NBCUniversal Is Investing Additional $200 Million In BuzzFeed – The entertainment conglomerate owned by Comcast Corp. is investing an additional $200 million in the millennial-focused media company, according to a person with knowledge of the deal. [lat]
AT&T Reaches Deal To Buy Time Warner For $85.4 Billion – AT&T Inc. has reached an agreement to buy Time Warner Inc. for $85.4 billion in a deal that would transform the phone company into a media giant. [wsj]
Ex-Soldier ‘Kills Himself In Park Explosion’ In Japan – Three other people were hurt in a blast which took place soon after another explosion in a car park 200 metres away. [sky]
‘Kill The Gays’ Pastor Now Trying To Infiltrate Malawi – Humans rights activists have raised concerns around “kill the gays” pastor, Steven Anderson’s recent announcement that he planned to set up a division of his church in Malawi. [mg]
Mogul Gave Zuma And Daughter R1.6m – President Jacob Zuma and his daughter Duduzile received payments amounting to R1.6-million from a politically connected Zambian businessman who is based in South Africa. [tlive]
Computicket Fails To Quash Anti-Competitive Complaint – South Africa’s Competition Tribunal has dismissed ticketing firm Computicket’s bid to set aside a 2008 anti-competitive complaint brought against it by rivals. [f24]
New Poll Finds Hillary Clinton Leading Donald Trump By 12 Points – Hillary Clinton has jumped into a double-digit lead against rival Donald Trump, pushed largely by disapproval of the Republican candidate, according to ABC News’s inaugural 2016 election tracking poll. [fort]
Ex-Trump Aides Tied To Firm That Tried To Expand Russia’s Spying Efforts – Two of Donald Trump’s closest former aides have ties to a firm that tried to help the Russian government spy on its own people, sources told The Post. [nyp]
Trump Hotels Ditching Name For New Hotels – Amidst reports that occupancy rates at Trump Hotels have slipped this election season, the company has announced that new brand hotels will no longer bear the Trump name. [tal]
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The Five Most Common Reasons South African Car Insurers Reject Claims – Car insurance is a necessary evil, and most of us like to think we’ll be looked after. Best you make sure you’re not falling into one of these traps though. [here]
Lewis Hamilton Wins United States Formula 1 Grand Prix – Hamilton got the victory he needed to keep his Formula One championship hopes alive, winning the U.S. Grand Prix for the fourth time in five years Sunday. [fox]
Cheetahs Are The Currie Cup Kings – They were by far the best team throughout the competition, so justice was done in Bloemfontein on Saturday as the Free State Cheetahs clinched their fifth Currie Cup title with a 36-16 win over the Blue Bulls. [iol]
Nobel Academy Member Calls Bob Dylan ‘Arrogant’ After Silence Over Prize – A member of the Swedish Academy called Bob Dylan “impolite and arrogant,” after the singer-songwriter declined to respond to its decision to award him the Nobel Prize in Literature. [time]
We Met with The Gather Online COO, The New Social Network Everyone’s Talking About – If you haven’t yet heard of Gather Online it’s time to catch a wake up, because this exciting social network is making huge waves across SA and the world. [here]
The Surprise Inside Secret Chambers – Archaeologists got the news media in a frenzy this week over the discovery of a possible secret chamber in the Great Pyramid of Giza. But what exactly did they find? [db]
Bruce Springsteen Says He Wrote A Song For Harry Potter, But “They Didn’t Use It” – “It was a big ballad that was very uncharacteristic of something I’d sing myself” [pf]
Taylor Swift Sings Ex Calvin Harris’ ‘This Is What You Came For’ – At Taylor Swift’s only concert of the year, she surprised the audience at Circuit of the Americas race track by singing ex-boyfriend Calvin Harris’ This Is What You Came For, which features Rihanna. [usat]
Ricky Gervais: Donald Trump Is More David Brent Than JFK – The comedian said the GOP nominee’s campaign is “like a joke that got out of hand.” [huff]
Kim Kardashian Explains Her Talent [Video] – Kim Kardashian had a good comeback to the question, “What’s your talent?” It involves a ridiculous amount of money. [tmz]
Kylie Jenner Built A Business Empire Out Of Lip Kits And Fan Worship – How the youngest member of the Kardashian-Jenner family used her most famous asset—cosmetically enhanced lips—to launch a makeup line her fans can’t seem to get enough of. [vf]
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