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Sources: National Enquirer and two sister publications are being sold for $100M to James Cohen, CEO of Hudson News, known for its airport newsstands — The supermarket tabloid, along with two sister publications, will be purchased by the head of the travel retailer known for its airport newsstands …
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Nathan Ingraham / Engadget:
Google and Amazon end their streaming video spat: YouTube will come to Fire TV and Prime Video will work with Chromecast and Android TV — Google and Amazon haven't historically been the best of friends, at least when it comes to their respective streaming video services.
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Robert Silverman / The Daily Beast:
A marketer discovered Barstool Sports used his cartoon monster on Snapchat, tried to barter for promotion instead of payment, then filed a DMCA takedown request — Another content creator was forced to file a DMCA takedown request after Barstool swiped its content.
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Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Both newspaper chains and digital media face a liquidity crisis as M&A talks continue; Bustle's Bryan Goldberg compares media to Florida real estate in 2010 — Newspaper company CEOs will be the first to tell you a new round of consolidation won't solve their problems.
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Alex Hern / The Guardian:
Facebook permanently bans far-right individuals and groups, like the British National Party, the English Defence League, and Britain First — Number of organisations and individuals permanently banned for being ‘dangerous’ — Facebook has permanently banned a number of far-right organisations …
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@rcolvile, @tom_watson, The Verge, Engadget and @carljackmiller, more at Techmeme »
Jason Guerrasio / Business Insider:
Leaked internal data: MoviePass subscribers have dropped from 3M+ in June 2018 to about 225,000 now; subscription models at AMC and Cinemark are having success — - MoviePass has dropped from over 3 million subscribers to about 225,000, according to internal data obtained by Business Insider.
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Variety, Observer, @jakebythesouth, The Playlist and IndieWire
Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
A NYT story on Bernie Sanders and a think tank prompted criticism of NYT reporters on Twitter and questions about their interview of the think tank leader's mom — The relationship between Bernie Sanders supporters and the Hillary Clinton camp was famously bitter during the 2016 presidential campaign …
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Nieman Lab, @davidegreenwald, @mertzdiner, @mattbc, @regwag2003, @regwag2003, @molly_knight, @alyssamastro44, @_waleedshahid, @jess_mc, @jestei, @neeratanden, @jbenton, The Daily Beast, @kirstenpowers and Politico
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
US ranked 48th in the World Press Freedom Index, a third year of decline, entering the ranks of countries whose treatment of journalists is “problematic” — For the third time in three years, the United States' standing in an annual index of press freedom declined …
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CNBC, @franksesno, @penamerican, CNN and The Guardian
YouTube Blog:
Google Home and Assistant-powered speakers get a free ad-supported version of YouTube Music with limited functionality, in 16 countries including the US and UK — Listening to music on your Google Home speaker right out-of-the-box seems too good to be true, right? It's not!
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RAIN News, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Thurrott, Android Police, CNET, Engadget, The Verge and 9to5Google, more at Techmeme »
Jem Aswad / Variety:
Amazon Music launches an ad-supported tier for Alexa-enabled devices in the US, allowing users to listen to Amazon Music's top playlists and stations for free — Amazon Music today basically soft-launched its free streaming tier, in which U.S. customers of its Alexa voice assistant …
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Day One, VentureBeat, TechCrunch and 9to5Mac, more at Techmeme »
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
A senior exec at an ML company that has worked with Sky News says AI can help newsrooms become more efficient, automating tasks like transcription — Journalists have “nothing to fear” from artificial intelligence, according to a leading media technology expert who has worked with Sky News.
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
WH Press Secretary Sarah Sanders told Mueller investigators that her comments to media saying FBI agents lost confidence in Comey were “not founded on anything” — White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders acknowledged to investigators with special counsel Robert Mueller's team …
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Multichannel News, Mediaite, Multichannel News, The Cut, HuffPost and Mother Jones
Paul Mozur / New York Times:
The NYT's Shanghai-based technology reporter Paul Mozur says he was constantly followed by Chinese authorities while on assignment in Kashgar — Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together.
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