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Michael Calderone / Politico:
NYC Mayor De Blasio and Governor Cuomo slam Tronc's decision to halve NYDN newsroom, as fears grow the city is becoming a local news “desert” — Tronc's decision to cut the Daily News newsroom in half comes amid growing concerns that New York City is underserved when it comes to covering courts, cops and local communities.
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Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Source: Tronc exec Grant Whitmore meets with remaining NY Daily News staff, says he foresees no new layoffs and he's unaware of any plans to sell paper — As he takes over a newsroom that was just reduced by half, the New York Daily News' new top editor, Robert York, is asking his embattled staff for time to chart a new course.
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
CEO memo: Tronc to lay staffers off at other papers this week, cuts not to be as severe as those at New York Daily News
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HuffPost:
Memo: Tronc to cut the New York Daily News newsroom by 50%; Robert York replacing Editor-in-Chief Jim Rich, Managing Editor Kristen Lee also leaving
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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed News:
Facebook says a livestream in which Infowars' Alex Jones made unfounded allegations that Special Counsel Robert Mueller rapes children did not violate its rules — Jones accused the special counsel of participating in child rape and pantomimed shooting Mueller. Facebook said the rant did not violate its community guidelines.
Mike Farrell / Multichannel News:
On earnings call, outgoing Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam says the company will not be spinning out Oath or making any content acquisitions — FiOs Loses 37K Video Customers in Q2 — Verizon Communications shed about 37,000 Fios video customers in the second quarter, more than double the 15,000 …
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Lacey Rose / Hollywood Reporter:
Bill Simmons inks new deal with HBO, will continue to create sports-themed content from TV to films for the cable network — On the heels of his ‘Andre the Giant’ doc, Simmons is staying put with a pact focused on sports programming. — HBO will remain in the Bill Simmons business.
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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
BitTorrent confirms it has been acquired by blockchain startup Tron; filings suggest about $126M in cash was paid for the company — File sharing veteran BitTorrent has finally confirmed that it has a new owner: “We are excited to announce that Tron has officially closed its acquisition of BitTorrent …
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The Official BitTorrent Blog, TechCrunch, @bittorrent and The Next Web, more at Techmeme »
John Hopewell / Variety:
Netflix is launching its first European production hub in Madrid, in bid to boost its “growing” library of Spanish-language content — New facility to target Spanish-language production — Netflix is launching its first European production hub in Madrid …
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Susan Taylor Martin / Tampa Bay Times:
Mark Katches, currently editor and VP of content at The Oregonian, named executive editor of The Tampa Bay Times — ST. PETERSBURG The Tampa Bay Times today named Mark Katches, a veteran journalist who has led his teams to Pulitzer-Prize-winning work, as the next executive editor of Florida's largest newspaper.
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Digital revenue at The Guardian's parent company has outstripped print revenues for the first time in its history, boosted by 570K regular contributors — Group that owns Guardian and Observer earned digital revenues of £108.6m last year and £107.5m from print and events
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Catalina Albeanu / Journalism.co.uk:
Google's Digital News Innovation (DNI) Fund awards €21M to 98 media projects in 28 European countries after assessing its fifth round of applications — The fifth round of the DNI Fund focused on monetisation and diversifying revenue streams — Google's Digital News Innovation (DNI) …
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The Daily Beast:
Sources: Fox News employees have been attempting to plant negative stories about Kimberly Guilfoyle, accusing her of workplace misconduct and abuse — In the past few days, staffers at Fox News have waged a covert war and hostile whisper campaign against one of their most prominent former colleagues.
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@johnny_joey, @thedailybeast, @johncardillo, @swin24 and The Daily Caller
Nick Statt / The Verge:
Washington AG says Facebook signed legal agreement to change ad platform so third parties can't discriminate based on ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation — The agreement with Washington state forces Facebook to make nationwide changes — Facebook has signed a new …
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