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New York Times:
Sources: ex-Fox News Co-President Bill Shine was offered role of White House Communications Director by Trump, announcement expected soon — WASHINGTON — Bill Shine, a former Fox News executive who was close to Roger E. Ailes, the network's ousted chairman, is expected to be offered the job …
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Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
Source: Fox News host Sean Hannity has been lobbying Trump to hire Bill Shine as White House communications director for several months — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump and Bill Shine have had several serious discussions in recent days about him becoming the next communications director …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Ocasio-Cortez's win took mainstream publications like the NYT by surprise but progressive outlets like The Intercept had been covering the race for months — See moment Ocasio-Cortez realized victory — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a brand new name to most voters.
Will Oremus / Slate:
Following changes to Facebook News Feed, Slate's traffic dropped 87% from 28M in January 2017 to 4M in May 2018 — The social giant is retreating from the news business. It's been a painful transition for publications that had come to depend on it—including Slate.
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Wall Street Journal:
Source: Comcast is exploring tie-ups with private equity firms or strategic partners to get access to capital in case bids for Fox assets reach $90B — Company looks to private-equity investors, strategic partners — Comcast Corp. CMCSA -1.03% is exploring tie-ups with private-equity investors …
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The Wrap:
Walt Disney Co. has won approval from the US Department of Justice in its $71.3B acquisition of Fox's film and TV entertainment assets — Walt Disney Co. has won approval from the U.S. Department of Justice in its $71.3 billion acquisition of Fox's film and TV entertainment assets, the company announced Wednesday.
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Ad Age and Broadcasting & Cable
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
The Daily Beast launches a membership program, Beast Inside, priced at $100/year, offering readers access to a newsletter, podcast, crime series, more — The Daily Beast is creating a membership program, becoming the latest example of a publication to try to drum up new revenue from readers.
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Axios, Adweek and The Daily Beast
Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Sources: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey dined with and consulted Ted Cruz, Mercedes Schlapp, Sean Hannity, and others to assuage complaints of liberal bias — Twitter and Facebook are scrambling to assuage conservative leaders who have sounded alarms — and sought to rile voters …
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Sridhar Ramaswamy / The Keyword:
Google rebrands AdWords as Google Ads, consolidates enterprise tools as Google Marketing Platform, and unifies publisher monetization tools as Google Ad Manager — We launched AdWords nearly 18 years ago with a simple goal—to make it easier for people to connect online with businesses.
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
The Washington Post dismisses a reporter who was in her initial probation period for inadequately attributing material and parroting sentences from others — The Washington Post has dismissed a reporter for inadequately attributing material and closely parroting sentences from other publications …
Davis Richardson / The New York Observer:
When asked for comment on stories, Milo tells reporters he can't wait for “vigilante squads to start gunning journalists down on sight” — Milo Yiannopoulos has started issuing reporters threatening messages when asked to comment for stories. — “I can't wait for the vigilante squads …
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Business Insider Senior Correspondent Steve Kovach is joining CNBC as technology editor — CNBC.com managing editor Jeffrey McCracken sent out the following announcement on Wednesday morning:
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