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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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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Oprah Winfrey signs multiyear non-exclusive 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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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Time Warner changes its name to WarnerMedia, new CEO John Stankey says it will need to develop “new plays” to keep up with a fast-changing industry — One day after completing its acquisition of Time Warner, AT&T announced a new name for the media company: WarnerMedia.
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Edmund Lee / New York Times:
Q&A with new WarnerMedia CEO John Stankey on managing culture differences, overseeing politically sensitive content, and a hands-off approach to HBO and CNN — After AT&T closed its $85.4 billion acquisition of Time Warner on Thursday, the wireless giant immediately appointed John Stankey …
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Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Over 70 internet experts and pioneers pen letter opposing proposed EU copyright provision to require internet platforms filter content, before next week's vote — As Europe's latest copyright proposal heads to a critical vote on June 20-21, more than 70 Internet and computing luminaries …
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Wikimedia Blog and Publishers Weekly
Lauren Johnson / Business Insider:
Flipboard's self-service program and human editors have made the app popular with publishers who have seen traffic soar; referrals to Vanity Fair 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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Josh Millard / MetaTalk:
MetaFilter considers subscription-based and community-funded models as it discloses that it's running at an $8,000/month deficit in financial update — Important site updates, folks: — 1. The site is running at a significant deficit and we urgently need to make that up.
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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 …
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
In 2009 Arthur Sulzberger Jr. approached Warren Buffett for financial help, Buffett may have declined due to loyalty to then WaPo owners the Graham family — Nine years later, a closely guarded New York Times secret is revealed.
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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