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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Steve Bannon is leaving post as WH chief strategist; official statement says departure was by mutual accord, sources conflict on whether he was fired or quit — President Trump has told senior aides that he has decided to remove Stephen K. Bannon, the embattled White House chief strategist …
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Bloomberg:
Bannon says he will be “going to war” for President Donald Trump and against his opponents, “on Capitol Hill, in the media, and in corporate America” — Aide left amid furor over Trump remarks on Virginia violence — Bannon was architect of Trump's 2016 election victory
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Breitbart:
Bannon returns to Breitbart News as executive chairman and led Friday evening editorial meeting — Former White House Chief Strategist Stephen K. Bannon returned as Executive Chairman of Breitbart News Friday afternoon and chaired the company's evening editorial meeting.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Sources: Steve Bannon has told friends he sees a massive opening to the right of Fox News, raising the possibility that he's going to start a network — Unshaven and working from home in cargo shorts as he moves into “Bannon the Barbarian” mode, Steve Bannon is thinking bigger than Breitbart.
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Mark Bergen / Bloomberg:
Google is testing new tools with NYT and FT to boost subscriptions for publishers; tools may include changes to “first click free”, payment, targeting options — Changes coming around search results and potentially payments — New York Times and Financial Times are first early testers
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
In less than a month, over 29M unique viewers have watched Stay Tuned, NBC News' daily Snapchat Discover show — In less than a month, over 29 million unique viewers have already watched “Stay Tuned,” NBC News' daily Snapchat Discover show, Axios has learned. — Why it matters:
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Anousha Sakoui / Bloomberg:
Sources: movie studios, including Warner Bros. and Universal Pictures, in talks with Apple, Comcast to offer movie rentals within weeks of theatrical release — Studios are said focused on project despite exhibitor pushback — Theater chains are said to seek 10 years of revenue split
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Electronic Frontier Foundation:
When internet intermediaries like GoDaddy, Google, and CloudFlare bar neo-Nazis, dangerous precedent is set for silencing legitimate voices — In the wake of Charlottesville, both GoDaddy and Google have refused to manage the domain registration for the Daily Stormer, a neo-Nazi website that …
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Joe Palazzolo / Wall Street Journal:
Executive director Anthony Romero says ACLU will no longer defend groups seeking to march with firearms, deciding case by case, screening for possible violence
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Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
Google is rolling out autoplaying AI-generated silent 6-second previews for videos in search results, while on Wi-Fi in Android Chrome and Google apps — Google announced a major update to its mobile search results pages today. Whenever your query brings up a video, Google will now show …
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Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal:
GroupM relaxes its video ad viewability standards, says ads in news feeds don't have to have sound on or be user-initiated to count — Ad buying giant says video ads in news feeds don't have to have sound on or be user-initiated to count — Ad buying giant GroupM is relaxing …
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Simon Rogers / Google:
Google News Lab and ProPublica launch a new machine learning tool to help journalists leverage hate crime data in their reporting — Hate crimes in America have historically been difficult to track since there is very little official data collected and what does exist …
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Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:
Complex Networks, a joint venture of Verizon and Hearst, and cable channel Fuse Media partner to share content and sell ads across platforms — Sales teams will work together on ad packages to reach millennials — Fuse Media and Complex Networks are joining forces to reach millennial viewers.
A.J. Katz / TVNewser:
MSNBC finished Wednesday as the number one network across all of cable TV for the first time in its history — Whenever President Trump finds himself embroiled in controversy, cable news generally sees significant ratings improvement. This has been especially true for MSNBC, which has become the resistance network for the Trump era.
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