with partners including Lionsgate and MLB — Oculus wants VR to bring its users into magical worlds dreamed up by game developers, but the company also needs people to see the headset …
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Brent Lang / Variety:
MoviePass parent company CEO says it has acquired the exclusive option to purchase production company Emmett Furla Oasis Films — Helios and Matheson Analytics, the parent company of MoviePass, has acquired the exclusive option to buy Emmett Furla Oasis Films, the producers of “Lone Survivor” and “End of Watch,” Variety has learned.
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Robbie Gonzalez / Wired:
Facebook will give researchers encrypted laptops to access Facebook's data and publish findings without pre-approval, in push to prevent abuse during elections — FACEBOOK IS KEEPING a close eye on misinformation in the lead-up to 2018's elections. Which elections, exactly?
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