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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Tucker Carlson's ascension to prime time is another sign that Rupert Murdoch is pushing Fox News in a more pro-Trump direction — Rupert Murdoch moved swiftly and unexpectedly to fill the void opened up by Megyn Kelly's departure for NBC. Thursday morning, Fox News announced Tucker Carlson is taking over Kelly's 9 p.m. slot.
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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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Maximillian Potter / Esquire:
Profile of A.J. Daulerio on his tumultuous career even before the Gawker trial, his history of substance abuse, and a memory of being molested as a boy — “I've been thinking a lot about a photo of me from the trial that ran in The New York Times," A. J. Daulerio tells me one Sunday this past September.
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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 …
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.’
Linda Ge / The Wrap:
Viacom names Sarah Levy to new role of COO of global entertainment group, overseeing operations and strategy for MTV, Comedy Central, VH1, Spike, CMT, and more — Viacom has named Sarah Levy Chief Operating Officer of its global entertainment group, the company announced Thursday.
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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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Leonid Bershidsky / Bloomberg:
Medium may find there are few workable ideas to provide enough revenue to reward quality content — Ev Williams, the co-founder of Twitter, spent five years building Medium into one of the slickest publishing platforms on the web. Yet he found himself in traditional-publishing purgatory on Wednesday …
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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
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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.
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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.
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Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Sources: details from Mark Zuckerberg's candid weekly Q&A sessions almost never leak because staffers fear reprisal, such as firings and peer pressure — The CEO opens up to 16,000 employees once a week. Why don't you hear more about it? — On a Friday afternoon in July 2015 …
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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 …
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