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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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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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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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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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Wall Street Journal deputy editorial page editor Bret Stephens, 2013 Pulitzer winner and frequent Trump critic, is leaving to become a New York Times columnist — The New York Times today announced that The Wall Street Journal's current deputy editorial page editor Bret Stephens will join Opinion as an Op-Ed columnist.
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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.
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Gwilym Mumford / The Guardian:
Chinese researcher says the country is likely to increase Hollywood movie imports under forthcoming US trade pact — Donald Trump and Chinese premier Xi Jinping agree an increase in Hollywood imports, up from the current 34 a year, as part of recent trade talks
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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 …
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Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
The Storm Lake Times' Pulitzer win highlights the decline of family newspapers; just 15% of America's daily newspaper circulation is under independent control — Consolidation has left just 15% of America's daily newspaper circulation under independent control
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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 …
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