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Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed News:
Jared Kushner ordered a software developer at the New York Observer to remove stories about friends and connections without editors' knowledge — Jared Kushner personally ordered a software developer at his newspaper to remove stories critical of his friends and real estate peers.
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@weareyourfek, @adamserwer, @espiers, Mediaite, @raju and Slate
Kimberly Nordyke / Hollywood Reporter:
In a 45-minute rant on his radio show, Howard Stern said CBS CEO Les Moonves tried to “ruin his life” with a $500M CBS lawsuit 12 years ago — The SiriusXM host referred to Moonves as “Tony Soprano” and went into the backstory of the $500 million lawsuit that CBS “socked” him with 12 years ago.
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Business Insider, Variety and TV Tattle
CNET:
Infowars page removed from LinkedIn and Pinterest, but remains on Twitter, which has said it does not violate its policy, and Instagram — Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is quickly disappearing from the internet, though some accesses to his site Infowars is still available on the web.
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TechCrunch, Digiday, Media Matters for America, CNBC, Slate and Mashable, more at Techmeme »
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Sara Salinas / CNBC:
YouTube removes the Alex Jones Channel for violating community guidelines, after he circumvented a suspension by live streaming on other channels
YouTube removes the Alex Jones Channel for violating community guidelines, after he circumvented a suspension by live streaming on other channels
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Nieman Lab, Quartz, infowars.com, The Federalist, Slate, The Verge, Vox, TVWeek.com, Observer, The Daily Beast, BuzzFeed News, The Guardian, @davidmweissman and Contemptor, more at Techmeme »
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Video streaming startup NewTV, led by Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman, raises $1B round with Disney, Alibaba, NBCUniversal, and others participating — - Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman have raised $1 billion from media and technology heavyweights for a new mobile streaming venture.
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New York Times
Jeff South / Nieman Lab:
More than 1,000 US news sites and about a third of the 100 largest newspapers are still unavailable online in Europe, two months after GDPR took effect — Websites had two years to get ready for the GDPR. But rather than comply, about a third of the 100 largest U.S. newspapers have instead chosen …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Discovery's Q2 profit drops 42% YoY due to charges associated with Scripps purchase, with net income falling to $216M — The acquisition of Scripps Networks has boosted revenue and operating income at Discovery Inc., the New York media company specializing in unscripted TV series.
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MediaPost
Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
WaPo employees: Bezos should focus on fixing the 401(k), reopen US bureaus, refocus the sports desk, bring back the ombudsman, and plan for the post-Trump era — A punch list for the paper's owner. — On August 5, 2013, Washington Post employees gathered in their auditorium …
Jason Schwartz / Politico:
Fox News says it is addressing producers and “talent involved” on Jesse Watters show over racist comments made about NYT writer Sarah Jeong — It was not a drill. Saturday night on Jesse Watters' show was the moment Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott had instructed her top producers …
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Mediaite and Washington Post
Leonard Maltin / Hollywood Reporter:
After Disney's acquisition of 20th Century Fox, film historian and author Leonard Maltin recalls the studio's early days and the original mogul Darryl F. Zanuck — In the aftermath of its July 27 sale to Disney, film historian and author Leonard Maltin recalls Fox's wild early days …
Roger Cheng / CNET:
DOJ says in its appeal of AT&T/Time Warner merger that court's ruling showed “fundamental errors of economic logic” like ignoring risk of rising consumer prices — The fight over AT&T and Time Warner is still very much a thing. — The US Department of Justice on Monday filed …
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9to5Mac and Financial Times, more at Techmeme »
Marty Swant / Adweek:
Getty Images launches Panels, an AI tool that uses natural language processing to analyze stories and suggest photos — The photo agency worked with 20 newsrooms and an AI firm to create Panels — Getty Images is embracing artificial intelligence, starting with a way to help publishers pick photos.
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Journalism.co.uk, Editor & Publisher, Computer Business Review and MarTechSeries
Jaclyn Peiser / New York Times:
Former Cosmopolitan editor Joanna Coles resigns as chief content officer of Hearst Magazines — On July 25, Hearst Magazines named Troy Young as its new president. And now the magazine company behind Esquire, Cosmopolitan and Harper's Bazaar has lost its chief content officer.
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New York Post, Wall Street Journal and Folio