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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 …
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Instapaper:
Pinterest to transfer ownership of Instapaper to Instant Paper, Inc., a new company owned and operated by the developers who have run Instapaper since 2013 — Today, we're announcing that Pinterest has entered into an agreement to transfer ownership of Instapaper to Instant Paper, Inc. …
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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.
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Wall Street Journal:
Netflix reports Q2 membership growth of 5.2M, 1M less than forecast, and a profit of $384M, up from $65M last year; stock down 13% after hours — Video site blamed faulty internal forecasting, not business reasons like price increases — Netflix Inc. missed its own forecasts …
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Gene Maddaus / Variety:
Weinstein Co. Closes $289 Million Sale to Lantern Capital — A Texas private equity firm has closed its $289 million acquisition of the Weinstein Co., and will seek to revive the studio that was driven into bankruptcy by Harvey Weinstein's sex assault scandal.
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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.
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NBC News:
Apple removed QDrops, an app that sent alerts about Qanon conspiracy theory, after months at the top of the App Store; app still available at Google Play Store — One of the App Store's top entertainment apps pushed a conspiracy theory about a child sex ring and a Trump secret police force.
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@alex__katz, @lanceulanoff, @oneunderscore__ and Media Matters for America, more at Techmeme »
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 …
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Charles Preston / Committee to Protect Journalists:
Profile of Zachary Stoner, an independent music journalist and YouTuber in Chicago who covered the city's neglected black communities before being killed in May — I weighed the possibility of being killed for writing this. Seriously. I know that shedding light on or speaking …
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@aaschapiro and @jessicajerreat
Ian Burrell / The Drum:
The BBC's Local News Partnerships scheme generates 3,600 stories a month for its network of local papers, radio, TV stations, independent news sites and the BBC — The BBC has widened its definitions of national news to include such apparently mundane themes as potholes in the road …
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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” …
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Liz Moyer / CNBC:
Sources: Comcast unlikely to make another bid for 21st Century Fox's movie and TV assets, focusing instead on a bid for UK's Sky TV — - Comcast was in a bidding war with Disney over movie and television assets owned by Twenty-First Century Fox. — Sources tell CNBC's David Faber …
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