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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
The New York Times admits it buried information about the FBI's investigation of the Trump campaign in a front-page story just before the 2016 election — The upside of the New York Times' aggressive coverage of the FBI investigation into Russian election meddling is that the American public …
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Peter Kafka / Recode:
YouTube to launch a paid version of YouTube Music next week, at $10/month; YouTube Red will be replaced by YouTube Premium, and it will cost extra — YouTube Music is launching Tuesday, and YouTube Red is going away. It's being replaced by YouTube Premium, and it will cost extra.
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Andrew Rice / Wired:
Profile of Ajit Pai, the FCC chairman who orchestrated the net neutrality repeal and a nerdy conservative ideologue reviled by some and cast as a hero by others — IN MARCH, AJIT Pai, the 45-year-old chair of the Federal Communications Commission, took to the internet …
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Senate narrowly votes to block Ajit Pai's repeal of net neutrality rules; the resolution next heads to the House, where it faces long odds — Senate defies “armies of lobbyists,” but House may help FCC kill net neutrality. — The US Senate today voted to reverse the Federal Communications …
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Judge blocks Redstone's National Amusements from changing voting structure of CBS until a further court ruling can be made — Chancellor Andre Bouchard is temporarily granting CBS' request for a restraining order to protect jurisdiction and make sure nothing new happens.
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Wall Street Journal:
The Redstone family, through National Amusements, amends CBS bylaws in an effort to block the board's ability to dilute its voting power to stop Viacom merger — Amendment would require supermajority to approve certain actions, likely blocking dilution to family's voting control
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Pro-Trump media continues to spread across platforms, including broadcast radio and TV, cable, and new digital sites — Pro-Trump media is spreading across the U.S., disseminating Trumpian rhetoric about fake news and mainstream media bias through every medium.
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Former YouTube exec raises $50M for Next 10 Ventures to help creators with large followings on YouTube, Instagram, and Twitch make money — - Ben Grubbs has spent more than five years at video site — The idea is to help YouTube stars make money off their fame
Alex Thompson / VICE News:
Facebook's new US ad buying rules block an estimated 11M undocumented immigrants as well as people in DACA from buying political ads — In an effort to prevent future foreign meddling in elections, Facebook has begun rolling out a fix: Anyone who wants to buy a political or issue ad …
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Kevin Draper / New York Times:
The Supreme Court ruling opening the way for sports betting could be a major boost to the value of live televised sports, perhaps aiding regional networks first — The sports television industry is struggling. There is an onslaught of competition from streaming services, video games, social networks and mobile phones.
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
YouTube will use Content ID data to display full music credits and link to the official videos of artists and songs — YouTube is to begin surfacing more song and artist information for videos that are hosted on the YouTube platform. — The Google-owned video-streaming giant has long offered …
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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.
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