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BuzzFeed News:
Trump tweets video claiming Google didn't promote his State of the Union address on its homepage; Google says it did, confirmed by screenshot posted on Reddit — “Google promoted president Obama's State of the Union on its homepage. When President Trump took office, Google stopped," a video shared by Trump falsely claimed.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump's narrative of social media bias echoes his attempts to discredit mainstream media and could lead to the development of right-wing social media sites — President Trump, using more anecdote than evidence, is doing unto Google, Facebook and Twitter what he helped do to mainstream media …
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New York Times:
Sources and recordings indicate that Trump and Cohen had plans to buy up all the dirt that National Enquirer and AMI had on Trump, dating back to the eighties — Federal investigators have provided ample evidence that President Trump was involved in deals to pay two women to keep …
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Reuters:
Without evidence, Trump accuses NBC of “fudging” its 2017 interview with him in which he intimated that Comey's firing was a result of the Russia investigation — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday, without offering any evidence, accused NBC News of …
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David Shepardson / Reuters:
Trump's Twitter account unblocks 41 more users after US court ruling in May that said government officials' accounts were public forums, but some remain blocked
Trump's Twitter account unblocks 41 more users after US court ruling in May that said government officials' accounts were public forums, but some remain blocked
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Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Sources: Donerail Group has the financing to purchase Tronc in a possible $640M-$700M deal; if completed, Donerail would sell off papers to individual buyers — Rupert Murdoch owning the New York Daily News? A McCormick controlling the Chicago Tribune again?
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David Turner / Real Life:
The business model for music has shifted from selling albums to engaging with fans to justify monthly subscriptions — Eight years ago, before his alt-right pivot, Kanye West came up with the concept of GOOD Fridays. The rapper was working on his album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy …
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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Spotify adds free Showtime subscriptions to its $4.99 ad-free college student tier, which already includes access to Hulu — Spotify is adding another perk to its student subscription tier: Eligible college students who subscribe to the company's $4.99 student tier can now access Showtime's …
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MediaPost, Broadcasting & Cable, Adweek and TechCrunch
Andrew Liptak / The Verge:
DC Universe streaming service will launch on September 15 for $7.99 a month, or $74.99 for 15 months, as the first three months are free — DC Universe's first show Titans will premiere on October 3rd — DC Universe introduced its upcoming video service to viewers in a live stream hosted …
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Joe Mayes / Bloomberg:
Amazon's UK broadcast of US Open receives 1-star rating from 80% of customers who cite lack of replays, poor picture quality, and limited choice of courts — - Web reviews criticize lack of replay, poor picture quality — U.S. Open part of Amazon push into live sports broadcasting
David Meyer / ZDNet:
Telegram publishes a new privacy policy, says it may comply with court orders to disclose IP addresses and phone numbers of terror suspects — Under Telegram's new privacy policy, it could hand over user IP and phone details given the right court order. — On Tuesday, Russian communication …
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The Next Web, more at Techmeme »
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
International Trade Commission unanimously overturns Trump administration's tariff on Canadian newsprint, finding US paper producers are not harmed by imports — WASHINGTON — The International Trade Commission on Wednesday overturned a Trump administration decision to impose tariffs on Canadian newsprint …
Tim Peterson / Digiday:
The Young Turks Network says it has 27,000 subscribers paying $5-$10 per month for ad-free content, accounting for almost half of its overall revenue — In August 2017, digital video news publisher The Young Turks Network raised $20 million from Hollywood mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg's WndrCo to grow its subscription business.
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Tubefilter and @digiday
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David Shepardson / Reuters:
Sinclair files a counter claim to Tribune Media lawsuit, rejects Tribune's allegations and suggests they were close to winning DOJ approval until FCC intervened — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc (SBGI.O) on Wednesday filed a counterclaim to a lawsuit by Tribune Media Co …
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