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7:25 PM ET, January 5, 2017

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Alex Weprin / Politico:
Tucker Carlson will succeed Megyn Kelly in 9PM slot on Fox, with Martha MacCallum, co-anchor of America's Newsroom, succeeding Carlson at 7PM  —  Fox News has named Tucker Carlson the new host of its 9 p.m. program, succeeding Megyn Kelly, who is departing the cable news channel for NBC.
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Tony Maglio / The Wrap:
Amid a competitive late night TV environment, Conan O'Brien's show will move to a weekly format on TBS, says Turner CEO John Martin  —  (Updated Thursday, January 5, 2017 at 5:30 p.m. ET with statement from TBS boss Kevin Reilly.)  —  Get ready to see less of Conan O'Brien.
Tara Palmeri / Politico:
Sources: Trump will meet with Condé Nast editorial leaders, including Anna Wintour and Graydon Carter, a notorious critic of the president-elect, on Friday  —  The president-elect will sit down with the Vanity Fair editor, who famously called him a ‘short-fingered vulgarian.’
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Techdirt founder Mike Masnick faces $15M libel suit over articles that cast doubt on Shiva Ayyadurai's claim to have invented e-mail  —  This is the latest case from attorney Charles Harder, who previously represented Hulk Hogan against Gawker.  —  Techdirt founder Mike Masnick will be going toe …
Politico:
At least five publishing partners say they had no advance notice Medium would stop selling its native ad unit “Promoted Stories”  —  On Wednesday, Medium co-founder Evan Williams announced in a blog post that the publishing platform would abandon its strategy to sell native advertising …
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Ev Williams / Medium:
Medium says it's laying off 50 employees, about a third of its staff, and closing its NY and DC offices, as it refocuses on a “less proven” means to pay writers
Chicago Sun Times:
Sean Spicer says Trump's tweets are the first thing he checks every morning because they drive the news cycle  —  Sign-Up for our News & Politics Newsletter  —  Sean Spicer, a Republican strategist tapped to be President-elect Donald Trump's press secretary, confirmed a widely held notion …
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Former Fox News anchor Greta Van Susteren to join MSNBC with a news and analysis show at 6PM, called For the Record, starting January 9  —  Greta Van Susteren is joining MSNBC, taking over the channel's 6 p.m. time slot with a new show called “For the Record,” the network announced Thursday.
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
BuzzFeed's customizable Tasty recipe book, printed on demand, sells more than 100K copies in less than two months, with sales ranging between $2.4M and $3.9M  —  ‘Tasty’ recipe book sells more than 100,000 copies in 2 months  —  170 million online views for video on how to make sliders
Shari Weiss / Gossip Cop:
Gossip Cop debunked 2,404 stories in 2016, a 60% rise over the previous year; the worst offender was National Enquirer, which was corrected 335 times  —  Gossip Cop busted 2,404 stories in 2016.  That's nearly a 60 percent increase over 2015, when we busted 1,504 stories.
Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
Launched in December, Time Inc.'s UK TV division aims to produce 8 hours of content in 2017 centered around current affairs, infotainment, and real-life stories  —  Time Inc. is setting its sights on TV in the U.K.  —  The publisher's U.K. TV division, which launched in December …
 
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Sources: details from Mark Zuckerberg's candid weekly Q&A sessions almost never leak because staffers fear reprisal, such as firings and peer pressure
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