Mediagazer: Sources: FCC's Ajit Pai planning a vote on limits to how many TV stations a company can own on July 12, ahead of court decision on station ownership limits (Todd Shields/Bloomberg)

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Sources: White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and deputy press secretary Raj Shah to exit the Trump administration; Sanders to leave at year's end — Two of the most visible members of the Trump administration are planning their departures, the latest sign of upheaval in a White House marked by turmoil.

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Comcast offers $65B all-cash bid for most of 21st Century Fox, a 19% premium on Disney's offer, kicking off a potential bidding war with Disney — Offer is seen as kicking off a fight with Disney for the Hollywood studio owner — Comcast Corp. CMCSA -.22% on Wednesday offered to buy …

Rachel Kaser / The Next Web:

Twitter will soon offer users in US personalized news updates, alerting them to events or breaking news based on their interests, like the accounts they follow — Twitter today announced an upcoming addition to its suite of mobile notifications. Namely, it will soon offer users personalized news updates …

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Keith Coleman / Twitter:
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Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
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Campbell Brown / Facebook:

Facebook plans to separate archives for political ads and for ads promoting news publishers' political content; publisher archive will be ready in a few weeks — Campbell Brown, Head of Global News Partnerships — I want to clarify some misconceptions around our new political ads policy …

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Jason Guerrasio / Business Insider:

MoviePass says it surpassed 3M subscribers and expects to hit 5M by the end of the year as growth slows — - MoviePass announced it has passed the 3 million paid subscribers mark. — However, growth for the movie ticket subscription service is slowing.

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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:

Sources: CNN President Jeff Zucker quietly renewed his contract through the 2020 election several months ago; AT&T execs were aware and supportive of deal — Donald Trump's old boss, and favorite media adversary, is back for a rematch.

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Mat Honan / BuzzFeed:

Inside the Open Markets Institute Conference attended by politicians and media execs who discussed the role of Facebook and Google in the media industry — You can't bust a trust if the trust busts you first. — Reporting From Washington, D.C. — The rising anti-Trust movement gathered Tuesday …

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Wall Street Journal:

AT&T faces challenges like unruly talent, high costs, culture clashes with Time Warner merger; sources say its targeted ad strategy may cannibalize ad revenue — Unruly talent, high costs, clashing cultures and an ambitious ad strategy await leaders of the soon-to-be telecom-media giant

Todd Shields / Bloomberg:

Sources: FCC's Ajit Pai planning a vote on limits to how many TV stations a company can own on July 12, ahead of court decision on station ownership limits — - Chairman Pai said to be readying proposal for July meeting — Action would come before court verdict affecting Tribune deal

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David Beard / Poynter:

The Boston Globe's health and science site STAT is streaming a 30-minute documentary on the opioid epidemic, charging readers $9.99 to watch it — The Poynter Institute's Morning Mediawire breaks down and delivers the most important stories you need to start your day. Delivered to your inbox every morning before work.

TechCrunch:

Facebook will require businesses using its Custom Audiences ad tool to declare whether contact information was gained with user consent starting July 2 — Facebook is hoping to avoid another privacy scandal by adding new accountability and transparency requirements for businesses that use …

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Bloomberg:

Fox's coverage of the World Cup soccer tournament in Russia will see eight of its 12 broadcasters commentating on the game from the network's LA studio — - Eight of 12 announcers stay in L.A. studio to save money — Absence of U.S. team forces Fox to lower ratings projections

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