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Chantal Fernandez / The Business of Fashion:
Troy Young will succeed David Carey as president of Hearst's magazine division, overseeing 300 print editions and 240 digital brands — The architect of the division's digital media strategy will succeed David Carey, who announced his forthcoming departure in June.
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Adi Robertson / The Verge:
A spliced-together video “interview” of House candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez blurred lines between satire and disinformation, getting 1M+ views on Facebook — A conservative news outlet spliced together a “satirical” interview with Democratic congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez …
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Wall Street Journal:
A look at longstanding ties between Michael Cohen and American Media, including talks amid 2016 campaign and $30K paid in late 2015 to an ex-doorman for Trump — Michael Cohen and tabloid publisher traded favors over many years; the Omarosa mediation — Michael Cohen and the publisher …
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CNN:
CNN obtains tape in which Trump can be heard discussing with Michael Cohen about buying rights to story of Playboy model from American Media — (CNN)Presidential candidate Donald Trump is heard on tape discussing with his attorney Michael Cohen how they would buy the rights to a Playboy model's story …
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Andrew Liptak / The Verge:
Chris Hardwick will return to his AMC talk shows on August 12 following an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct — AMC said that it conducted a ‘comprehensive assessment’ — Chris Hardwick will once again host AMC's The Walking Dead after show The Talking Dead …
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Viacom is in advanced talks with Comcast about acquiring Awesomeness TV, for less than half of its $650M valuation in 2016 — - Youth-media brand is owned by Comcast, Verizon and Hearst — Viacom seeking to recapture viewers who fled MTV, Nickelodeon
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
White House bans CNN's Kaitlan Collins from press event after she asked “inappropriate” questions while serving as pool reporter; CNN calls move “retaliatory” — The White House took retaliatory action against Kaitlan Collins, a White House reporter for CNN …
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Politico:
On Tuesday night, Trump tweeted about the FCC's ruling on Sinclair-Tribune merger, saying it was “sad and unfair” that the FCC wouldn't approve it — President Donald Trump on Tuesday night bashed an FCC decision that likely doomed conservative broadcast giant Sinclair Broadcast …
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Casey Newton / The Verge:
Sources: YouTube removed four videos from Alex Jones' channel for hate speech and child endangerment, but counted the takedowns as one strike toward the channel — The video site removed four of Jones' videos on Tuesday — Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' YouTube channel received a strike …
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Caleb Ecarma / Mediaite:
Don Trump Jr. tweets an old false smear against ABC News' Martha Raddatz as he criticizes her WaPo column on the importance of media coverage of the military — In response to ABC News chief global affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz's Washington Post op-ed on President Donald Trump hurting …
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Dawn C. Chmielewski / Deadline:
Herb Scannell, CEO of Latino-focused Mitú, and founder Beatriz Acevedo step down amid layoffs of about a third of the staff — Mitú, the digital media company with ambitions to project a Latino point of view across multiple platforms, laid off about one-third of its staff yesterday …
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia lawmaker Jason Spencer has resigned from his position, after yelling a racial slur in Sacha Baron Cohen's Showtime series “Who is America?” — The Georgia lawmaker who exposed himself and yelled racial slurs during an episode of Sacha Baron Cohen's Showtime series …
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