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Will Oremus / Slate:
Sources at media outlets say they're seeing little to no ad revenue from Apple News despite huge traffic growth — The world's most valuable company is wooing the media with a human touch and a huge audience. One thing it hasn't delivered: money. — In the years leading up to the 2016 U.S. election …
Matthew Garrahan / Financial Times:
Walt Disney and 21st Century Fox have decided to sell their shares in Sky to Comcast; Fox holds a 39% stake in Sky — Walt Disney and 21st Century Fox are selling their shares in Sky to Comcast, putting the US cable operator on course to take full control of the European media group.
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VideoNuze Analysis and @mattgarrahan
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Stewart Clarke / Variety:
Comcast's bid for Sky values 21st Century Fox's 39% stake at about $15B — 21st Century Fox will offload its longtime 39% stake in Sky to Comcast for more than $15 billion, after the U.S. cable giant lodged the highest bid in a weekend auction of the European pay-TV heavyweight.
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Press Gazette and Broadcasting & Cable
Jaclyn Peiser / New York Times:
New York magazine is partnering with a non-profit news site called The City, led by Daily News alum Jere Hester, to provide local news coverage of NYC — With the once robust metropolitan news coverage in New York dwindling, a new nonprofit website called The City is teaming up with New York magazine …
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@albertocairo and Nieman Lab, Thanks:@steverubel
Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
WaPo to expand its Arc publishing platform as a subscriptions tool sold to others, then as an ad network, aiming to own infrastructure in a similar play as AWS — It is increasingly the tech stack of choice for major news publishers. But now Arc wants to be the backbone of your digital advertising and subscriptions, too.
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Kevin Roose / New York Times:
A close look at USAReally, a pro-Kremlin, pro-Trump site with overt Russian ties and frequent links on the /r/the_donald subreddit as it depicts a declining US — To an untrained eye, USAReally might look like any other fledgling news organization vying for attention in a crowded media landscape.
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CNNMoney, @karolcummins, @brooklynmarie, @nytimestech, @nytmedia, @kevinroose, @bystevereilly, @jasonleopold and NBC News, more at Techmeme »
Jon Levine / The Wrap:
MSNBC anchor Joy Reid is being sued for defamation by a Trump supporter whom she alleged had hurled racial slurs at a teenager — A California woman named Roslyn La Liberte has filed a defamation lawsuit against Joy Reid, accusing the MSNBC star of spreading a false claim …
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Hunter Walker / Yahoo:
Sources: Deputy Press Secretary Raj Shah has told multiple people he plans to leave the White House after the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings — WASHINGTON — One of the White House's most visible staffers has his eye on the exit door. Raj Shah, a deputy press secretary who has stepped behind …
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@altuspresssec and @weinbergersa
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed News:
Safari's Siri Suggested Websites feature promotes conspiracy sites, Holocaust deniers, and other misinformation; Apple says it removes them when notified — Apple's Safari, one of the internet's most popular web browsers, has been surfacing debunked conspiracies, shock videos …
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Fast Company, MacRumors, @cwarzel, @realkellyjones, The Verge, @fraying, Business Insider, BGR and 9to5Mac, more at Techmeme »
Bill Chappell / NPR:
Amazon taps Hannah Storm and Andrea Kremer as the first all-female team to call NFL games, as one of four audio options for games streamed to Prime subscribers — Hannah Storm and Andrea Kremer will become the first female announcing team to cover an NFL game this Thursday …
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Variety, The Source, @hannahstormespn, Business Wire, The Week, @elsenmidcosn, @slaternfl, @kristenerodgers, @exavierpope, @andrea_kremer, @jkarsh, Los Angeles Times, MediaPost and SI.com
Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review:
Inside an investigation of an execution video by the BBC's Eye on Africa, which used a Twitter thread with video, images, and animations to tell the story — Digital media has made it easier than ever for malicious actors to distribute fake news, including video, but at the same time …
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Poynter, @bbcafrica, @amolrajan, @iandunt, @peterhorrocks, @jamiejbartlett, @cjr, @ifjglobal, @jane__bradley, @ruliharahap, @jane__bradley, @ms_zamandlovu, @risj_oxford, ModernGhana News, CBC News and BBC
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Janice Min, the former co-president of The Hollywood Reporter, is joining Jeffrey Katzenberg's mobile video startup NewTV — Janice Min, the former co-president of The Hollywood Reporter, is joining Jeffrey Katzenberg's mobile video startup NewTV. — Min, the former US Weekly editor …
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@janicemin, Multichannel News, The Wrap, Variety, @megwhitman, @dylanbyers and New York Post
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