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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Michael Cohen drops libel lawsuits against BuzzFeed and Fusion GPS over publication of Steele dossier, which alleges he met with Russian operatives for Trump — Embattled attorney Michael Cohen has dropped a pair of much-touted libel suits against BuzzFeed and the private investigation firm Fusion GPS …
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Model Karen McDougal settles lawsuit against American Media, giving her right to discuss alleged affair with Trump and allowing AMI to avoid pretrial discovery
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David Ingram / Reuters:
Facebook says it will change ToS in May for 1.5B users outside EU; US, Canada to be governed by US instead of Ireland ToS, limiting GDPR impact to 400M users — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - If a new European law restricting what companies can do with people's online data went into effect tomorrow …
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Facebook:
Ahead of GDPR, Facebook debuts enhanced privacy controls for all users globally, starting in EU, with more choices about ads, allowing face recognition, more
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Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
NBCU joins Fox, Viacom, and Turner in OpenAP consortium with a buy-in that costs $10M, sources say; OpenAP standardizes categories ad buyers can purchase — OpenAP membership can cost up to $10 million over five years — Comcast Corp.'s NBCUniversal has been reluctant to support OpenAP …
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Jaclyn Peiser / New York Times:
Harper's Magazine Editor James Marcus says he was fired after a story by Katie Roiphe was assigned over his objections; he says he refused severance tied to NDA — James Marcus wants the world to know that he was fired from his job as the editor of Harper's Magazine.
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Ryan Faughnder / Los Angeles Times:
Sources: Netflix has considered buying movie theaters in New York and Los Angeles; it decided not to pursue LA-based Landmark Theatres due to high price — Netflix, the global streaming giant that has dramatically changed the TV industry and clashed with movie theater owners …
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CNNMoney:
In Ireland, Facebook rolls out a new tool that gives users more information about creators of sponsored posts and political ads ahead of abortion referendum — Zuckerberg wants you to remember Facebook started in his dorm — Facebook says it has learned the lessons of Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
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Sara Jerde / Adweek:
HelloGiggles, bought by Time Inc. in 2015 and now part of Meredith, launches a print version, with a 500K-copy initial run sent to People subscribers age 18-39 — The millennial-focused website launched in 2011 — Readers of HelloGiggles can hold the website's content in their hands …
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Folio, @ginainterrupted and @hellogiggles
Variety:
MoviePass auditor has “substantial doubt about the company's ability to continue” given MoviePass pays most theaters full price for its users' tickets — Senior Film and Media Editor @BrentALang FOLLOW — An independent auditor has raised “substantial doubt” …
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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
Source: Meredith rejected a $300M+ offer for Time, Fortune, Money, SI from AMI; interest in the outlets is from wealthy individuals with non-media backgrounds — Meredith is entertaining offers for Time Inc.'s old crown jewels, to be sold together or separately—but Donald Trump's favorite publisher is not in the running.
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Caitlin Ostroff / Save Student Newsrooms:
Shrinking ad revenue and rising print costs are forcing student newspapers to turn to universities for funding, leading to potential editorial pressure — The Amherst Student. The Daily Campus. The Sunflower. — Over the last few years, in the face of shrinking finances …
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Ashley Gurbal Kritzer / Tampa Bay Business Journal:
The Tampa Bay Times is cutting about 50 jobs across departments; spokeswoman says the cuts are a direct response to rising costs from newsprint tariffs — The Tampa Bay Times is cutting “approximately” 50 jobs after new tariffs sent the price of newsprint skyrocketing.
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@davidsirota, @kristenorsborn, @kirbywtweets, HuffPost and @journo_christal
Wall Street Journal:
Regulatory filing confirms 21st Century Fox rejected Comcast offer largely due to antitrust risks, even though bid was 16% higher per share than Disney's offer — Fox agreed instead to sell entertainment assets to Disney in $52 billion deal — 21st Century Fox Inc. FOX -.73% rejected …
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