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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Oprah Winfrey signs multiyear deal for new original programs with Apple; Winfrey is expected to have an on-screen role as host and interviewer — Oprah shares her secrets to success with graduates — Apple has signed Oprah Winfrey to a multiyear deal for new original programs.
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Ryan Parker / Hollywood Reporter:
Legendary Entertainment's site the Nerdist removes references to founder and former podcast host Chris Hardwick after his ex-girlfriend's unnamed abuse claims — “Chris Hardwick had no operational involvement with Nerdist for the two years preceding the expiration of his contract in December 2017.
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Time Warner changes name to WarnerMedia, says Turner CEO John Martin has “chosen to depart” — One day after completing its acquisition of Time Warner, AT&T announced a new name for the media company: WarnerMedia. — John Stankey, the new CEO of the company …
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AT&T has completed its $85.4B acquisition of Time Warner — AT&T Inc. has completed its acquisition of Time Warner Inc., bringing together global media and entertainment leaders Warner Bros., HBO and Turner with AT&T's leadership in technology and its video, mobile and broadband customer relationships.
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Lauren Johnson / Business Insider:
Flipboard's self-service program and human editors have made the app popular with publishers who have seen traffic soar; Flipboard traffic for VF rose 719% YoY — - Publishers are seeing a surprising web traffic spike from Flipboard, thanks to a recent tweak that sends loads of hits to their websites.
Oli Coleman / Page Six:
Sources: AMI has purchased In Touch, Life & Style, and Closer from Bauer Media; it now owns all celebrity weeklies aside from People — American Media Inc. has tightened its grip on the celebrity magazine market. — Page Six has learned that AMI has purchased In Touch, Life & Style and Closer from German publisher, Bauer.
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New Yorker:
In interview, Baquet and Haberman say Trump's hostility toward the NYT stems from his wish for establishment approval, explain the NYT's use of the word “lie” — Just a month into his Presidency, Donald Trump called the news media “the enemy of the American people.”
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Fayaz Bukhari / Reuters:
Unidentified gunmen killed Syed Shujaat Bukhari, the editor of the Rising Kashmir newspaper, in India's Kashmir on Thursday — SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - Unidentified gunmen shot dead a prominent newspaper editor and two security guards in India's Kashmir on Thursday, police said.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Quartz launching its first weekly TV show Facebook Watch this summer, “Quartz News”, a show about the global economy complemented by its bot — Quartz will be one of the 20 publishers launching a new Facebook Watch series this summer, with a new show about the global economy called …
Jeff Baumgartner / Multichannel News:
Hulu: 44% of viewers binge at least once a week, average viewer is watching 10 shows, ~130K watched all 180 episodes of The Golden Girls in about 2 months — 44% of Hulu subscribers binge-view at least once a week, data shows — Hulu issued some revealing data this week that shines …
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Robert Burnson / Bloomberg:
Twitter loses bid to dismiss lawsuit by banned “white advocate” but judge says Twitter did not violate free speech rights or discriminate by banning accounts — Twitter Inc. lost its bid to dismiss a lawsuit by a “white advocate” who was banned from the site in a challenge …
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
At Mirror Awards ceremony, WaPo journalist Irin Carmon, who won for coverage of Charlie Rose, says, “The stories that we have been doing are about a system.” — The Mirror Awards, handed out today by the Newhouse School at Syracuse University, honored stories including investigations …
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