Mediagazer: Bill O'Reilly has quietly cut his schedule to four days a week; a spin-off with rotating hosts called “Friday Factor” is planned but not announced, source says (Hadas Gold/Politico)

3:20 PM ET, April 13, 2017

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Hadas Gold / Politico:

Bill O'Reilly has quietly cut his schedule to four days a week; a spin-off with rotating hosts called “Friday Factor” is planned but not announced, source says — Fox News plans a ‘Friday Factor’ spinoff with rotating hosts in his time slot. — Bill O'Reilly's future with Fox News …

Discussion: Media Matters for America, Deadline, @ericboehlert, @yashar, @hadas_gold, @alexweprin, @brianstelter and New York Magazine

Maxwell Tani / Business Insider:

Dana Perino, who has been filling in on multiple shows, is emerging as a go-to host for Fox News during a tumultuous period at the network — Amid the turmoil of the Fox News lineup this year, one host has become a go-to in multiple roles for the network: Dana Perino.

Discussion: @maxwelltani, @oliverdarcy and @brettlogiurato

New York Times:

Sources: Murdochs mull O'Reilly's future at Fox News as they await probe results; ousting him may cause financial loss, but keeping him may damage reputation — Bill O'Reilly left Fox News this week for a long-planned vacation to Italy and the Vatican, with his fate in the hands …

Discussion: Media Matters for America, Mother Jones, The Daily Beast, The Week, Mediaite, @slpng_giants, @drpatfarrell, @woodleyipt, MediaFile, Bloomberg and Gothamist

Peter Sterne / Politico:

Source: Tribune Media scraps plans for new national news site Tribune.com ahead of April 25 rollout and lays off more than 18 employees — The company also scrapped plans to relaunch Television Without Pity — On April 25, Tribune Media planned to launch a new national news site …

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Tamara Abraham / The Business of Fashion:

Saudi princess Deena Aljuhani Abdulaziz has been fired from her role as EIC of Vogue Arabia; it is understood that a new editor has already been appointed — The Saudi princess has confirmed that she was fired as editor-in-chief of Vogue Arabia after only two issues.

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Ken Yeung / VentureBeat:

Instagram says Stories has 200M daily active users, passing 161M DAUs Snapchat reported in S1; update today brings selfie stickers, pinning stickers to videos — Instagram is seeing continued growth in the number of people using its Snapchat Stories-like feature.

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Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed:

A new survey from BuzzFeed News and Ipsos Public Affairs found that 54% of American adults trust news they see on Facebook “only a little” or “not at all” — Facebook is an increasingly important source of news for American adults, but they can't seem to agree …

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Stefan Nicola / Bloomberg:

Facebook is publishing full-page ads in Germany's biggest papers advising readers how to detect fake news, amid mounting government pressure to curb its spread — Angela Merkel pressuring social media company to do more — Facebook Inc. published full-page ads in Germany's biggest …

Discussion: @stephaniebodoni

Kat Stoeffel / Hollywood Reporter:

A look at where the New York Observer stands amid rumors of a sale to American Media, as NYC power players weigh in on who should buy the paper — THR polled several of NYC's top power players for their thoughts. — Former employees of the New York Observer rang in 2017 by commencing a grim ritual …

Discussion: @harrysiegel, @harrysiegel and Adweek

Montreal Gazette:

The Chronicle Herald has bought the newspaper and publishing assets of Transcontinental Media in Atlantic Canada, creating a new company, SaltWire Network — HALIFAX — Canada's oldest independent newspaper has bought the newspaper and publishing assets of Transcontinental Media in Atlantic Canada.

Discussion: CBC News, Yahoo! Finance and The Chronicle Herald

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Mic hires Jonathan Carson, former Vevo and Nielsen exec, as president amid video push; he starts on April 17 after serving as an adviser for last nine months — Mic, the youth-skewing digital news and lifestyle media startup, has hired Jonathan Carson — former chief revenue officer of Vevo …

Discussion: @jacobdhorowitz, @xpangler and @caltchek

Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:

Snap to roll out “Snap to Store” tool, which lets brands measure if Snapchat geofilter ad campaigns drive users to specific locations — Newly public company rolls out ‘Snap to Store’ set of data and tools for advertisers — Snapchat once pledged not to be creepy with advertising.

Discussion: Adweek, Mashable, Business Insider, 9to5Mac and The Next Web, more at Techmeme »

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