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Natasha Stoynoff / People.com:

Writer Natasha Stoynoff, who covered Trump for People Magazine in the early 2000s, tells her own story of alleged assault by Trump in December 2005 — In December 2005, People Writer Natasha Stoynoff went to Mar-a-Largo to interview Donald and Melania Trump. What she says happened next left her badly shaken.

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The New York Times refuses demand from Trump attorneys to retract article in which two women accuse Trump of touching them inappropriately — The New York Times Thursday refused a request from lawyers for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to retract a story in which two women describe instances …

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Committee to Protect Journalists:

The Committee to Protect Journalists has passed a resolution declaring that a Trump presidency represents a threat to press freedom unknown in modern history — In an unprecedented step, the Committee to Protect Journalists today released a statement recognizing that a Donald Trump presidency would represent a threat to press freedom.

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Peter Sterne / Politico:

Fox Business host Lou Dobbs, with 792K Twitter followers, publicized the address and phone number of a Trump accuser, then apologizes — Fox Business News anchor Lou Dobbs publicized the address and phone number of Jessica Leeds, one of the women who accused Donald Trump of groping her, to his 792,000 followers on Thursday morning.

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

Discovery Communications investing $100M for 35% stake in new holding company, Group Nine Media, merging its digital network with Thrillist, NowThis, The Dodo — Discovery Communications, in a major expansion of its digital footprint, is investing $100 million into a new digital media holding company …

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Jemima Kiss / Guardian:

Google News rolls out “fact check” tag for stories on web and mobile apps, starting in the US and UK — Launched today, fact check will now appear as a label among news search results alongside other labels such as opinion, local source and highly cited

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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

BuzzFeed to stream a live election night broadcast on Twitter, hopes to demystify how winners are called in key races — NEW YORK As politics obsessives turn to Twitter on Election Night, BuzzFeed editor-in-chief Ben Smith wants his site's coverage to be right there with them.

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David Uberti / Columbia Journalism Review:

Since announcing a $20M investment in March, CNN has hired 162 staffers for its digital team with the aim of hitting 274 hires by the first quarter of 2017 — On Wednesday, CNN launched a mobile app to curate a more personalized feed of business news. Last week, it hired away a crack team …

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PR Newswire:

Texas Monthly to be sold for $25M by Emmis Communications to private equity partnership Genesis Park, founded by Paul Hobby — Emmis Communications Corporation (Nasdaq: EMMS) today announced the signing of an agreement to sell the assets of Texas Monthly to an affiliate of Genesis Park …

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Kelsey Sutton / Politico:

Kerry Lauerman is leaving his position as WaPo's national projects editor for Mic, where he will serve as executive news director, starting October 31 — Kerry Lauerman, the national projects editor of The Washington Post, is headed to Mic, where he will serve as executive news director.

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Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:

This American Life debuts Shortcut, a new tool that lets visitors select audio clips and turn them into videos that can be shared on FB, Twitter, elsewhere — Of the many problems that vex podcast and radio producers, the shareability of audio — or the lack thereof — remains at or near the top of the list.

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Lora Kolodny / TechCrunch:

Shazam rolls out in-app music video channels, working with Portland firm Vadio, which distributes and monetizes video with ads — Song identifying app Shazam is rolling out music video channels to all of its 120 million monthly active users in a partnership with Vadio, a Portland-based startup.

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