Mediagazer: MoviePass says it is shutting down and ending service for all subscribers on Saturday, September 14 (Annie Palmer/CNBC)

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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:

SEC filing: Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger has resigned from Apple's board — LOS ANGELES — Robert A. Iger, Disney's chief executive and chairman, has resigned from the board of Apple, whose growing Hollywood operation would have made it harder for him to fully engage as one of its directors.

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Annie Palmer / CNBC:

MoviePass says it is shutting down and ending service for all subscribers on Saturday, September 14 — This is breaking news. Please check back for updates. — TRENDING NOW — Subscribe to CNBC PRO Licensing & Reprints Join the CNBC Panel Supply Chain Values Advertise …

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Andrea Watson Strong / Facebook Journalism Project:

Facebook expands Today In, its local info service, to 6K+ US towns; it now works with 1.2K local news orgs with local news Page interactions up 26% YoY — Continuing our journey to connect people with community information and conversations they care about.

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Nieman Lab:

Analysis of ~150K Facebook Today In stories: 59% served a critical information need, users engaged most with stories on emergencies, transportation, and health — The distribution and consumption of news on social media is a central concern for the future of journalism as social media platforms …

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Los Angeles Times:

Sources: Disney is mimicking Netflix in offering TV producers and others profits sooner in exchange for backend revenue, the first legacy media company to do so — Walt Disney Co., which became a dominant player in television production with its acquisition of Fox assets earlier this year …

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Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
AT&T's WarnerMedia signs an exclusive five-year deal with J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot for TV, film, and streaming projects; sources: deal is worth ~$250M

Maryam Saleh / The Intercept:

Nonprofit group Define American and Media Cloud find a rise in the use of quotes from extremist groups, without context, in a study of immigration reporting — The Center for Immigration Studies, a far-right, anti-immigrant group, was frequently cited by major U.S. newspapers in the first two years …

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Jill Cowan / New York Times:

CA's gig economy law, to go into effect for newspapers in one year, may hasten the end of home delivery, will limit freelancer contributions to 35 articles — Thursday: The collateral effects of a bill aimed at protecting gig economy workers. Also: A move forward for a statewide rent cap; and natural wine

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What's New in Publishing:

IAB Europe: programmatic revenue grew by 33% YoY in 2018 to €16.7B, with 70%+ of display and 50%+ of video traded via programmatic methods — IAB Europe, the leading European-level industry association for the digital marketing and advertising ecosystem, today announced the launch …

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Chris Dolmetsch / Bloomberg:

Appeals court orders Fox News to face suit brought by Seth Rich's parents — Fox News must defend a lawsuit by the parents of a Democratic Party staffer whose unsolved 2016 murder touched off a flurry of right-wing conspiracy theories, an appeals court said Friday in reinstating the case.

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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

YouTube says it will no longer allow paid views and advertising to influence its YouTube Music Charts, instead calculating rankings based only on organic plays — YouTube will no longer allow paid views and advertising to influence its YouTube Music Charts, the company announced this morning.

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Dale Kasler / Sacramento Bee:

McClatchy says it is facing possible delisting because its finances fell below minimum NYSE standards, will submit a plan by Oct. 9 to return to compliance — The McClatchy Co., parent of The Sacramento Bee and 29 other newspapers, said Friday it's facing possible delisting by its stock exchange, NYSE American.

Reeves Wiedeman / New York Magazine:

A look at the uncertain future of Vice News, amid key staff departures, tighter budgets, and lower valuation for Vice overall — On the third Friday in August, Jesse Angelo, the longtime News Corp executive hired in June as president of global news and entertainment at Vice Media …

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