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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Tribune Publishing has permanently closed The Daily News headquarters at 4 New York Plaza in Manhattan and the newsroom of The Capital Gazette in Annapolis, MD — Tribune Publishing said that it was permanently closing the tabloid's office in Lower Manhattan.
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Roger Simmons / Orlando Sentinel:
The Orlando Sentinel says it is leaving its downtown office building, which it has occupied since 1951, in October as staff continues to work remotely — The Orlando Sentinel announced Wednesday it will leave its downtown building, the newspaper's home since 1951.
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Wall Street Journal:
Sumner Redstone, the mogul who transformed National Amusements into a media empire that included Viacom, Paramount Pictures, and CBS, has died at 97 — Mr. Redstone built empire of TV, movies and radio that became focus of power struggle — Sumner Redstone, who turned his family's movie-theater company …
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Sources: AT&T is in talks to sell Crunchyroll, its anime streaming service, to Sony, but its $1.5B asking price is a sticking point — AT&T is in discussions to sell WarnerMedia's Crunchyroll Japanese anime-streaming service to Sony, according to three people familiar with the situation.
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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Scribd buys SlideShare from LinkedIn for an undisclosed sum; SlideShare has a content library of 40M presentations and 100M monthly unique visitors — SlideShare has a new owner, with LinkedIn selling the presentation-sharing service to Scribd for an undisclosed price.
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Kyle Pope / Columbia Journalism Review:
Biden's selection of Harris seems to have reignited typical political coverage, turning the election into just a story of superficial campaign machinations — Joe Biden's selection of Kamala Harris as his running mate—a thrillingly historic choice, no matter your politics—has delivered a restart of the 2020 campaign cycle.
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Natasha Khan / Wall Street Journal:
Hong Kong media baron Jimmy Lai was released on bail on Wednesday morning, along with the other nine people who were arrested on Monday — Supporters of outspoken newspaper founder waved copies of his Apple Daily as he left police station — HONG KONG—Pro-democracy media baron Jimmy Lai …
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Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Sources: USAGM put 7 senior leaders on leave and pulled their security clearances, in response to a pro-Joe Biden video and a review of foreign worker hiring — President Trump's new leader at the Voice of America and its parent organization made sweeping staff changes this week in response …
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Ash Carter / Air Mail:
Former New Republic literary editor Leon Wieseltier talks about his new quarterly, Liberties, which comes out 3 years after #MeToo claims sank his last magazine — Three years after #MeToo allegations sank his Laurene Powell Jobs-funded magazine, Leon Wieseltier wants back in
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Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
News Corp CEO Robert Thomson says it will continue its Apple News partnership because the arrangement helps introduce potential new subscribers to the WSJ — News Corp. will continue to allow tech giant Apple to disseminate its news articles through the Apple News platform because the arrangement …
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Patricia Nilsson / Financial Times:
After a six month break, Time Out plans to resume its print edition only in Madrid, Barcelona, and London and is unlikely to do so in the US or Portugal — Group to exit US and cut jobs in focus on food markets and digital after pandemic — Time Out has published its first magazine following …
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Sara Guaglione / MediaPost:
Bustle Digital Group names Kathy Lee editorial director of women's style site The Zoe Report — Bustle Digital Group has hired Kathy Lee as editorial director for women's style site The Zoe Report. — Lee was previously accessories director at Hearst's Fashion Group, where she styled content across brands.
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