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12:40 PM ET, October 25, 2017

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Danica Kirka / Associated Press:
Murdoch's bid to take over Sky faces more scrutiny following news that Fox renewed Bill O'Reilly's contract after he settled a harassment suit for $32M  —  LONDON (AP) — Bill O'Reilly's sexual harassment scandal is causing more headaches for 21st Century Fox's 11.3 billion pound ($14.8 billion) …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
21st Century Fox CEO James Murdoch says it was “news to me when we saw that number” when asked about O'Reilly's $32M settlement with a former employee  —  James Murdoch, CEO of 21st Century Fox, said he was unaware that ex-Fox News host Bill O'Reilly's settlement …
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Bryn Elise Sandberg / Hollywood Reporter:
Apple hires ex-Channel 4 Chief Creative Officer Jay Hunt as its creative director for Europe of worldwide video  —  The former Channel 4 head is the latest exec to join Apple's programming push.  —  Apple is filling out its content team.  —  The tech giant has recruited former Channel 4 executive Jay Hunt …
Discussion: The Guardian and @ruskin147
Michael Calderone / Politico:
Emerson Collective cancels plans for new journal led by Leon Wieseltier after he appeared on “Shitty Media Men” list; he apologizes to past colleagues  —  Emerson Collective has severed ties with former New Republic literary editor Leon Wieseltier after learning of …
Damian Carrington / The Guardian:
BBC apologizes for interview with climate change denier Lord Lawson and says it breached editorial guidelines by failing to challenge his views  —  Exclusive: Lawson's claim that global temperatures are not rising went unchallenged, breaching guidelines on accuracy and impartiality
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Michelle Castillo / CNBC:
Twitter will now label political ads with sponsors, including spending and targeting disclosures, and establish a Transparency Center database with all ads  —  - Twitter will clearly label political ads, and require campaigns and organizations to disclose who bought the ad and how much they spent.
Saeed Kamali Dehghan / The Guardian:
BBC files a complaint with the UN, accusing Iran of “unprecedented collective punishment” against 152+ Iranian employees of its London-based Persian service  —  Corporation complains of ‘sustained campaign of harassment’ after assets of BBC Persian staff are frozen
James Warren / Poynter:
PBS is posting all interview footage from its two-part documentary on Putin online, 70 hours in total, and has made both video and transcripts easily searchable  —  Good morning.  Here's our morning roundup of all the media news you need to know.  Want to get this briefing in your inbox every morning?
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Malachy Browne / New York Times:
How The New York Times used video forensics, including timestamps and geolocation from dozens of video and audio clips, to reconstruct the Las Vegas shooting  —  Nearly a month has passed since Stephen Paddock opened fire on a country music festival at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas …
Ken Doctor / TheStreet:
Digital First Media CEO Steve Rossi retires and Guy Gilmore is named COO, reporting to the board of the company owned by Alden Global Capital  —  Steve Rossi, who has served as CEO of the country's third-largest group of daily newspapers, Digital First Media Inc., stepped down on Monday, Oct. 23.
 
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Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Gizmodo Media's Jezebel announces it has named Koa Beck, a former executive editor at Vogue.com, as top editor, replacing Emma Carmichael
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
DoJ subpoenas Twitter seeking details about five Twitter accounts including @Popehat, following a smiley emoji reply to them from a security researcher
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