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Etan Vlessing / Hollywood Reporter:
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said pending Time Warner deal is about improving targeted advertising for premium video products — Randall Stephenson told investors that AT&T wants to do for premium video advertising what Facebook and Google have done for digital advertising.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
AT&T's DirecTV Now launches its cloud DVR, alongside a new tier with 100 hours of recording and 90 days of storage for $10/month more, adds more content, more
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Mike Wuerthele / AppleInsider:
Apple Music now has over 50M users including paid members and trials, Tim Cook says in wide-ranging interview — In a wide-ranging interview, Apple CEO Tim Cook divulged Apple Music subscriber numbers, and said that a strong push into television and movies is underway.
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Fox News settles about 20 lawsuits over racial or gender discrimination, not including Rod Wheeler and Scottie Hughes cases; source says settlement was ~$10M — Douglas Wigdor, the attorney representing more individuals against 21st Century Fox than anyone else, makes a big deal …
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Wall Street Journal, TVNewser, Washington Post, New York Times, @emilysteel, @helenkennedy and HuffPost
Steven Shepard / Politico:
The Associated Press is launching AP VoteCast, a new way of measuring exit polls abandoning traditional methods, in partnership with Fox News — The Associated Press unveiled a new project Tuesday to supplant traditional exit polling — beginning with the 2018 midterm elections.
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Nieman Lab and @michaelgmiller
The New York Times Company:
The New York Times has created a political investigations unit and has appointed Pulitzer-prize winning Editor Paul Fishleder to lead it — In a sign of our dedication to the 2018 and 2020 elections, the newsroom is starting a new unit, which Paul Fishleder, one of The New York Times's …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Turner execs says CNN will trim commercial spots from anchor Jake Tapper's shows, as it tests cutting back ads on overall programming for several seasons — CNN aficionados will this year get to see a lot more of Jake Tapper, and fewer of the commercials that normally interrupt him.
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Peter Kafka has been named executive editor of Recode, with Kara Swisher taking up the role of editor-at-large — Recode editor in chief Dan Frommer sent out the following announcement:
Joseph Otterson / Variety:
Time Inc.'s TV production arm, Time Inc. Productions, has rebranded as Four M Studios and is partnering with Freeform to develop scripted movies — Months after its $1.85 billion acquisition of Time Inc.'s stable of magazines, media conglom Meredith is ready to make its mark on the company's TV production arm.
Pew Research Center:
In Western Europe, trust in news media varies more widely between populist/non-populist views than between left/right politics; trust lowest in Southern Europe — France, Spain and Italy are more fragmented in their news sources and more negative toward the news media than other countries
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@pewglobal and @pewresearch
Alexandra Stevenson / New York Times:
The Los Angeles Times suspends Jonathan Kaiman, its Beijing bureau chief, after accusations of sexual misconduct from two women, a journalist and a law student — The Los Angeles Times said Tuesday that it was suspending Jonathan Kaiman, its Beijing bureau chief, amid accusations of sexual misconduct.
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The Wrap, @joannachiu, @nicole_cliffe, @kemc, @beijingpalmer, @letahong, @tombschrader and Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
21st Century Fox:
21st Century Fox announces Lachlan Murdoch will be Chairman and CEO of the “new” Fox, with Rupert Murdoch as co-chairman and John Nallen as COO — Lachlan Murdoch to Serve as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer — Rupert Murdoch to Assume Role of Co-Chairman 21st Century Fox CFO John Nallen to Take Broader Role as
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Variety, The Hollywood Reporter and @taralach
Nick Statt / The Verge:
The new AI-powered Google News app is now available on iOS replacing the Google Play Newsstand app — Google said last week at its I/O developer conference that the revamped, artificial intelligence-powered Google News would be arriving on Apple's App Store some time in the next seven days.
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