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DOJ orders Al Jazeera's digital news network AJ+ to register as a foreign agent, saying it engages in “political activities” on behalf of Qatar's government — The Justice Department says AJ+, a media outlet backed by the royal family of Qatar, engages in “political activities.”
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
The Daily Wire plans to move its headquarters from Los Angeles to Nashville; 75 employees have until Oct. 1 to decide whether to make the move — The Daily Wire, the conservative media company started by Ben Shapiro, Jeremy Boreing and Caleb Robinson, plans to move its headquarters from Los Angeles to Nashville.
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Wesley Hilliard / AppleInsider:
Spotify calls on authorities to restrict “Apple's anti-competitive behavior”; Apple says alternatives to its services exist, bundling can save customers money — Spotify released a public statement after Apple's Time Flies event to protest the newly announced Apple One bundle …
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Julia Alexander / The Verge:
Apple One bundles launch with discounts on services including Music, TV+, Arcade, iCloud storage, Fitness+, and News+ and tiers between $15 and $30/month
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Josh Reyes / Hampton Roads Daily Press:
Tribune closes the Daily Press offices in Newport News, VA; filing: Tribune didn't pay rent for April, May, and June for the majority of its facilities — Tribune Publishing will close the Daily Press' office in Newport News' City Center, according to an email sent to staff Tuesday morning.
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Jaclyn Peiser / Washington Post:
Miami Herald and el Nuevo Herald editors apologize for including a paid insert with anti-Semitic, racist articles, for months, in the Spanish-language edition — Subscribers to el Nuevo Herald, the Spanish-language sister publication of the Miami Herald, opened their papers on Friday to find a paid insert called “LIBRE.”
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Off-the-record schmoozefests like the one at Susan Page's house for Seema Verma should end, along with the White House Correspondents' Dinner — From the perspective of the Washington women involved in “Girls' Night Out,” the social gathering was friendly, professionally helpful, and harmless.
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
PAMCo: UK newspapers lost 3M daily digital readers in Q2 after interest in COVID-19 news spiked in March, but combined print and digital audiences grew 20% YoY — National newspaper brands lost 3m daily digital readers in the second quarter of 2020 after interest in Covid-19 news spiked in March.
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat:
Facebook says automatic captions will now be available for IGTV in 16 languages globally, after adding the same feature to Facebook Live and Workplace in March — Facebook today announced the availability of automatic captions for Instagram TV (IGTV), beginning with captions for on-demand videos in 16 languages globally.
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Kayleigh Barber / Digiday:
Fortune launches Fortune Connect, an online learning platform and community for mid-tier and senior executives, priced at $2,500 per person per year — There is a finite number of CEOs who can tune into Fortune's CEO Initiative virtual conference. And there are only 50 leaders …
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@fortunemagpr and Fortune
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Trump says he will be resuming weekly appearances on Fox and Friends, as he did until 2015, though co-host Steve Doocy says Fox hasn't committed to that — New York (CNN Business)President Trump says he is resuming his weekly visits to “Fox & Friends,” the morning show that gave …
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Comcast CEO says Peacock has 15M+ subs, up from 10M in July, and that in homes with Xfinity X1 service, it's the third most-used app behind Netflix and YouTube — Comcast Cable is trending to add more than 500,000 broadband subscribers in the current third quarter, which would be a new record …
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Deadline, The Streamable, The Wrap, Ad Age, Mediaweek, Cord Cutters News and Variety
Katie Benner / New York Times:
Sources: the Justice Department has opened an investigation into whether John Bolton unlawfully disclosed classified information when he published his memoir — Investigators are examining whether the former national security adviser illegally disclosed classified information.
Bijan Stephen / The Verge:
Twitch is testing automatically running ads in the middle of streams on affiliate and partnered channels; paying subscribers won't see ads — It'll juice ad revenue, probably? — Twitch has started automatically running ads in the middle of streams for some viewers.
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The Drum, @danieljkelley, @anyprophet, Kotaku, Digital TV Europe and Tubefilter
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