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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Apple planning push into original TV shows and movies for Apple Music subscribers, hopes to share viewer metrics and demographic data with producers  —  Apple is planning to build a significant new business in original television shows and movies, a move that could make it a bigger player …
Larry Dignan / ZDNet:
Amazon to hire 100K more full-time employees over the next 18 months in US, growing its workforce to 280K; jobs to include many positions in fulfillment centers  —  Many of the positions are for fulfillment gigs, but tech positions abound too.  Amazon joins the trend of corporations touting …
Fitz Tepper / TechCrunch:
Camera drone maker Lily will shut down and refund customers; after $14M Series A and $34M in preorders, says it failed to raise funds for production  —  Lily, the autonomous camera drone that sold a whopping $34 million in preorders, has announced it is shutting down.
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Peter Thiel talks Donald Trump, Silicon Valley, and more in a wide-ranging interview  —  Let others tremble at the thought that Donald J. Trump may go too far.  Peter Thiel worries that Mr. Trump may not go far enough.  —  “Everyone says Trump is going to change everything way too much …
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
Opera launches Neon, an experimental browser for Windows and Mac that aims to showcase its vision for the future of the web  —  Browsers have gotten boring.  After a flurry of innovation, especially around the time Google launched Chrome, things slowed down over the last few years.
Vlad Savov / The Verge:
HTC unveils 5.7-inch U Ultra flagship phone with all-glass design, AI assistant, second screen, and no headphone jack; preorders open today for $749  —  The 5.7-inch U Ultra ushers in a new all-glass design at a distinctly premium $749 price  —  HTC is getting 2017 off to a flying start …
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
In his final days as FCC chairman, Tom Wheeler accuses AT&T and Verizon of violating net neutrality with paid data cap exemptions  —  Paid zero-rating in crosshairs, but it won't matter once Trump is president.  —  With just over a week left as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission …
Horace Dediu / Asymco:
iOS devices and services will have generated Apple over $1T in revenue between 2007 and the end of 2017, with developer payments currently at $20B+ per year  —  In its first 10 years, the iPhone will have sold at least 1.2 billion units,[1] making it the most successful product of all time.
Anna Irrera / Reuters:
UK P2P lending marketplace Funding Circle raises $100M led by Accel  —  Funding Circle, a peer-to-peer lending marketplace used by small- and medium-sized companies, has raised $100 million in an investment round led by venture capital firm Accel.  —  Existing investors including Baillie Gifford …

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From Mediagazer

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount has discussed creating an oversight committee to protect news independence at CNN; News Corp created a similar group when it bought Dow Jones

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Sources: Forbes fired Chief Content Officer Randall Lane last month after finding he received ~$6M from R.J. Shook, founder of Forbes partner Shook Research

Dan Mangan / CNBC:
President Trump announces that White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt will leave her post by the end of August to spend more time with her family

More News

Colin Lecher / The Verge:
Donald Trump to hold meetings on a “regular basis” with private sector firms focusing on cybersecurity preparedness, organized by Rudy Giuliani
Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
The broad choice of media on services like Netflix increasingly means entertainment is fragmented and bespoke, a break from a TV-centric past
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Techdirt's existence is threatened by costs of fighting $15M libel suit brought by Shiva Ayyadurai, represented by Charles Harder, who won against Gawker

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Brian Heater / TechCrunch:
JetBlue completes its rollout of Fly-Fi, with free high-speed Wi-Fi on all planes
Seth Weintraub / 9to5Google:
Alphabet's Titan high-altitude drone program has been shut down after being rolled into X in late 2015; 50+ employees disperse to other units
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