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3:35 PM ET, November 7, 2016

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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Post-election, as newsrooms face more cuts and an uncertain future financially, journalism's biggest challenge will be combatting the rise of fake news  —  The last year has turned the United States into a country of information addicts who compulsively check the television …
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Timothy B. Lee / Vox:
Facebook's denial that it's a media company allows it to avoid taking responsibility for bad editorial decisions, like trending fake news stories that go viral  —  A generation ago, newspapers and television news programs had a lot of influence over what people read and watched.
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Media's dependency on campaign coverage, which has generated new traffic records, masks downward trends the industry will have to face after the election
Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
Apple News update increases publishers' traffic; CNN's section received 36.5M uniques in September, up from 5M in August; Bloomberg's spiked 500% in October  —  The traffic picture is improving for publishers on Apple News, but news organizations still have some big hangups when it comes to measurement and monetization.
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Peter Kafka / Recode:
Comcast's NBCUniversal will handle ad sales for Apple News in exclusive deal starting in January; Apple says Apple News now has over 70M unique users  —  It's an exclusive deal, but publishers can still sell their own.  —  Apple is bringing in help to boost its News app.
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Leaked customer-support docs for AT&T's DirecTV Now service reveal details on channels and promos, including giveaways for Apple TV and Fire TV stick devices  —  AT&T is prepared to go all out on behalf of its new DirecTV Now service: The company is looking to give away Apple TV …
Jack Shafer / Politico:
How Trump used cable TV, social media, right-wing blogs, and radio to create an alternative information pipeline and neutralize established media  —  He made himself the biggest news story since 9/11, and almost neutered the press in the process.  —  No matter who claims the presidency on November 8 …
Ben Terris / Washington Post:
WaPo reporter Ben Terris recounts witnessing ex-Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski grabbing reporter Michelle Fields and examines campaign's gaslighting  —  How an incident in March predicted months and months of gaslighting  —  “I just want to make sure,” my editor asked me as he closed the door to his office.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Ex-Cablevision CEO James Dolan, COO Kristin Dolan, launch VC firm Dolan Family Ventures, focused on investments in data, analytics, and tech-based businesses  —  Now that they're out of Cablevision Systems, Kristin and James Dolan are trying their hand at venture capital.
Justin Baragona / Mediaite:
At a Trump rally in Minnesota, Reuters Politics photographed a supporter wearing a T-shirt promoting the lynching of journalists  —  At a Minnesota rally for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump today, Reuters Politics photographed one Trump supporter wearing a pretty provocative T-shirt.
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
PBS to launch OddTube, its first digital short-form spin-off, with 20 episodes from Nov. 10 through March 23 on PBS Kids YouTube channel, video app, and website  —  What do you get when you cross the off-kilter kids-TV series “Odd Squad” with a popular short-form video streaming service?
 
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