Silicon Beach Report Aug. 21: Steve Bannon Returns to Brentwood’s Breitbart News

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Steve Bannon returns to Brentwood’s Breitbart News, CNN launches daily Snapchat news show and SpaceX to unveil spacesuits next week.

Steve Bannon Returns to Brentwood’s Breitbart News

Steve Bannon returned to Brentwood-based Breitbart News Network, the far-right news and commentary website founded by in 2007 by conservative commentator Andrew Breitbart, reports the Business Journal. Bannon, whose resignation as President Donald Trump’s chief strategist became public Friday, had served as Breitbart’s executive chairman before being tapped as chief executive of the Trump campaign in 2016.

CNN Launches Daily Snapchat News Show

CNN launched a daily news program on Snapchat on Monday, reports TechCrunch. This is the second news show to arrive on the social platform, following NBC News’ early success with its twice-daily show “Stay Tuned,” which saw over 29 million unique viewers in its first month.

SpaceX to Unveil Spacesuits Next Week

SpaceX plans to unveil pictures of a SpaceX spacesuit developed for NASA commercial crew program next week, Elon Musk posted to Twitter. The spacesuits are undergoing ocean landing mobility and safety tests, he wrote.

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