Mediagazer: Incoming Viacom CEO Bob Bakish says Paramount, MTV, and Comedy Central among key priorities, will run Viacom as “independent company” despite talk of CBS merger (Georg Szalai/Hollywood Reporter)

1:30 PM ET, November 10, 2016

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Kathleen Hennessey / AP News:

Donald Trump refuses to let press pool travel with him to cover Obama meeting in DC, bucking longstanding protocol on press access — WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday refused to let a group of journalists travel with him to cover his historic first meeting …

Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:

Covering President Trump will require fearless, deep journalism, news organizations willing to fund court battles, and help from some heroes — One thing is certain in the presumptive era of President Trump. Journalists are going to have to be better — stronger, more courageous, stiffer-spined — than they've ever been.

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Hadas Gold / Politico:

After the US election, some journalists worry about future access to candidates, press freedom, and personal safety — As she left 1211 Avenue of the Americas building on Tuesday night, Wall Street Journal graphics editor Stephanie Stamm walked by the group of spectators gathered outside of Fox News' studios.

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Max Read / New York Magazine:

Facebook's massive reach, abundance of emotionally charged fake viral stories, and lack of traditional gatekeepers helped Donald Trump win — A close and — to pundits, journalists, and Democrats — unexpected victory like Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's is always overdetermined …

Alex Weprin / Politico:

Eleven media veterans, including Dean Baquet, Marty Baron, and Nick Denton, discuss how the press misread the Trump phenomenon and what lessons can be learned — What went wrong? — How did everyone in the media miss the Trump phenomenon? Were there signs that were ignored?

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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:

Journalists failed to question the polls predicting a Clinton victory because the data confirmed their gut feeling about who would win — All the dazzling technology, the big data and the sophisticated modeling that American newsrooms bring to the fundamentally human endeavor of presidential politics …

James Poniewozik / New York Times:
TV news networks were completely unprepared for Donald Trump's win and it was reflected in their coverage, with little analysis of the implications

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New York Times:

The future of AT&T-Time Warner deal will likely rest on appointments Trump makes to the FCC and Justice Department, both of which may review the merger — By MICHAEL J. de la MERCED and CECILIA KANGNOV. 10, 2016 — Deal makers took notice last month when Donald J. Trump declared …

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Reuters:
Time Warner's and AT&T's shares fell 2% and 1.4% respectively on Wednesday over concerns Trump will keep his vow to block AT&T acquisition

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Alex Weprin / Politico:

About 71.5M people watched election returns come in during primetime hours, compared with 66.8M in 2012; Fox led cable coverage at 12.7M between 8pm and 3am — Approximately 71.5 million people, on average, watched the 2016 presidential election returns come in during prime-time hours last night …

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Michael Wolff / Hollywood Reporter:

Trump's win exposed smug media assumptions that endorsements count, polling works, and advertising matters — Ads don't work, polls don't work, celebrities don't work, media endorsements don't work and ground games don't work. — The media turned itself into the opposition and, accordingly …

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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:

Incoming Viacom CEO Bob Bakish says Paramount, MTV, and Comedy Central among key priorities, will run Viacom as “independent company” despite talk of CBS merger — The acting CEO designate says his goal is to boost growth and maximize Viacom's value as an independent company …

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Max Willens / Digiday:

Botched election predictions don't mean the end of data journalism, which most publishers use to analyze tangibles like test scores and government agency data — On Tuesday night, newsrooms around the world got a pretty rude reminder that good data is very important.

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Candace Smith / ABC News:

First-person account of what it was like as the only black reporter to cover Trump in the field throughout the election season — They say you never forget your first. It was February. I had just gotten assigned to cover GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump.