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5:20 AM ET, October 20, 2017

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Silvia Killingsworth / The Awl:
Vox Media Editorial Director Lockhart Steele, founder of Curbed, has been fired; CEO staff memo said Steele admitted conduct “inconsistent with our core values”  —  In what appears to be the first and probably not the last repercussion of last week's Shitty Media Men list …
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Sources: Facebook's news subscription tool is delayed on iOS over Apple's 30% App Store cut; the tool will rollout on Android phones over coming weeks  —  The problem: Apple's 30 percent tax.  —  Facebook's effort to help media companies sell subscriptions has hit a snag: Apple.
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Verizon loses 18K net pay TV subscribers in third quarter, OTT service plans still tentative  —  The telecom giant, which earlier in the year closed its acquisition of Yahoo, provides updates on a planned online TV service and possible content deals.  —  Telecom giant Verizon on Thursday reported …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Vogue, Vice to launch editorial collaboration Project Vs in early 2018; partnership continues trend of unlikely media alliances made to extend advertising reach  —  At first blush, Vogue and Vice would seem to go together as well as soda and mayonnaise.  But in the world of advertising, their collaboration might prove quite tasty.
Hadas Gold / CNNMoney:
RT's American arm failed to register as a foreign agent by DOJ deadline of October 17, unclear whether civil or criminal proceedings will follow  —  The Russian television network RT is resisting the U.S. government's request that its American arm register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
Discussion: @hadas_gold and @hadas_gold
Carolina A. Miranda / Los Angeles Times:
Why Gustavo Arellano's OC Weekly departure highlights the endangered status of Latinos in media  —  Gustavo Arellano, author and former editor of the OC Weekly in 2012.  (Arkasha Stevenson / Los Angeles Times)  —  It began as a lark: a satirical advice column in which readers could write …
Catalina Albeanu / Journalism.co.uk:
Agora Project linked 10 journalists across borders to report on global issues, with stories published in Süddeutsche Zeitung, Huffington Post Greece, and more  —  'There's so much possibility to learn from each other': 10 journalists worked together to put their stories into a European context
Twitter:
Twitter unveils user safety roadmap through Jan. 2018: expand definitions of non-consensual nudity, update policy around hate, add info for suspended accounts  —  As we said last week, we're updating our approach to make Twitter a safer place.  This won't be a quick or easy fix, but we're committed to getting it right.
Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
Tribune Media shareholders vote more than 99% in favor of Sinclair merger, which awaits FCC and DOJ approval  —  Tribune Media shareholders “overwhelmingly” voted in favor of a sale to Sinclair Broadcast Group.  (Scott Olson / Getty Images)  —  Tribune Media shareholders on Thursday …
Discussion: Deadline
 
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Lauren Raab / Los Angeles Times:
Voice Media says LA Weekly is being sold to Semanal Media, a new company formed for the deal with unknown owners
Erik Pedersen / Deadline:
VidAngel, which filters offensive content from movies, files for Chapter 11 after suit from Disney, 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros, won't shut down
Discussion: Variety, Multichannel News and Forbes
John Koblin / New York Times:
Nielsen announces it is providing Netflix viewer data to clients, based on audio recognition in 44K homes in US; Netflix disputes accuracy
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The Daily Beast:
Trump campaign manager, digital director, and son retweeted Russian-linked @TEN_GOP Twitter account near election; Michael Flynn Jr. retweeted account 34 times
Hollywood Reporter:
Details emerge about Amazon Studios ex-chief Roy Price's crude talk and pricey Weinstein deals, with little support offered for female-led Big Little Lies
Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Hearst agrees to acquire Rodale Inc., publisher of Men's Health and Runner's World; source says price was less than $225M
Discussion: Publishers Weekly and Adweek
Ashley Gold / Politico:
Senators Warner and Klobuchar to introduce bill, cosponsored by McCain, to increase online political ad transparency, bring rules to parity with TV and radio