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Wall Street Journal:
At a meeting with Facebook, HuffPost EIC Lydia Polgreen and BuzzFeed News EIC Ben Smith criticized the social network's one-sided deference to conservatives — Critique comes just before social-media executives are to appear before House committee — At a private meeting late last week …
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David Shepardson / Reuters:
In a hearing, Facebook, Alphabet, and Twitter tell House Judiciary Committee that they are not discriminating against content for political reasons — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook Inc (FB.O), Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) and Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) told a U.S. House panel on Tuesday …
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Victoria Kim / Los Angeles Times:
Judge lifts order he had imposed forcing LA Times to delete information it had published from a sealed plea deal that was made public by mistake — A federal judge Tuesday lifted a controversial order requiring the Los Angeles Times to remove information in an article about a former Glendale …
Sean Burch / The Wrap:
In internal email, Tribune Media Chief Exec Peter Kern expresses disappointment at decision by FCC's Pai, says it creates “more uncertainty” about merger — Tribune Media chief executive Peter Kern said he is “disappointed” the FCC is looking into stopping its $3.9 billion merger …
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Radio & Television …, Reuters, Free Press and Media Matters for America
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Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
FCC opposition to Sinclair-Tribune deal is another regulatory win for Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox, also boosted by DOJ antipathy to AT&T-Time Warner deal — - FCC questions legality of Tribune purchase, calls for hearing — Fox chairman has benefited from Trump administration moves
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CNET, BloombergQuint, Slate and The Wrap
Margaret Harding McGill / Politico:
Sources: Sinclair largely lost the good will of FCC Commissioner Pai by refusing to listen to the agency's concerns about station spin-offs — 'Sinclair's style in Washington is exhibit A of how to squander the most favorable regulatory environment in decades,' said one industry official.
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TVSpy, The Rural Blog and Daily Kos
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Snap partners with NewsWhip, Storyful, SAM Desk, and TagBoard to help journalists better mine the billions of public videos and photos shared on its app — Snapchat is launching a news partnership initiative with the goal of helping journalists and news organizations better mine the billions …
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Fortune, @sarafischer and @joshconstine, more at Techmeme »
Anna Marie de la Fuente / Variety:
Univision's Chief Content Officer Isaac Lee is leaving the company to set up his own TV production business — In another shakeup at Univision, Isaac Lee, chief content officer of the Spanish-language giant and its longtime programming supplier and shareholder, Televisa, is leaving the company as of today.
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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Vox Media is licensing Chorus, the CMS it uses to operate its sites, to other news outlets; CEO Bankoff says talks are ongoing with 20 companies — After cutting partnership deals with The Ringer and Funny or Die, Vox Media hopes to sell publishing technology to publishers of all sizes
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Maria Curi / Politico:
16 Congressional lawmakers will testify against hikes in newsprint tariffs in front of the International Trade Commission on Tuesday — Members of Congress from both sides of the aisle are increasingly working on finding relief for the newspaper industry, which has been hit hard by tariffs imposed …
Rick Porter / Hollywood Reporter:
Sacha Baron Cohen's show “Who Is America?” attracted just 327K viewers when it premiered on Sunday, despite mass hype — Sacha Baron Cohen's Showtime series has been a controversy magnet, but the audience for Sunday's debut is pretty small. — Who Is America? …
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@poniewozik and @jamessurowiecki
Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge:
Roku unveils Roku TV Wireless Speakers that use company's Roku Connect platform to link-up with Roku-powered smart TVs over WiFi, coming in October for ~$200 — The first speakers to use the new Roku Connect platform are also Roku's first foray into the speaker market