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2:55 PM ET, July 16, 2018

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Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
FCC's Ajit Pai has “serious concerns” about Sinclair Broadcast Group's acquisition of Tribune Media, worried Sinclair has kept control of “divested” TV stations  —  Ajit Pai said he is concerned about so-called “side-car deals” that would allow Sinclair Broadcast Group …
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
With “Who Is America?”, Sacha Baron Cohen pits bad faith against bad faith political actors of the Trump era that traditional outlets have struggled to cover  —  Cohen — a consummate troll himself — is a perfect foil to the current political climate of grift and trolling.
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
The Washington Post is launching a channel on Amazon-owned livestreaming site Twitch, broadcasting two shows initially  —  The Washington Post is looking to Twitch's livestreaming gamers of all places to reach new video audiences, with a new channel starting this week.  —  The channel will kick off with two shows.
Kim Chandler / Associated Press:
The estate of John B. McLemore, subject of the podcast S-Town, files lawsuit against creator Brian Reed and others, claiming they exploited him  —  The estate of the man at the center of the popular “S-Town” podcast is suing the show's creators, saying they exploited details of his private life for financial gain.
Discussion: Vulture, Jezebel, al.com and @gerryfsmith
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Daniella Greenbaum / Washington Post:
As the policing of speech, largely by mobs on social media, becomes normalized, the would-be targets of censorship must reject the notion of “acceptable” views
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Hearst Inc reached a $50M settlement of a lawsuit claiming it violated Michigan privacy law by selling its magazine subscribers' personal info  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hearst Communications Inc on Thursday reached a $50 million settlement of a lawsuit claiming it violated Michigan privacy law …
Discussion: @travelfish
Cindy Chang / Los Angeles Times:
Judge orders LA Times to remove details from a story about a sealed plea agreement made public by mistake on PACER; LAT does so but plans to contest order  —  A federal judge on Saturday ordered the Los Angeles Times to remove information from an article that described a plea agreement between prosecutors …
Sam Forsdick / Press Gazette:
Finland's largest daily newspaper erected ~300 billboards along Trump and Putin's route to Helsinki summit highlighting importance of free press  —  Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin were greeted with almost 300 billboards and posters that bring attention to their “turbulent relations with the press” …
Sahil Patel / Digiday:
USA Today Network's feel-good video series HumanKind, AnimalKind, MilitaryKind on Facebook Watch have 9M+ followers and generated 140M views in May and June  —  USA Today Network has found that people still love to watch feel-good videos on Facebook — and they're helping the publisher make some money on the platform.
Discussion: MediaPost and Variety
Pew Research Center:
Retransmission revenues for US local TV stations grew to $9B in 2017 from $8B in 2016, but the audience for local TV news dropped 15% YoY  —  MORE FACT SHEETS: STATE OF THE NEWS MEDIA  —  While television remains the most common place for Americans to get their news, with local TV outpacing cable …
Discussion: Pew Research Center
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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
Sources: HBO employees were not alarmed by AT&T CEO John Stankey's comments, with many agreeing that the network needs to scale  —  Within HBO, many view the reaction to new overlord John Stankey's occasionally ham-fisted comments as overblown.  “They need this to work,” says one producer …
 
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Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
CNBC announces expansion of its Middle East operations with a new studio set to open in October at Nasdaq Dubai
Mark Di Stefano / BuzzFeed:
UK broadcasting regulator Ofcom said tweets and questions read out on ex-Scottish FM Alex Salmond's show on RT were from people connected to the program
Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Investment firm KKR buys RBmedia, a major producer of audiobooks and spoken content; deal expected to close by early fall, terms not disclosed
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Marlee Baldridge / Nieman Lab:
How a small Alabama paper grew its digital ad revenue in 2017 from $56k to $104k with mobile video reporting and by filming sports on Facebook Live
Discussion: @liziarbogast
Carole Cadwalladr / The Guardian:
Profile of UK Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham, who gave Facebook a £500K fine over Cambridge Analytica and is investigating data misuse during Brexit
Judd Slivka / Nieman Lab:
A proposed law would make it a civil offense to fly drones over private property below 200 feet without permission, even if newsworthy events are occurring