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Margaret Hartmann / New York Magazine:
WSJ: National Enquirer, published by longtime Trump friend David Pecker, paid Playboy model $150K for the story of her affair with Trump, then didn't publish it — It's time to revive the debate over whether we have to take the National Enquirer seriously because one time they were right about John Edwards' affair.
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 …
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Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
Fox News anchor Bret Baier apologizes for saying an indictment was likely in Clinton Foundation investigation: “it was a mistake, and for that I am sorry” — Fox News reporter and anchor Bret Baier, who hosts “Special Report” on the cable channel, apologized Friday for reporting …
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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 …
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@jank0
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
As opinions shift, a new wave of cannabis-focused sites seeks more advertisers willing to do business — There's money in marijuana, but is there money in marijuana coverage? (Yes, yes there is.) — For three years, The Cannabist, a promising digital project from the struggling Denver Post …
Michael Forsythe / New York Times:
While 4 of 5 missing Hong Kong publishers have returned after detention in China, crackdown made it nigh impossible to print critical books on Chinese politics — HONG KONG — The metal door of Causeway Bay Bookstore is locked, just as it was month after month after the disappearances last year of five Hong Kong booksellers.
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Guardian
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 — Thanks to Donald Trump, the news media has enjoyed a feast of public attention for the past year or more. But a crash diet could be just around the corner.
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New York Times, @ezraklein, Columbia Journalism Review and BGR
T. Rees Shapiro / Washington Post:
Jury finds that Rolling Stone, its parent company Wenner Media, and writer Sabrina Rubin Erdley defamed UVA dean Nicole Eramo in discredited rape story — CHARLOTTESVILLE — A federal court jury decided Friday that a Rolling Stone journalist defamed a former University of Virginia associate dean …
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Jennifer Senior / New York Times:
Review of Tim Wu's Attention Merchants: an elegant survey of media's annexation of human consciousness through propaganda, TV commercials, social media, more — Does anyone remember when Rolling Rock beer ran a campaign on highway billboards back in 2008, promising that the company would project its logo onto the next full moon?
Kurt Wagner / Recode:
NFL Films is producing an exclusive nine-part VR video series for YouTube and Google's Daydream about life in and around the NFL, to debut November 24 — The videos will be available on YouTube and Google's new VR headset, Daydream. — If anything can bring virtual reality into the mainstream, it's NFL football, right?
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TechCrunch
Sarah Lyall / New York Times:
The Onion has struggled to produce funny headlines throughout the 2016 campaign, the rhetoric of which has been so hyperbolic as to be virtually beyond satire — Chicago — Now that it's almost over and we're all thoroughly miserable, is there anything funny left to say about this dreadful election?
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@jenstar and @lisawritesbooks
Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
HBO cancels Bill Simmons' talk show Any Given Wednesday after four months, will remain a minority investor in Bill Simmons Media — “We loved making that show, but unfortunately it never resonated with audiences like we hoped. And that's on me." — Bill Simmons' weekly HBO show ending …
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