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10:20 AM ET, July 27, 2018

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Steven Musil / CNET:
Facebook bans Alex Jones from using his account for the next 30 days after removing four of his videos for violating its community standards  —  Alex Jones, the founder, owner and star of conspiracy site Infowars has been suspended by Facebook — and may face harsher consequences.
Hazel Cills / Jezebel:
Gwyneth Paltrow says Goop magazine's partnership with Conde Nast ended because of the latter's higher fact-checking standards; Goop is now hiring a fact-checker  —  Goop doesn't exactly have the best track record when it comes to recommending alternative ~* wellness *~ treatments.
Yashar Ali / HuffPost:
Sources: Kimberly Guilfoyle left Fox News involuntarily following an HR investigation into allegations of inappropriate behavior  —  Sources tell HuffPost that Guilfoyle, who is dating Donald Trump Jr., engaged in emotionally abusive behavior and showed colleagues personal photos of male genitalia.
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
The Facebook stock drop foreshadows a potentially less profitable future as it relies more on video formats like Stories with a lighter ad load than News Feed  —  These days, everything seems to be going wrong for Facebook.  The social networking giant is still reeling from the aftermath of the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal.
Garett Sloane / Ad Age:
Amazon's advertising business hit nearly $2.2B in sales for Q2, up 132% YoY and on pace to do $4B-$5B this year, overshooting projections  —  Amazon's advertising business continued its ascent last quarter, hitting $2.2 billion in revenue, a growth rate outpacing even optimistic forecasts for the company.
Michelle Castillo / CNBC:
Twitter stock drops more than 15% as markets open after company reported a decline in monthly active users  —  - Monthly active users (MAUs): 335 million vs. 338.5 million, according to StreetAccount and FactSet estimate  —  Twitter shares plummeted 14 percent pre-market Friday …
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Paresh Dave / Reuters:
Twitter posts record Q2 profit of $100M, beats estimates on revenue of $711M, up 24% YoY, but monthly users fell by 1M from Q1 to 335M due to increased removals
Brian Feldman / New York Magazine:
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: DOJ probing whether TV station owners like Sinclair and Tribune broke antitrust law when sales teams talked with each other, possibly hiking ad rates  —  The DOJ's antitrust probe focused on communications of broadcasters' ad ales teams  —  The Justice Department …
Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
Comedy Central buys syndication rights for BoJack Horseman, a first for Netflix, which has retained worldwide exclusivity on its subsequent shows  —  The Viacom-owned cable network will be the linear home to the first five seasons of the Netflix comedy.  —  Netflix has sold its BoJack Horseman catalog.
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Facebook releases some of Canada-based AggregateIQ's targeted Brexit campaign ad data and ads in response to a Parliament committee investigating disinformation  —  The UK parliament has provided another telling glimpse behind the curtain of Facebook's unregulated ad platform by publishing data …
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Profile of media company Hybrid and its growth from a blogging project to a network of news sites across Asia with 10M visitors per month  —  It recently passed 10 million unique visitors per month, and it's profitable: “We're not going to hire 50 reporters and a whole video crew and pump …
Maria Dinzeo / courthousenews.com:
NYT lawyer warns judges prosecuting Julian Assange for publishing leaked documents on the 2016 election would make distinguishing between NYT and WikiLeaks hard  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. (CN) - Prosecuting WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for publishing leaked documents related to the 2016 presidential election …
 
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News Corp:
Ben Berkowitz has been named editor-in-chief of Storyful and will begin in August
Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
President Trump has often answered questions in White House “pool sprays” like the one where CNN's Kaitlan Collins asked questions: here's how they work
Jason Schwartz / Politico:
The Pentagon under Defense Secretary James Mattis has curbed media access and refused to answer questions about conflict zones, eroding trust
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Michael Calderone / Politico:
Economist Group plans to sell CQ Roll Call for an undisclosed sum to Fiscal Note, a startup that analyzes government filings and legislation
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
NBC News begins its experiment with a streaming news network with “Space is Awesome”, a special report on space, to air Friday on NBCNews.com and other outlets
Stewart Clarke / Variety:
Sky reports a 5% increase YoY in annual revenue to £13.6B with a presence in 23M households; CEO promises 25% increase in programming spending
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