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5:35 PM ET, October 6, 2016

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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:

Megyn Kelly and Sean Hannity trade insults over their divergent approaches to covering Trump, the latest example of a widening ideological rift inside Fox News — Megyn Kelly and Sean Hannity, who have back-to-back shows on Fox News, have a sharp difference of opinion about Donald Trump.

Peter Kafka / Recode:

Sources: Disney will not bid for Twitter, leaving Salesforce as the last potential bidder — Which leaves Salesforce, for now. — Cross another potential Twitter buyer off the list: Disney isn't pursuing a bid for the social platform, either. — Sources familiar with Disney …

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Sources: Google will not make a Twitter bid and Apple is also an unlikely suitor; Twitter stock falls around 20% after the news — Amid speculation, the tech giants have other aims — According to sources close to the situation, Google does not currently plan to make a bid for Twitter.

Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:

Q&A with New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet on calling out lies, embracing video, and building a more digital newsroom — How long is two years in editor years? — Leading any daily newspaper in this age is challenging, but leading The New York Times is an exercise unto itself.

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Jack Shafer / Politico:

Despite the work of fact-checkers, the disinformation spread by Trump, Pence, and others is gaining currency as cable TV has devolved from news to discussion — It's official: A time-honored political dark art has gone flamboyantly public. Who's to blame? Start with cable news.

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Paul Cheung / Asian American Journalists Association:

AAJA demands an apology from Fox News for Jesse Watters' racist segment on Chinese American voters; Watters says he regrets if anyone found offense — RESPONSE TO FOX NEWS INVITATION TO APPEAR ON THE BILL O'REILLY SHOW (Oct. 6th 2:00 pm EST) — AAJA has reached out to David Tabacoff …

Janko Roettgers / Variety:

Sources: BitTorrent fires its co-CEOs and an unknown number of staffers, is closing its Los Angeles production studio and Now streaming service — BitTorrent has fired its two co-CEOs Robert Delamar and Jeremy Johnson and laid of an unknown number of staffers, Variety has learned from multiple sources.

Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:

The BBC's Taster platform, launched in 2015, lets audiences rate pilot projects for three months to help decide if an idea should move forward or get spiked — Is there an audience out there for classic natural history programming à la David Attenborough, but dubbed …

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Cora Lewis / BuzzFeed:

Fusion's newsroom prepares to unionize with Writers Guild of America, East; management sends email saying move “would not be beneficial” for staff or company — Update: Management responds with company-wide email stating unionization “would not be beneficial for you or Fusion.”

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Editor & Publisher, FishbowlNY, @cora, @tomgara, @jeremymbarr, @saramorrison, @barryap1 and @sparkyrandles

Numbers / Pew Research Center:

Pew study: about 40% of American adults under 50 prefer reading news, mostly online; more than half of Americans over 50 opt for watching the news on TV — When it comes to technology's influence on America's young adults, reading is not dead - at least not the news.

Discussion: FishbowlDC and Nieman Lab

Elizabeth Becker / Columbia Journalism Review:

How two reporters came to different conclusions for story on genocide and human rights abuse in Cambodia — Two reporters escaped with their lives, but left Cambodia with very different stories. History shows one was right. — 3765 WORDS … Last year, I was flown to Cambodia to testify …

Anna Merlan / Jezebel:

How marketers created “Rachel Brewson” and other online characters for a fake tale of romance and politics with actors posing on ABC Nightline to drive traffic — In December 2015, readers at women's site xoJane were enthralled and filled with all-caps rage by Rachel Brewson …

Discussion: @annamerlan, @caitlinmoran, @annamerlan, @annehelen, @doree, @mmasnick and bookforum.com

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