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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 — Uncertainty around AT&T deal arises after long stretch of hostility between network, administration — Early this year, President Donald Trump's son …
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New York Magazine, AOL, Mediaite, Raw Story and The Hill
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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Fortune and Washington Post
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 …
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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Bryan Curtis / The Ringer:
Hollywood's sexual harassment scandals have impacted entertainment journalism; publications put more resources toward investigations
Hollywood's sexual harassment scandals have impacted entertainment journalism; publications put more resources toward investigations
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New York Times, @megan_nicolett and The Wrap
Variety:
Release of Louis C.K.'s movie, “I Love You, Daddy”, is scrapped by The Orchard after allegations of sexual misconduct against the comedian
Release of Louis C.K.'s movie, “I Love You, Daddy”, is scrapped by The Orchard after allegations of sexual misconduct against the comedian
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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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Recode, The Guardian, Variety, The Wrap and @dylanbyers
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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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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Advocate, Deadline, /Film, Broadcasting & Cable, @moryan, @benjysarlin, Decider, IndieWire, The A.V. Club and The Wrap
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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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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@vijayshekhar
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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Media Matters for America
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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@benmullin and Talking Biz News
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
New feature of The Washington Post's Opinion section uses AI to point readers toward articles expressing opposing viewpoints — What's the role of an opinion section in a newspaper today? — The Washington Post argues that its role is to expose readers to new viewpoints.
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