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Rupert Murdoch's 56-word memo on Bill Shine shows a continued focus on ratings and profits, without cleaning house of those who enabled Ailes — If ever there were an internal memo that said it all, a remarkably brief one from Rupert Murdoch to Fox News staff on Monday is it.
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Suzanne Scott, Fox News new president of programming, was accused of prompting Fox News employees and contributors to publicly disparage Gretchen Carlson
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Sources: Sean Hannity has called a staff-wide meeting for all those who work on his show
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@hadas_gold, Politico and New York Times


CNN declined to air Donald Trump ad that contained graphic claiming mainstream news outlets are fake news — “Per our policy it will be accepted only if the graphic is deleted. Those are the facts," the network said. — For the most part, Donald Trump's new 30-second ad …
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@cnnpr, New York Times, AgencySpy, Washington Post, Mediaite, Fox News Insider, @lionelmedia, @thrmattbelloni and Business Insider

Storyful and Moat debut Open Brand Safety, working with CUNY School of Journalism to catalog sites that spread misinformation, then share findings with brands — But first, how do we define quality—and crap? — Storyful and Moat—together with CUNY and our new News Integrity Initiative* …
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Nieman Lab, The Keyword, Ad Age, MediaPost, News Corp, @dangillmor and @craignewmark


Sources: Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical, Yahoo's NBA site, to join ESPN after the NBA draft; ESPN intends to hire other The Vertical staffers — The writer and some of his team will join ESPN after next month's NBA draft. — Last week, ESPN cut some of its reporters and on-air personnel.


Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard announces the 80th class of Nieman Fellows — The Nieman Foundation for Journalism, a leading global voice in journalism education and innovation, has selected 24 journalists as members of the Nieman class of 2018.
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@jbenton, @niemanfdn and @amlwhere


Writers Guild of America, studios reach agreement including 15% increase in Pay TV residuals, ~$15M in increases in high-budget SVOD residuals, and more — It went down to the wire, and a little beyond, but the Writers Guild of America and major studios came to terms on a new contract early Tuesday …
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Deadline, Deadline, Crain's New York Business, Vanity Fair, Vox, Mediaite, LAist, The Daily Caller, TVLine, Writers Guild of America …, The Week and Fortune


Disney launches Disney Digital Network, bringing its own brands and Maker Studios creators together under one umbrella — The Disney Digital Network will combine existing brands from the company, including Oh My Disney and Babble, with Maker talent and its gaming-focused Polaris network.
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Fortune, The Wrap, Adweek, Variety, TVWeek.com, AdExchanger and Inside the Magic


Sources: Tucker Carlson signs two-book deal worth $9M with Simon & Schuster's Threshold Editions — The book world's buzzing that Tucker Carlson has inked a two-book deal with Simon & Schuster's Threshold Editions worth $9 million, sources tell Page Six.
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@alexweprin, The Daily Caller and Hollywood Reporter


After 18 years, About.com is rebranding as Dotdash and will launch a travel-focused vertical later this month — On Tuesday, About.com is going to change its name. The digital publisher is expected to announce at the Collision Conference that it will henceforth be known as Dotdash (pronounced “dot-DASH").
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@rafat and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »


ESPN isn't dying, but its cable-TV business is declining as the cost of sports programming rises, meaning it will need to transition to a new business model — Last week, ESPN laid off 100 employees, including several well-known SportsCenter anchors and popular writers.
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Ex-NYT staff involved in the Pentagon Papers story are outraged at Spielberg's film on the scandal; scriptwriter says movie is primarily about WaPo's Kay Graham — God, it's been said, makes a lousy playwright. As far as an upcoming film that spotlights the Pentagon Papers is concerned …

Chinese gov't recruits 20K people to author online encyclopedia with 300K+ entries, dubbed by an official as the “Great Wall of culture”, to go live in 2018 — The Chinese government is recruiting 20,000 people to create an online encyclopedia that will be the country's own …
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South China Morning Post, Engadget, CNET, Mashable, Ars Technica UK, @kenroth, Telegiz, International Business Times, Gizmodo and @stevesi, more at Techmeme »