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Rupert Murdoch ‘not worried’ about Fox News despite sexual harassment claims — Rupert Murdoch has said he is “not worried” about Fox News despite allegations of sexual harassment at the broadcaster. — The billionaire head of 21st Century Fox, which owns Fox News, said there was “nothing happening” at the station.
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Broadcasting & Cable, Mediaite, Washington Post, Radio & Television …, TVNewser, BBC, The Wrap, Talking Points Memo, Reuters and Deadline
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Discovery Communications Q1: earnings of $215M, down 18% YoY, revenue up 3% to $1.61B, US ad revenue up 1%, and a slight decline in subscribers — CEO David Zaslav and his team unveil the cable networks company's latest financials. — Discovery Communications, the company behind …
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The Wrap, Broadcasting & Cable, Multichannel News and Variety
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Discovery CEO Zaslav says US TV market does not offer consumers a “true” skinny bundle, as current offerings are priced at $40 instead of in the $8-$12 range — David Zaslav says time will bring really low-priced limited bundles like in international markets over time as current offers are …


In contrast with American journalists' approach to the Clinton email story, French journalists exercised sound judgement in covering the Macron leak — The hacked emails from Emmanuel Macron's French campaign appear to be spectacularly mundane, according to people who have read them.
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@nytopinion and AOL
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The Macron hack had little effect on the French election likely due to bereft coverage and an absence of a robust right-wing broadcast media — PARIS — French readers awoke on Monday to headlines about its young president-elect, Emmanuel Macron, and his decisive defeat of the far-right candidate Marine Le Pen.
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@nytimes, @kylegriffin1, Washington Post, @nytimes, Refinery29, @shibleytelhami, @sewellchan, @bfriedmandc, @jonfavs, Observer, The Wrap, Al Jazeera English and Fortune


Reuters names its first Rust Belt correspondent, its national affairs writer Tim Reid; he'll cover America's Midwest and Southeast, rotating through cities — After Donald Trump's election, the media whipped itself in public for failing to recognize just how much support he had outside of America's biggest cities.
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@jayrosen_nyu and @sarahkendzior

To survive, local news should pivot away from advertising and focus instead on building a subscription-based business model, a move which will reduce costs — It's hardly controversial to note that the traditional business model for most publishers, particularly newspapers, is obsolete.
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@noahchestnut, @newsmary, @stratecherymo, @niemanlab and New York Times


UK's Labour Party denied BuzzFeed access to its campaign events on Tuesday and said contact with party leader Corbyn would be limited for rest of campaign — Corbyn also claimed to BBC News that he had not told BuzzFeed News he would stay on as leader even if he lost the election.
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Coffee House, The Guardian, iNews, Business Insider, Daily Mail and Guido Fawkes


Milo Yiannopoulos says he plans to file a $10M lawsuit against publishers Simon & Schuster US, after they shelved his book — Two months after his book deal was shelved, Milo Yiannopoulos has announced he plans to self-publish his memoir and file a “$10m lawsuit” against former publishers Simon & Schuster US.
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HuffPost, Bustle, PinkNews, Miami New Times and The Guardian


Sources: Kelvin MacKenzie is leaving The Sun newspaper and is currently negotiating his exit, after penning a column containing racial slurs — Former editor, who has written weekly column since 2015, is understood to be negotiating exit terms — Former Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie …
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The Week, iNews, @sunapology, @groomb, @mattgarrahan and Financial Times


Profile of Judy Woodruff, who has been covering Washington since 1977 and is now anchoring PBS NewsHour, with viewership up 20% YoY — WASHINGTON — It had already been a long day, but Judy Woodruff wasn't in the mood to slow down. — Ms. Woodruff, the anchor of “PBS NewsHour,” …


The Minneapolis Star Tribune has digitized every article since 1867, charging $7.99 for 30-day access and $29.95 for a six-month subscription — On Friday, Jan. 5, 1979, Prince made page 1D of the Minneapolis Star. — The piece about the 19-year-old singer's return to Minneapolis was below the fold, under a piece about Disney.