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Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Source: Tronc to return to original name, Tribune Publishing, now that sale of Los Angeles Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, and others has been finalized — Tronc, one of the most lambasted corporate name changes of the digital era, is going to return to its original name, Tribune Publishing.
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K.G Orphanides / WIRED UK:
An overview of the EU's proposed new copyright law that will require internet platforms to automatically filter uploaded content, ahead of Wednesday's vote — A proposed new European copyright law could make memes illegal and threaten the future of the internet as we know it. Time to panic?
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Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
Los Angeles Times names Norman Pearlstine as executive editor; Pearlstine has served as an advisor to Soon-Shiong through ownership transition — Norman Pearlstine, who has spent 50 years in journalism helping shape some of the nation's most prominent publications — including Time Inc. magazines …
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
UK has indicated it's ready to approve 21st Century Fox's purchase of Sky, after Disney promised to commit $2B to Sky's annual budget over 15 years — The U.K. is ready to clear 21st Century Fox's bid for full ownership of Sky after public input on the proposed sale of the news network.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Vox Media is folding Racked, the retail and fashion site it acquired in 2013, into a vertical within the Vox website called The Goods — Racked, the retail website that was acquired by Vox Media in 2013, is going to be converted from a standalone website into a vertical that will live within Vox (the website), Axios has learned.
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Mediawire, @notorioustib, @chavielieber, @chaykak, @voxmediainc, @manymanywords and @racked
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Antitrust experts argue several major acquisitions have given Facebook and Google dominance over the ad market, with the DoJ failing to regulate them — Several major acquisitions have helped Google and Facebook on their way to unprecedented dominance over the advertising supply chain …
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Michael R. Blood / Associated Press:
Former Mexico President Vicente Fox joins the board of cannabis publication High Times — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former Mexico President Vicente Fox, who calls himself a soldier in the global campaign to legalize marijuana, is joining the board of directors of venerable cannabis publication High Times to advance his agenda.
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The Wrap
Associated Press:
Pulitzer prize-winning author Junot Diaz will return to his teaching post at MIT after an internal investigation cleared him of allegations of sexual misconduct — CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts Institute of Technology investigation cleared Pulitzer Prize-winning author …
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@dpanjana and The Bookseller
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
The Daily Mail names former Fox News Digital EIC Noah Kotch EIC of DailyMail.com and MailOnline — Noah Kotch recruited from Fox News Digital to run website — The publisher of the Daily Mail has turned to Rupert Murdoch's Fox News to poach a new chief editor for its websites.
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Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
Netflix signs first European overall deal with creators of breakout hit “Dark”, Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar, similar to deals with Rhimes and Murphy — German duo Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar will create new projects for the streaming giant. — Netflix is rewarding the creators of German drama Dark.
Nieman Lab:
An open letter to the international journalism community, after the head of Portuguese press association forcibly kissed a woman onstage at WAN-IFRA congress — “We are done pandering to the egos of change-resistant influential men in the hope that our gentle lead will eventually encourage …
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Rana Ayyub / Foreign Policy:
The Indian government does little to protect journalists outside the centers of power and in some cases is itself targeting journalists — I had the resources to survive a campaign of online hate — but other reporters have been far less fortunate. — Two days after I'd written …
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@preetijha, @foreignpolicy and The Guardian
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