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3:20 AM ET, September 21, 2018

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Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
ESPN says it has signed up more than 1M paying subscribers for ESPN+, its $4.99 a month streaming service launched in April  —  For $4.99 per month, ESPN+ offers a range of sports programming; doesn't offer live ESPN channels  —  ESPN said it has signed up more than one million paying subscribers …
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Matthew Belloni / Hollywood Reporter:
Interview with Disney CEO Bob Iger about Disney's upcoming streaming service, ESPN's politics problem, and how #MeToo changed the company  —  The Disney CEO and most powerful person in entertainment opens up about his plan for a Netflix rival, ESPN's politics problem and how #MeToo has changed his company
Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
Ian Buruma, who left the NYRB on Wednesday, says he stepped down due to social media hounding and pressure from academic advertisers  —  Publication remains silent over rift with Ian Buruma, who faced criticism over his editorial decisions on #MeToo movement
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Cara Buckley / New York Times:
Ian Buruma, editor of NYRB, has left his position amid an uproar over publication of an essay by Jian Ghomeshi, a former broadcaster accused of sexual assault
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
AT&T responds to the DOJ's appeal of the case allowing AT&T to buy Time Warner, saying DOJ has failed to show the merger is harmful to competitors or consumers  —  AT&T has filed its response to the government's appeal of its acquisition of Time Warner, a 58-page catalog of what the company …
Jem Aswad / Variety:
RIAA: revenues from streaming up 28% YoY to $3.4B in H1 2018, accounting for 75% of recorded music revenue; 75% of streaming revenue comes from subscriptions  —  The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) issued a bullish mid-year report today: Total revenue from recorded music rose 10% …
Amy Beth Hanson / Associated Press:
Lee Enterprises to fold Montana Magazine after nearly 50 years of publishing  —  HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana Magazine is folding after nearly 50 years of publishing stories and stunning images of the state's people, geography, history and culture, owner Lee Enterprises announced.
Noah Smith / Washington Post:
LA Times owner Soon-Shiong says his purchase of Daybreak Game Company is part of a wider strategy to combat fake news, help the Times reach more young people  —  LOS ANGELES — The billionaire owner of the Los Angeles Times has made a career, and multibillion dollar fortune …
Kevin Loker / American Press Institute:
Study: only 43% of people can easily sort news from opinion in online-only media, and just 55% can easily distinguish news from opinion in news media in general  —  People often don't know whether the content they see is news or opinion, according to our recent pair of Media Insight Project surveys.
Discussion: Nieman Lab
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Online publishing platform Minute Media, which has raised $77M in funding, acquires Mental Floss  —  Minute Media has raised $17 million in funding back in May, and now it is investing that money with the acquisition of consumer media brand Mental Floss, which will help the company continue its vision of targeting millennial audiences.
 
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Jon Reid / Bloomberg BNA:
NYT sues FCC for records that NYT alleges may reveal Russian government interference in FCC's comment period before rollback of Obama-era net neutrality rules
Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge:
Hulu rolling out an updated web interface designed for watching shows on a computer that shows more options and controls
Discussion: MacRumors and Hulu, more at Techmeme »
Alex Wickham / BuzzFeed:
Documents show UK proposals for internet regulator: companies to be liable for online content and sanctioned for slow removal of illegal material, hate speech
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Study: online ad sales will increase 16% this year to $106.6B, accounting for more than half of all US ad sales
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Spotify says it will now allow indie artists to directly upload their music to the service; the upload feature is debuting in beta on an invite-only basis in US
Alex Weprin / MediaPost:
Cheddar will provide 20-second news clips on topics like tech and entrepreneurship to GSTV, which programs screens at 18K+ gas stations across the US
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Memo: BuzzFeed is cutting its in-house podcast production team and shutting down most of its podcasts, as it shifts resources towards original video content