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Lara O'Reilly / Wall Street Journal:
AT&T confirms it will buy AppNexus, which operates one of the largest independent ad exchanges; sources last week said the price was expected to be around $1.6B — Following acquisitions of AppNexus and Time Warner, telecom giant wants to do more than capitalize on its own content
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CNHI:
Raycom Media-owned local newspaper chain CNHI to explore sale of newspapers in 22 states after Raycom agreed to Gray Television group acquisition — MONTGOMERY, Ala. - CNHI, LLC, one of the country's leading providers of local news and information, said Monday it is exploring the sale of its newspaper properties in 22 states.
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Munsif Vengattil / Reuters:
Gray Television to buy Raycom Media in a cash and stock deal worth $3.65B; combined company will have 142 stations in 92 markets and reach ~24% of US households — (Reuters) - Gray Television Inc (GTN.N) said on Monday it would buy privately held rival broadcaster Raycom Media Inc in a cash …
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Radio & Television …, Poynter, Atlanta Business Journal, WTOL-TV, Wall Street Journal, Raycom Media, Fox Business, Variety, Deadline and TVWeek.com
Apple:
Apple is launching a new 2018 Midterm Elections section in Apple News, offering exclusive features from Washington Post, Axios, and Politico — An Easy Way to Follow the Elections, With Reporting From Trusted Sources Curated by Apple News Editors — Cupertino, California …
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Daniel Holloway / Variety:
CBS extends streaming rights deal with NFL to allow the network to stream Sunday games on CBS All Access to mobile, computers, and connected TVs through 2022 — CBS has reached an extension of its NFL media-rights deal that will allow the network to stream games on mobile devices.
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Ad Age, MediaPost, Engadget, Multichannel News, TechCrunch, Deadline, Reuters and 9to5Mac
Jon Levine / The Wrap:
Fox News contributor David Bossie offered apology on Sunday after he told African-American guest on “Fox & Friends” that he was out of his “cotton picking” mind — “I should have chosen my words more carefully and never used the offensive phrase that I did," says David Bossie in a tweet
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The Daily Beast, HuffPost and Washington Post
Danah Boyd / Medium:
Rebuilding trust in US journalism lies in creating business models that allow local journalism to profit without ROI pressure and are driven by social benefits — Loading... 30:58 — For the second time in a week, my phone buzzed with a New York Times alert, notifying me that another celebrity had died by suicide.
BuzzFeed:
A profile of Jeffrey Rambo, the CBP officer who confronted reporter Ali Watkins, slammed immigrants, and called them “'hyphenated-Americans” — Craft beer, a business partner in the FBI, and “Dear Failure.” — The Customs and Border Protection officer who reportedly tried …
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New York Times:
Interviews with about three dozen friends and colleagues of Ali Watkins and James Wolfe reveal tough ethical questions and ongoing concerns over records seizure
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Columbia Journalism Review, Business Insider, The Daily Caller, @jbendery, @mathewi, @flitteronfraud, @julie_kelly2, @bgrueskin, @ggreenwald, @sonnybunch, @scottshanenyt, @tombevanrcp, @anniegowen, @newsbabe1530, @michaelberrysho, @michaelberrysho, @mathewi, @clarajeffery, @meghara, @michaeldweiss, @trevortimm, @ddale8, @felixsalmon, @brianstelter, @bradheath, @edmundlee, @nramind, @tomgara, @hotlinejosh, @trevortimm, @hannahrkeyser, @tackettdc, @anniemal, @gzornick, @katherinemiller, @reinlwapo, @eorden, @bychrisyoung, @esaagar and @hotlinejosh
The Guardian:
Brexit donor Arron Banks discussed using private investigators to dig up personal info on then BBC Newsnight Editor Ian Katz following story about his finances — Donor to Leave.EU campaign ‘wanted to find personal stuff’ on BBC Newsnight editor — Arron Banks, who funded Nigel Farage's …
Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Hearst Magazines President David Carey is stepping down from the role before the end of the year but will serve as chairman through 2019 — ‘Eight or nine years is the right tenure,’ said David Carey, who has led publisher of titles including Cosmopolitan and Elle since 2010
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Ad Age, Adweek, WWD, Crain's New York Business, The Business of Fashion, Folio and New York Post
Hadas Gold / CNNMoney:
Facebook quietly launches Grow, a high-end print marketing campaign magazine in the UK and Northern Europe targeting business leaders — Facebook has quietly launched a high-end print magazine in the UK and Northern Europe called Grow. — But don't be so quick to call it a “magazine.”
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The Times & The Sunday Times, VICE News, @profjeffjarviss, @han, The Drum, The Guardian and micetimes.asia
New York Times:
Chinese authorities have blocked HBO's website after John Oliver mocked China's president Xi Jinping; HBO.com does not serve as a streaming portal in China — HONG KONG — Days after the comedian John Oliver mocked China's president, Xi Jinping, on his HBO program, the authorities in that country …
David Beard / Poynter:
When Reveal tried promoting a story about a migrant center housing children on Facebook, Facebook labeled it a political ad and required Reveal to be registered — The Poynter Institute's Morning Mediawire breaks down and delivers the most important stories you need to start your day.
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