Mediagazer: Source: Fox News host Sean Hannity has been lobbying Trump to hire Bill Shine as White House communications director for several months (Kaitlan Collins/CNN)

7:15 PM ET, June 27, 2018

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Sources: former Fox News co-president Bill Shine has accepted a White House role as deputy chief of staff for communications — Bill Shine, a former Fox News co-president, has accepted a role in the White House as deputy chief of staff for communications, multiple sources tell ABC News.

Kaitlan Collins / CNN:

Source: Fox News host Sean Hannity has been lobbying Trump to hire Bill Shine as White House communications director for several months — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump and Bill Shine have had several serious discussions in recent days about him becoming the next communications director …

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The Wrap:

Walt Disney Co. has won approval from the US Department of Justice in its $71.3B acquisition of Fox's film and TV entertainment assets — Walt Disney Co. has won approval from the U.S. Department of Justice in its $71.3 billion acquisition of Fox's film and TV entertainment assets, the company announced Wednesday.

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Wall Street Journal:

Source: Comcast is exploring tie-ups with private equity firms or strategic partners to get access to capital in case bids for Fox assets reach $90B — Company looks to private-equity investors, strategic partners — Comcast Corp. CMCSA -1.03% is exploring tie-ups with private-equity investors …

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Lucia Moses / Digiday:

The Daily Beast launches a membership program, Beast Inside, priced at $100/year, offering readers access to a newsletter, podcast, crime series, more — The Daily Beast is creating a membership program, becoming the latest example of a publication to try to drum up new revenue from readers.

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Tony Romm / Washington Post:

Sources: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey dined with and consulted Ted Cruz, Mercedes Schlapp, Sean Hannity, and others to assuage complaints of liberal bias — Twitter and Facebook are scrambling to assuage conservative leaders who have sounded alarms — and sought to rile voters …

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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:

The Washington Post dismisses a reporter who was in her initial probation period for inadequately attributing material and parroting sentences from others — The Washington Post has dismissed a reporter for inadequately attributing material and closely parroting sentences from other publications …

Discussion: The Wrap

Sridhar Ramaswamy / The Keyword:

Google rebrands AdWords as Google Ads, consolidates enterprise tools as Google Marketing Platform, and unifies publisher monetization tools as Google Ad Manager — We launched AdWords nearly 18 years ago with a simple goal—to make it easier for people to connect online with businesses.

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