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7:05 PM ET, July 26, 2016

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Shannon McLaughlin Rooney / Temple University:
Aron Pilhofer, executive editor of digital for The Guardian, will take new endowed professorship at Temple University, funded in part by Wyncote Foundation  —  Aron Pilhofer, one of the world's most respected experts in the use of digital tools for journalism, is joining the faculty …
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Apple Music buys 16 half-hour episodes of unscripted TV series Carpool Karaoke from CBS, which keeps option of licensing second window of show to traditional TV  —  Apple has emerged as the surprise buyer of the unscripted TV series based on the “Carpool Karaoke” segment of CBS' “The Late Late Show with James Corden.”
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
How New York Times' reporters use Stela, its in-house analytics dashboard  —  Over the course of the morning of July 8, a New York Times story about the shooting of police officers in Dallas changed headlines more than a dozen times — introducing the name of the suspected shooter …
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Twitter reports Q2 revenue of $602M, an increase of 20% YoY, 313M MAUs, up from 310M last quarter; stock drops 9%+ on low Q3 guidance of $590M-610M in revenue  —  Twitter today reported Q2 earnings, and the woe that is its poor user growth continues, with its 313 million monthly active users …
Dave McNary / Variety:
Netflix, International Consortium of Investigative Journalists to collaborate on film about Panama Papers, based on book by two German investigative journalists  —  Netflix is developing a movie about the Panama Papers scandal with John Wells and Claire Rudnick Polstein producing.
Nate Swanner / The Next Web:
Facebook admits blocking WikiLeaks' DNC email links, but won't say why  —  Facebook has acknowledged it blocked links to WikiLeaks' DNC email dump, though (again) hasn't explained why.  —  On Twitter, WikiLeaks noted that there was a workaround for posting links.
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Patrick Tucker / Defense One:
WikiLeaks DNC dump may have been sent to site by Russian government-sponsored hackers
Diana Marszalek / Broadcasting & Cable:
Tegna reports media division Q2 revenues up 10% YoY to $458.9M, boosted by political dollars  —  Political and retransmission money fueled the growth … Boosted by political ads and retransmission revenue, Tegna's media segment revenues rose 10% in the second quarter of 2016, the company said Tuesday morning.
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Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
The Washington Post is adapting some of its stories for Medium (but leaving the straight news behind)  —  Here's a simple tip for publishers looking looking to attract readers on Medium: Start with what already works on the platform (first-person stories), and avoid what doesn't (straight news).
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Sources: Taboola buys video recommendation engine ConvertMedia for nearly $100M  —  Taboola, the startup behind the publishing widget that recommends more content at the end of articles online, has made an acquisition to expand its horizons beyond the written word: it has bought ConvertMedia …
Jeremy Barr / Ad Age:
Continuing its restructure of its editorial operations, Time Inc says it will appoint four Group General Managers to oversee its magazine brands  —  Time Inc., which last week revealed plans for a “new editorial structure” in which magazine brands are divided into four groups …
 
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