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MSNBC, Georgetown, and Our Daily Planet plan to host a climate forum September 19-20, inviting all presidential candidates, which will stream on NBC News Now — A portion of the event will be televised on Chris Hayes' primetime MSNBC show. — The 2020 Democrats are set …
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CNN will hold a climate town hall for Democratic presidential candidates on September 4 in New York City — (CNN)CNN will host a Democratic presidential town hall in September focused on the climate crisis. — The event will take place on Wednesday, September 4, in New York City.
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NBCUniversal to launch its ad-supported streaming platform in April 2020 with the same infrastructure as Sky's, will develop originals tied to its content — Comcast units are double down on the content and streaming wars as NBCUniversal plans to launch its advertising-supported streaming platform …
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Comcast Q2 earnings beat estimates with Sky accounting for a 23.6% YoY revenue spike; NBCU revenue fell 0.8% to $8.2B, but earnings grew 8.1% YoY to $2.3B
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Facebook's ad library is so plagued by bugs and technical constraints that researchers say it is effectively useless to adequately track political advertising — The social network's new ad library is so flawed, researchers say, that it is effectively useless as a way to track political messaging.
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ESPN's naive rule against political commentary forces commentators to ignore the real world, an untenable approach for a journalistic operation and for staff — Late last week, the ESPN host Dan Le Batard veered outside the sports network's hard-line stance on avoiding politics on the air.
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Source: CNN wants a $300K commitment in advertising before a sponsor can purchase ads during Democratic debate telecasts; spots during debates start at ~$110K — TV's latest emerging hit takes all the thrills of a traditional reality competition program and mixes in an awful lot of drama.


House Republicans' questions to Robert Mueller overlapped with 18 of those proposed by Sean Hannity on his show the previous night — Hannity used his Tuesday night show to suggest questions for Republicans to ask Mueller. More than a dozen GOP queries overlapped with the pro-Trump Fox News star's requests.
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Twitter signs an agreement with NBC for 2020 Olympics, to show limited live event coverage, highlights, and a daily 20-minute show — Twitter will show some live coverage, highlights and a daily studio show from the Tokyo Olympics in 2020. — If you cannot find a television …
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Paul Dacre says he “bears a heavy responsibility” for the belief that journalism costs nothing because of his role in launching the free Metro and Mail Online — Former Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre has said he blames himself for helping create a culture in which news content is given away for free.
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FTC announces a $5B fine against Facebook for repeated privacy violations as part of a settlement that requires federal oversight of its business practices — The settlement between the Federal Trade Commission and Facebook ends a 16-month probe that began after revelations of the tech giant's entanglement with Cambridge Analytica
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Parliament members weigh extending UK's Freedom of Information Act to cover private contractors performing public services — A Lib Dem peer has pledged to introduce a Private Member's Bill designed to “update and improve” the Freedom of Information Act 2000 if Boris Johnson's government fails …
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Ebony's photo archives are sold for $30M to a group of foundations led by J. Paul Getty Trust; photos will go to Smithsonian, Getty Research Institute, others — A consortium of foundations led by the J. Paul Getty Trust is buying the historic Ebony photo archives for $30 million …
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