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Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Should Gannett and GateHouse merge, the resulting company would own one in six US newspapers and have increasingly regionalized reporting and business functions — A combined company would own 1 of every 6 daily newspapers in America — and a little more breathing room.
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Dan Kennedy / @dankennedy_nu:
Internal memo: GateHouse Media in New England will merge 50 small weekly papers into 18 new regional weeklies — Internal memo reveals that @GateHouse_Media New England will merge 50 small weekly papers into 18 new regional weeklies. https://docs.google.com/...
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@dankennedy_nu, @bosbizdon, @colinsteele, @jbenton, @bosbizdon, @ehernandez, @colinsteele and @ko_reporter
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: DOJ is preparing an antitrust investigation into Google's practices related to search and other businesses — The Justice Department is preparing an antitrust investigation into Google's practices related to search and other business, sources say.
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Megan Graham / CNBC:
Amazon to buy Sizmek's Ad Server and Dynamic Creative Optimization units after the adtech company filed for Chapter 11 in March — KEY POINTS — Sizmek Ad Server and Sizmek DCO will operate separately from Amazon Advertising for the time being, Amazon said.
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Amazon Advertising, Adweek, AdExchanger, @gerritd, Chain Store Age, MediaPost and Business Insider, more at Techmeme »
Carlos Maza / @gaywonk:
[Thread] Despite policies against harassment, YouTube lets Steve Crowder videos stay up, with repeated attacks on Carlos Maza's sexual orientation and ethnicity — So, I have pretty thick skin when it comes to online harassment, but something has been really bothering me.
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Julia Alexander / The Verge:
YouTube is investigating flagged Steven Crowder videos after Vox's Carlos Maza shared Crowder's homophobic and racist comments about Maza in a Twitter thread — Carlos Maza says this has been happening for years — A tweet thread from Vox host Carlos Maza outlining several instances …
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@loudmouthjulia, @gaywonk, @chescaleigh, Newsweek and @gaywonk
Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal:
Study on behavioral ad targeting finds that publishers only get about 4% more revenue for an ad impression that has a cookie enabled than for one that doesn't — Finding could affect where publishers line up in brewing privacy battles — Are creepy advertisements really necessary to support the free web?
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TechCrunch, Fast Company, MediaPost, @antoniogm, @antoniogm, @antoniogm, @noahpinion, @admonstergavin, @robpegoraro, @realhamed, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, Marketing Dive, @jason_kint and @profcarroll, Thanks:@beet_tv
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
Sources: NYT “prefers” its reporters not appear on cable news shows that it perceives as too partisan, including Rachel Maddow's and Don Lemon's — The Times recently yanked one of its journalists from Rachel Maddow amid concerns about cable-news “bias.” Dean Baquet “thinks it's a real issue.”
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Mediaite, The Daily Beast, @jayrosen_nyu, @jayrosen_nyu, @mlcalderone, @martydavis, Washington Post, @helenhs, @froomkin, @armandodkos, @jayrosen_nyu, The Daily Caller, @jayrosen_nyu, @heerjeet, @page88, @elienyc, @jamisonfoser, @msignorile, Broadcasting & Cable, @sdkstl, TVNewser, Fox News and Politico
Hollywood Reporter:
Otter Media gets folded into WarnerMedia Entertainment, with Otter CEO Tony Goncalves reporting to Bob Greenblatt and leading work on a streaming service for Q4 — CEO Tony Goncalves will lead the product and development team of the direct-to-consumer service, reporting to Bob Greenblatt.
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Variety, @xpangler, Broadcasting & Cable, The Streamable and Deadline
Mehedi Hassan / Thurrott:
Report: Spotify is working on a new “Social Listening” feature that allows users to listen along with their friends and add songs to a shared queue — Spotify is taking its Spotify Connect features to the next level with social integration. The company is working …
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Android Police, The Verge, RAIN News, Mashable, TechCrunch and Engadget, more at Techmeme »
Andrew Roth / The Guardian:
Russian distributors cut about 5 minutes from the Elton John biopic Rocketman, citing law against “homosexual propaganda”; John and filmmakers condemn the cuts — Elton John biopic's gay sex and kissing footage edited out in effort to play down singer's sexuality
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The Wrap, Hollywood Reporter, Mediaite, Rolling Stone, The Mary Sue, @thesteventhomas, /Film, Variety, Vanity Fair and PAPER
Hannah Ritchie / Our World in Data:
Study comparing causes of death in US with Google searches and NYT/Guardian coverage finds that terrorism and homicide are vastly overrepresented in the media — Our World in Data presents the empirical evidence on global development in entries dedicated to specific topics.
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Nieman Lab, @dancow, @dancow, @derekwillis, @elipariser, @hannahritchie02 and @dkthomp
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