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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Bannon bashed outlets like Washington Post for not reporting from places like Alabama, and now claims conspiracy after WaPo's deep dive on Alabama's Roy Moore — Breitbart boss Stephen K. Bannon on Thursday night ripped The Post. “The Bezos-Amazon-Washington Post that dropped that dime on Donald Trump …
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Sarah Whitten / CNBC:
At least five advertisers back away from Fox News' Hannity following his coverage of allegations against Senate candidate Roy Moore — - At least five companies said over the weekend that they will no longer advertise their products during Fox News' “Hannity.”
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Jason Schwartz / Politico:
Fox News criticized Trump during the election but now has more pro-Trump hosts and rarely airs critical stories, instead focusing on Clinton-related stories — The network that sparred with him as a candidate now rarely challenges him. — During the Republican primary contest …
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Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Liz Smith, who chronicled the lives of the rich, famous, and beautiful for over three decades in tabloid gossip columns, dies at 94 — Liz Smith, the longtime queen of New York's tabloid gossip columns, who for more than three decades chronicled little triumphs and trespasses in the soap-opera lives …
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Jessica Toonkel / Reuters:
Source: Rupert Murdoch offered to buy CNN during two conversations with AT&T's Randall Stephenson; another source denies Murdoch wants to own the network — Rupert Murdoch telephoned AT&T Inc Chief Executive Randall Stephenson twice in the last six months and talked about cable network CNN …
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Amol Sharma / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Jared Kushner told Time Warner Inc. executive CNN should fire 20% of its staff for incorrect election analysis about the outcome
Sources: Jared Kushner told Time Warner Inc. executive CNN should fire 20% of its staff for incorrect election analysis about the outcome
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Tony Romm / Recode:
Trump said he 'didn't make that decision' to potentially force AT&T and Time Warner to sell CNN
Trump said he 'didn't make that decision' to potentially force AT&T and Time Warner to sell CNN
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Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
White House pledges to push for more media access after APEC summit lock-out — Only Fox News and White House photographer were allowed access to world leaders. — DANANG, Vietnam — Nearly all U.S. journalists covering President Donald Trump's appearance at a major economic summit …
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Sources: Radhika Jones, New York Times books editorial director, to be named the next editor of Vanity Fair as soon as Monday — In a dramatic changing of the guard, Radhika Jones, the editorial director of the books department at The New York Times and a former top editor at Time magazine …
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Debra Birnbaum / Variety:
19 sources describe sexual harassment by Andrew Kreisberg, executive producer on The CW shows including Supergirl; Warner Bros. investigates, suspends Kreisberg — Warner Bros. TV Group has launched an investigation into allegations of inappropriate behavior by Andrew Kreisberg …
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Associated Press:
Louis C.K. Says Sexual Misconduct Allegations Are True — NEW YORK — Comedian Louis C.K. says the allegations of sexual misconduct against him are true. — The comedian also issued a statement a day after The New York Times detailed five women's allegations of sexual misconduct by C.K. …
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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard:
Muddy media reports about Facebook's test to fight revenge porn show the company needs more direct, on-the-record talks with journalists — A Facebook executive has been complaining about negative press coverage, yet the company declines to engage with journalists.
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Rossalyn Warren / New York Times:
Facebook's efforts to tackle misinformation ignore anti-abortion pages, focusing on politics and Russia-backed election interference over science and health — Last year, just weeks before the election, an article from a site called Mad World News began circulating around Facebook.
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Ian Gibbs / MediaShift:
Survey: news consumers are becoming savvier, trust traditional media more than social media and online news, and trust print editions more than online versions — Trust is the topic that won't go away. On either side of the pond, leaders with very different temperaments are dealing …
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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Business Insider rolls out BI Prime, charging $9.95 per month for some exclusive financial reporting — Business Insider this week became the latest publisher to ask readers to pay for its content, launching a subscription offering aimed at die-hard consumers of financial news.
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