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Kali Hays / WWD:
Penske Media, owner of WWD, Variety, and Rolling Stone, buys Peter Brant's ARTnews and Art in America, for a reported $20M-$25M — Jay Penske has made a number of investments and acquisitions over the last year, while Brant looks to be getting out of media altogether.
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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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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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Nieman Lab, Quartz, @jbenton, @katelaurielee, @noahchestnut, @raju, MediaPost and Talking Biz News
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
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Univision reports lower Q3 earnings, impacted partly by Dish dispute, with revenue dropping 17.3% YoY to $628.2M and ad revenue down 16.6% YoY to $378.7M — “Longer term, our refocused mission is gaining momentum,” says Vince Sadusky, the CEO of the Spanish-language media giant after a quarter …
Katharine Viner / The Guardian:
The Guardian's EIC Kath Viner talks about how the paper received financial support from 1M+ readers in three years and hopes to break even by April 2019 — The Guardian's editor-in-chief reflects on the state of media today and explains how the support of one million readers has enabled us …
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@murpharoo, @kathviner and Journalism.co.uk
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
A look at the evolution of the NRA's National Rifleman from hunting magazine to a political instrument that stokes fears and directs readers on how to vote — The covers of the group's magazine illuminate its incendiary tactics.
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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newsroom.spotify.com, @arrelid and Fortune, more at Techmeme »
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 …
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Disney is in talks with Hearst to sell its interest in five European cable channels that are part of its joint venture with A+E Networks — Disney is in talks with Hearst to sell off its interest in five European cable channels that are part of the larger A+E Networks joint venture between the companies.
Thomas Grove / Wall Street Journal:
Turkish court throws out conviction of former Wall Street Journal reporter Ayla Albayrak on charges of engaging in terrorist propaganda — Decision annuls terrorism conviction for 2015 article as Turkey seeks improved ties with West — A Turkish court threw out the conviction …
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@aylajean, @aylushka_a, @matinastevis, @pajarirasanen, @murraymatt and @dionnissenbaum
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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