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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
News outlets reported Trump's claim about millions voting illegally as if it were true — Newsrooms are still coming to grips with a soon-to-be-president able to distract and distort on Twitter. — NEW YORK On Sunday afternoon, Politico editorial director for digital Blake Hounshell rightly pointed …
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Mike Isaac / New York Times:
CNN acquires social-video startup Beme, co-founded by YouTube star Casey Neistat; app to be shut down, team to form a new media startup as an extension of CNN — With millions of people regularly tuning in to his YouTube video blogs every morning, Casey Neistat has a millennial fan base coveted by both marketers and media companies.
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Matt Hackett:
In a candid post, Beme co-founder Matt Hackett says the product failed but CNN acquisition will allow the Beme team to keep working on the vision — Why I'm proud we're joining CNN … At my age in 1993, I definitely should have been asleep at 11pm. The sound of my dad, always a night-owl …
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Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Report: Time Inc. board rejects buyout bid from Edgar Bronfman Jr. for $18 a share, which is an 18% premium over its Friday closing price of $13.80 — Edgar Bronfman Jr. is making a bid to buy Time Inc., publisher of People, Time and Sports Illustrated, The Post has learned.
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Chris Moran:
Lessons from The Guardian's ex-Audience Editor Chris Moran: editorial responsibility should not be passed onto algorithms, time spent is a key metric, more — Seven years ago I started working full time at the Guardian in the glamorous role of SEO editorial executive.
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Brian Morrissey / Digiday:
Michael Wolff on Trump coverage: media failed to do its job, will need to stop being defensive and focus on reporting facts — At a time of media soul searching over the rise of Donald Trump, longtime media watcher and columnist Michael Wolff is perhaps the most unsparing in his assessment.
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MediaDC.com:
Salena Zito, reporter praised for her coverage of Trump voters in the Rust Belt region, joins the Washington Examiner as a full-time political correspondent — For Immediate Release — Washington Examiner is excited to announce that Salena Zito is joining its staff as a full-time political correspondent.
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Lee Fang / The Intercept:
Laura Ingraham, currently under consideration for White House press secretary role, owns many websites including LifeZette, which frequently publishes fake news — The extraordinary phenomenon of fake news spread by Facebook and other social media during the 2016 presidential election …
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Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Forbes Media partners with Advantage Media Group to launch book publishing unit, ForbesBooks — Forbes Media announced Monday that it is starting a book publishing operation in conjunction with Advantage Media Group. — ForbesBooks will provide a variety of services …
The Guardian:
BBC journalist Hatice Kamer was detained in Turkish police custody overnight; she was allegedly accused of supporting a terrorist organization, may stand trial — Hatice Kamer, a journalist working for the BBC's Turkish-language service, held in south-east of country
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Ross Benes / Digiday:
Viral publishers like ViralNova, Distractify, and Upworthy are attracting fewer media buyers as they struggle with fraud, lose traffic — Viral publishers have been inoculated. — Media buyers tell Digiday that interest in viral publishers — such as ViralNova and Distractify …
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Hulu plans to sell a package of live TV channels early next year; estimates suggest company will lose $400-$500M in 2016 and $500M in 2017 — Company will be first streaming provider to offer live video — Price said close to DirecTV Now; Comcast in talks for carriage