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Brian Stelter / CNN:
CNN sues Trump and top aides, alleging that the suspension of Jim Acosta's press pass is a violation of Acosta's and CNN's First and Fifth Amendment rights — New York (CNN)CNN has filed a lawsuit against President Trump and several of his aides, seeking the immediate restoration …
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
CNN's lawsuit could lead to broader questions for Trump's administration in court, including queries about the decision to challenge the AT&T-Time Warner merger — Whether he likes it or not, Donald Trump will face tough questions about censorship and due process.
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Matthew Garrahan / Financial Times:
Quartz launches free new app with curated news stories and contributions from business leaders and introduces a premium membership tier for $14.99/month — Quartz is to launch a subscription tier for its business coverage and a new app that will offer aggregated news and user discussion …
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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
IAB data shows digital ad spending in the first half of 2018 reached $49.5B, up 23% YoY, with mobile accounting for 63% of the total, up from 54% last year — The online advertising business continues to grow at double-digit rates, according to the latest report from the Interactive Advertising Bureau …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
In rushing to call the midterm elections in time for next-day analysis, journalists play into the harmful notion that elections are over on election night — Democratic strategist James Carville, on MSNBC, was among the first to make the proclamation last Tuesday evening: “It's not going to be a wave election.”
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Sam Rutherford / Gizmodo:
Spotify will roll out its Apple Watch app in the coming week but without key features like the ability to stream music on LTE or download songs — One of the big selling points of smartwatches is the ability to control apps without needing to pull out your phone.
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Megan Graham / Ad Age:
Five advertising holding companies say the DOJ has ended an investigation into production bidding practices without charges; a probe into media buying continues — Five top holding companies subjected to a Department of Justice probe into ad industry production practices say the investigations …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Pandora launches Podcast Genome Project in beta, combining its Music Genome technology with human editorial oversight to offer podcast recommendations — Earlier this year, Pandora challenged Spotify's personalization capabilities by using its Music Genome technology to create dozens of customized playlists for its users.
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Richard Morgan / New York Post:
Source: the New York Yankees are planning to buy back the YES Network from Fox as Fox works to sell off its regional sports networks — The New York Yankees are in talks to buy back YES Network as Disney and Twenty-First Century Fox look to clear their $71.3 billion merger, The Post has learned.
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Music Business Worldwide:
Rolling Stone partners with London-based Music Business Worldwide, an industry news outlet; Rolling Stone and Variety articles will be shared on MBW — Leading music industry information platform Music Business Worldwide (MBW) has entered into a partnership with iconic music publication Rolling Stone …
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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Portal, a new ad-free video service used by The Young Turks, allows creators to charge up to $100 per video or to monetize through donations — Ads are bad for creators as well as viewers: That's the simple premise behind Portal, a new ad-free video service that launched to the public Tuesday.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Wattpad launches Wattpad Next in the US, a new program offering readers exclusive stories paid for with Coins, its virtual currency — Steve Jobs famously once said that people don't read anymore, but it turns out younger people are, in fact, reading quite a lot - just in different ways than expected.
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Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
In covering natural disasters, newspapers often fail to tie them to climate change even when they investigate and cover climate change as a general phenomenon — California is burning again. Separate fires in the north and south of the state wreaked devastation over the weekend and are not done yet.
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