BROADCAST Nexstar/Sinclair/ Northwest Broadcasting, a broadcast TV company with 12 TV stations across Northwest six states, is joining TV station groups Nexstar, Sinclair and Univision as the first affiliate member of the consortium created to promote spectrum aggregation, innovation and monetization, and enhance their abilities to compete in the wireless data transmission sector.

Westwood One/Nielsen Nielsen announced that broadcast radio network Westwood One will use its Marketing Cloud data-management platform (DMP), the Nielsen Marketing Cloud, to segment audiences across its broadcast and digital inventory.

CONFECTION Nestlé Rumors are circulating that Nestlé, the number 3 confectioner in the world by market share, behind market leader Mars and second ranked Mondelez, is planning to put its confectionary business up for sale. Projected value: $3 billion. Top brands: Butterfinger, Baby Ruth, Crunch Bar, Oh Henry, and The Wonka brands. U.S. share of U.S. chocolate candy sales (2016), according to Euromonitor International, as reported by The Wall Street Journal: Company Market Share Hershey 25.9% Mars 25.2% Mondelez 5.6% Nestlé 2.9% Ferrero Candy 2.7% Ferrero 2.1% Lindt & Sprungli 2.0% Perfetti Van Melle 2.0% Russell Stover 1.6%

CORPORATE Microsoft Microsoft 2016 revenue as reported by BloombergBusiness: Sector $ (Billions) Microsoft Office System $23.6 Server Products & Tools $19.2 Xbox $9.4 Windows $8.1 Surface $4.1 Phone $3.4 Others (advertising, product support, data) $17.6 Total $85.3

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DIGITAL Amazon/Advertiser Amazon quietly launched a self-serve platform, Advertiser Audiences, which lets Audiences advertisers upload their audience lists and CRM information, enabling tactics like audience matching and lookalike modeling.

Verizon/Oath Verizon confirmed that its $4.5 billion purchase of Yahoo’s major digital assets has been completed and the company has now consolidated with AOL to create Oath, a new digital advertising and media subsidiary: “Oath will be able to use Verizon’s subscriber data, improving ad targeting and providing advertisers with more choices in digital marketing.”

GAMING Microsoft/Xbox Microsoft unveiled plans to launch a higher-powered version of its Xbox One video game console, XboxOneX, on November 7 at $499.

GLOBAL Europe/Roaming The New York Times reported: “After a decade of debate, Europe will finally Charges abolish cellphone roaming charges this week, allowing people from Britain to Bulgaria to call, send text messages and surf the web without incurring eye- watering charges when traveling across the 28 nation bloc.”

MOBILE Sprint/Free Service Sprint, the nation’s fourth largest wireless carrier, is offering free unlimited service for one year to people who switch from rival Verizon.

MUSIC Jay Z/Songwriters Jay Z, born Sean Carter, became the first rapper to be inducted into the Hall of Fame Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Spotify Music streaming service Spotify claims 140 million worldwide users of which 50 million are paid subscribers. Note: Over the next two years, Spotify is required to pay a minimum of $2.23 billion in royalty payments to music labels and publishers due to a recent agreement.

PERSONALITIES Anita Pallenberg German-Italian model/actress and muse for rock n rollers Keith Richards and Brian Jones amongst others, has passed away. She was 75 years old.

Post Office/Balls The Post Office released stamps shaped like balls on June 14, the day before golf’s U.S. Open. The stamps have a texture that mimics the feel of a baseball’s stitching, a golf ball’s dimples, a tennis ball’s seams and the raised patterns of a football, basketball and kickball.

Smosh The YouTube famous bro-tastic comedy duo of Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla, known to their fans as Smosh, is breaking up. Defy Media managed Smosh.

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PERSONALITIES(cont’d) Adam West Adam West, who played the cape crusader on ABC’s Batman phenomenon, has passed away. He was 88 years old.

PUBLISHING Condé Nast/Style Publishing giant Condé Nast (Vogue, GQ, Vanity Fair) is closing Style.com – its first major experiment in online fashion retail – nine months after its high profile introduction.

Forbes Forbes magazine is celebrating its 10th anniversary (September 15).

Penguin Random Penguin Random House, a division within the Bertelsmann media empire, House acquired the literary merchandise company Out of Print for an undisclosed sum. Out of Print licenses literary themed works and illustrations from copyright holders to make hundreds of products, such as apparel, accessories, tote bags, mugs and scarfs, which it sells at about 1,000 retail outlets globally.

Revenue According to Census data, overall revenues for newspaper publishers fell 3.8% from $6.08 billion in the first quarter of 2016 to $5.85 billion in the first quarter of 2017. Magazine publishers experienced a smaller drop of 0.3% from $6.34 billion to $6.33 billion over the same period.

RETAIL Amazon/Wand Amazon introduced a new Alexa device, the Amazon Dash Wand, which costs $20, has a built in voice enabled smart assistant and is crafted for ordering food, getting recipes and controlling smart home devices. The new device is exclusive to Prime members and works in conjunction with the AmazonFresh grocery service.

Amazon/Whole Amazon acquired organic foods chain Whole Foods, which was founded in 1978 Foods and operates 460 stores in the U.S., Canada and the U.K., for $13.4 billion. Note: The grocery market is pegged at $800 billion.

Best Buy/Try Electronics chain Best Buy is launching a new feature: try-before-you-buy $50 a Before You Buy day rental option on its website (BestBuy.com) for cameras, audio equipment and fitness trackers. Best Buy is working with San Francisco startup, Lumoid, on the partnership. Lumoid will handle the rental arrangements. Customers earn about 20% of the rental price back in Lumoid credits and can use them if they go on to buy the item outright.

Gymboree Children’s retail chain Gymboree has filed for bankruptcy protection. Plans: to close between 375 and 450 of its 1,281 stores for a Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization.

Neiman Marcus/ Luxury retailer Neiman Marcus has discontinued discussions with Hudson Bay Hudson Bay (Lord & Taylor and Saks Fifth Avenue) to acquire the company.

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SOCIAL Facebook/Subscriptions Rumors are circulating that Facebook is building a feature that would allow users to subscribe to publishers directly from the mobile app. Possible structures: 1) metered payment model, which would allow users to read some articles free of charge each month before prompting them to pay, and 2) payment processing with Facebook perhaps getting a cut or just taking payment information.

Facebook/Transparency Facebook is rolling out a program that will show advertisers the publishers and pages on which their ads could theoretically run and brands can indicate if they do not want ads to run in certain locations or positions.

SOCIETY Interracial Marriages The Wall Street Journal reported that one in six American newlyweds married someone of a different race or ethnicity in 2015, a fivefold increase in the 50 years since the Supreme Court recognized a nationwide right to intermarriage (1967), according to a new Pew Research Center report.

TECHNOLOGY AR/VR/Shipments A breakdown of the 2 million AR and VR headsets shipped by manufacturer in the first quarter of 2017, according to IDC: Manufacturer Units Samsung 489,500 Sony 428,000 HTC 190,900 Oculus 99,300 TCL 91,300 Others 980,000

VIDEO Disney/DIXP Disney is launching DIXP, a daily summer overnight block of gamer programming targeting gamers and esports enthusiasts featuring content produced with ESPN, the Disney Digital Network, Maker, IGN, Attack Media, Warner Bros., Blue Ribbon, Banger Films, ESL and Vice’s Waypoint. On Disney XD, DIXP will air from 9pm-3am commencing July 15.

NBC News/Left Field NBC News officially launched its Left Field social video unit, whose mission is to reinvent storytelling for viewers who primarily get their news from Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

NBCU/Olympic Channel NBCUniversal unveiled plans to launch the Olympic Channel on July 15, 2017 with coverage in 35+ million households. At launch, the channel will be available to subscribers of Altice, AT&T/DirecTV, Comcast, Spectrum and Verizon. The linear feed will also be streamed on DirecTVNow, Fubo, , Sony PlayStation Vue and YouTube TV.

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VIDEO(cont’d) Snap/Ad Manager Snap rolled out its new self-serve advertising option, Ad Manager, for access to everyone. How it works: advertisers can simply go to Snap’s website and pay for a video ad instead of having to work with Snap’s sales team or pay a Snapchat advertising partner to use the company’s ads API to buy video ads.

Viacom/Advanced Viacom has created a new advanced advertising group called the Advanced Advertising Group Advertising Group, whose mission is to partner with clients to create multiplatform audience targeting solutions and “platform native advertising that captures attention, engages audiences and drives impact for brands.”

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ROLLING STONE’S 50 GREATEST CONCERTS OF THE LAST 50 YEARS

TOUR DESCRIPTION YEAR The Jimi Hendrix Experience Worldwide Tour 1967 James Brown Boston Garden April 5, 1968 Big Brother and the Hold Company American Tour 1968 Elvis Comeback Special December 3, 1968 (aired) Cream Farewell Tour 1968 Johnny Cash San Quentin Prison February 24, 1969 Ike & Tina Turner American Tour 1969 Led Zeppelin World Tour 1969 Black Sabbath American Tour 1970 The Who University of Leeds February 14, 1970 Neil Young and Crazy Horse Winter American Tour 1970 Elton John The Troubadour August 25-30, 1970 Aretha Franklin Fillmore West March 5-7, 1971 B.B. King Cook County Jail September 10, 1970 The Allman Brothers Band Fillmore East March 11-13, 1971 The Band Academy of Music December 28-31, 1971 The Rolling Stones North American Tour 1972 David Bowie* World Tour 1972-73 Van Morrison North American Tour 1973 Patti Smith Group and Television CBGB 1975 Bob Marley The Lyceum Theatre, July 17-18, 1975 Bob Dylan (Rolling Thunder Revue) North American Tour 1975-76 Grateful Dead North American Tour 1977 The Ramones European Tour 1977 The Eagles U.S. Tour 1977-78

*Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

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ROLLING STONE’S 50 GREATEST CONCERTS OF THE LAST 50 YEARS (cont’d)

TOUR DESCRIPTION YEAR Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band American Tour 1978 The Clash North American Tour 1979 Pink Floyd The Wall Tour 1980-81 Talking Heads Speaking In Tongues Tour 1983 Fela Kuti Glastonbury June 23, 1984 Prince Purple Rain Tour 1984-85 RUN-DMC Raising Hell Tour 1986 Metallica Damaged Justice Tour 1988-89 Madonna Blond Ambition Tour 1990 Public Enemy Sizzling Summer Tour 1990 Sonic Youth and Nirvana European Tour 1991 U2 Zoo TV Tour 1992-93 Radiohead Glastonbury June 28, 1997 Sleater-Kinney American Tour 1997 Pearl Jam American Tour 1998 Phish Big Cypress December 31, 1999 Brian Wilson The Royal Festival Hall February 20, 2004 Daft Punk Alive Tour 2006-07 Leonard Cohen Worldwide Tour 2008-2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary Concert October 29-30, 2009 LCD Soundsystem Madison Square Garden April 2, 2011 Jay Z & Kanye West Watch the Throne Tour 2011-2012 Fleetwood Mac On With the Show Tour 2014-2015 Taylor Swift 1989 Tour 2015 Beyoncé Formation Tour 2016

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U.S. VS. RUSSIA: MILITARY TRADITIONAL PROWESS (AS REPORTED BY THE WALL STREET JOURNAL)

WEAPONRY CATEGORY U.S. RUSSIA Active Duty Troops 1,367,450 831,000 By Land - - Artillery 6,831 5,281 Tanks 2,831 2,950 By Air - - Fighter Jets 2,988 633 Attack Helicopters 760 348 By Sea - - Submarines 79 107 Aircraft Carriers 10 1

Source: IISS Military Balance 2017

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