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Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
ESPN says it has signed up more than 1M paying subscribers for ESPN+, its $4.99 a month streaming service launched in April — For $4.99 per month, ESPN+ offers a range of sports programming; doesn't offer live ESPN channels — ESPN said it has signed up more than one million paying subscribers …
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Matthew Belloni / Hollywood Reporter:
Interview with Disney CEO Bob Iger about Disney's upcoming streaming service, ESPN's politics problem, and how #MeToo changed the company — The Disney CEO and most powerful person in entertainment opens up about his plan for a Netflix rival, ESPN's politics problem and how #MeToo has changed his company
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Torstar Corp. announces it has agreed to acquire iPolitics Inc., a digital political website based in Ottawa, with the deal expected to close about October 1 — Newspaper publisher says plan is to expand Toronto Star coverage of Parliament Hill — Torstar Corp. announced Thursday …
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Canada NewsWire Group, @paulvieira, @susandelacourt and @mariekewalsh
Lauren Johnson / Business Insider:
Twitter tests Twitter Timeline Ads, which places ads into Timelines embedded in publisher sites; The Street, Advance Local, and others are testing the program — - Twitter is starting to place ads within tweets on publishers' websites, starting with a group of titles including The Street.
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Marketing Land, @openx, @laurenjohnson and @businessinsider
Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
Ian Buruma, who left the NYRB on Wednesday, says he stepped down due to social media hounding and pressure from academic advertisers — Publication remains silent over rift with Ian Buruma, who faced criticism over his editorial decisions on #MeToo movement
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Cara Buckley / New York Times:
Ian Buruma, editor of NYRB, has left his position amid an uproar over publication of an essay by Jian Ghomeshi, a former broadcaster accused of sexual assault
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Kristen Hare / Poynter:
How the nonprofit Carolina Public Press has shown slow, steady growth from its start in 2011 covering western North Carolina to statewide coverage now — Angie Newsome launched Carolina Public Press on a sunny spring day in 2011. She doesn't remember much about that first story she published …
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@johnnewsomnr, @jkristufek and @kristenhare
Noah Smith / Washington Post:
LA Times owner Soon-Shiong says his purchase of Daybreak Game Company is part of a wider strategy to combat fake news, help the Times reach more young people — LOS ANGELES — The billionaire owner of the Los Angeles Times has made a career, and multibillion dollar fortune …
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Variety, Los Angeles Business Journal, @kauweloa, Gamasutra, sandiegouniontribune.com, Digital Journal and VPEsports
Kevin Loker / American Press Institute:
Study: only 43% of people can easily sort news from opinion in online-only media, and just 55% can easily distinguish news from opinion in news media in general — People often don't know whether the content they see is news or opinion, according to our recent pair of Media Insight Project surveys.
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Nieman Lab
Amy Beth Hanson / Associated Press:
Lee Enterprises to fold Montana Magazine after nearly 50 years of publishing — HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana Magazine is folding after nearly 50 years of publishing stories and stunning images of the state's people, geography, history and culture, owner Lee Enterprises announced.
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Montana Standard, KTVQ-TV, Folio and Montana Magazine
Charles Riley / CNNMoney:
The UK's takeover regulator says it will hold an auction for Sky on Saturday between Comcast and 21st Century Fox if there's no resolution by end of Friday — Sky's fate is likely to be decided in a one-day auction between Comcast and 21st Century Fox. — The UK Takeover Panel announced Thursday …
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Press Gazette, Wall Street Journal, @hadas_gold, FierceVideo and Broadcasting & Cable
Jem Aswad / Variety:
RIAA: revenues from streaming up 28% YoY to $3.4B in H1 2018, accounting for 75% of recorded music revenue; 75% of streaming revenue comes from subscriptions — The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) issued a bullish mid-year report today: Total revenue from recorded music rose 10% …
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RIAA, Rolling Stone, Music Ally, VentureBeat, The Verge and Billboard, more at Techmeme »
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
AT&T responds to the DOJ's appeal of the case allowing AT&T to buy Time Warner, saying DOJ has failed to show the merger is harmful to competitors or consumers — AT&T has filed its response to the government's appeal of its acquisition of Time Warner, a 58-page catalog of what the company …
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Broadcasting & Cable, CNNMoney and MediaPost
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