Top News:
Washington Post:
WaPo publishes off-the-record comments by a woman who falsely claimed to be impregnated as a teenager by Roy Moore and had connections with Project Veritas — A woman who falsely claimed to The Washington Post that Roy Moore, the Republican U.S. Senate candidate in Alabama …
Discussion:
TVNewser, /Film, @fahrenthold, New York Times, @bethreinhard, Mediaite, VICE, The Daily Beast, Right Wing Watch, Wonkette, Washington Post, Splinter, The Hill, VICE News, @wesleylowery, @dansinker, Mashable, @blakehounshell, Journalism News, Newser, New York Magazine, @lachlan, Business Insider, @ggreenwald, Axios, @max_read, The Wrap, The Week, The A.V. Club, The Daily Caller, @bethreinhard, @sopandeb, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, @fahrenthold, @aaronblake, @robgeorge, @jbenton, @jrhennessy, @alexkoppelman, @cwarzel, @washingtonpost, The Daily Beast, @benmullin, @anildash, @codybrown, @jackshafer, @sulliview, @thegarance, @hadas_gold, @kelseymsutton, @hadas_gold, @espiers, @mlcalderone and @daveweigel
Matthew Shaer / New York Times:
A profile of Fox News host Sean Hannity, described by Stephen Bannon “as the single most important voice for the ‘deplorables’”, and his influence on Trump — The Fox News host is willing to defend Trump at all costs — and is reaching more than 13 million people a day.
Discussion:
Mediaite, TVNewser, Washington Post, @matthewshaer and @daweiner
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Bustle founder Bryan Goldberg says the company is on pace to grow revenue by 50% this year to $45M and plans to make acquisitions in the coming year — Female-focused site is on track to hit its target of $45 million in revenue this year, says founder Bryan Goldberg
Brian Welk / The Wrap:
Keith Olbermann announces final episode of his GQ political web series The Resistance and that he is “retiring from political commentary in all media venues” — Keith Olbermann thinks Donald Trump is finished, and with that, so is his show “The Resistance.”
Discussion:
TVNewser, @keitholbermann and The Daily Caller
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Rival TV executives from ESPN, Time Warner's Turner, and other networks joined a summit convened by NBCU to discuss the industry's advertising woes — A parade of Madison Avenue's top executives streamed into a posh Manhattan restaurant in hopes of starting a conversation orchestrated …
Discussion:
@jeffjarvis
Bryan Menegus / Gizmodo:
Tumblr founder David Karp announces resignation from the company in email to staff, said decision came “after months of reflection on my personal ambitions” — After 11 years, Tumblr's founder and public face David Karp announced his resignation from the company in a staff email this afternoon.
Discussion:
David's Log, Fortune, The Next Web, Álex Barredo, Digital Trends, The Wrap, RAPPLER, The Verge, Recode, Soup, Axios, The Drum, Business Insider, Fortune, Wall Street Journal, Adweek, CNNMoney, Engadget, Variety, Mashable, Fast Company, TechCrunch and Marketing Land, more at Techmeme »
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Report: Trump is privately telling people, most recently a White House advisor, that the Access Hollywood tape is a fake, despite apologizing for it earlier — A New York Times report on President Trump and Roy Moore features one detail that you may not have expected we'd be revisiting.
Noah Kulwin / VICE News:
YouTube says it has terminated 270+ accounts, taken down 150K+ videos, removed ads from ~2M videos over past week as it purges content that endangers children — For the second time in less than a year, major advertisers are fleeing YouTube after finding their ads were paired with offensive content — this time, directed at children.
Discussion:
Ad Age, Digiday, Variety, Gizmodo, Mashable, The Verge, 9to5Google, Digital Trends, Washington Post, TechCrunch, NPR, Adweek, BBC, Tubefilter, BuzzFeed and 9to5Google, more at Techmeme »
Mark Di Stefano / BuzzFeed:
Facebook and Twitter say they will respond to UK requests for information about possible Russian meddling in Brexit and UK general election within weeks — US social media giants have said they're ready to cooperate with a UK probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 EU referendum.
Discussion:
The Guardian, Mirror.co.uk, @jamesrbuk and @markdistef, more at Techmeme »
Sahil Patel / Digiday:
Hearst Magazines forms Hearst Originals, a department for developing original video series for digital platforms; not all content to be tied to magazine brands — Hearst Magazines Digital Media has formed a five-person division dedicated to developing, creating and selling original video series for digital platforms.
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
AT&T and Time Warner have announced they've extended the termination date of their merger agreement to 22 April 2018, following DOJ lawsuit — The telecom giant reiterates it is “confident” that a court will reject the Department of Justice's legal challenge.
Andrew Granato / Stanford Politics:
Inside the Stanford Review, the “contrarian” publication founded by Peter Thiel; former staff say Thiel meets with eds regularly and often hires Review alumni — This is the cover story for the November 2017 issue of Stanford Politics Magazine.
Discussion:
@tomscocca, @jeffbercovici, @urbanantonio, @nitashatiku, @jeffbercovici, @jeffbercovici and @attackerman
Senior Data Journalist, NY — 
Manager - Publishing Editorial, Manila — 
Oil Reporter, Singapore — 
Newsperson - State Govt. & Politics, CA — 
Business Reporter, SC — 
State Government Reporter, WA — 
Climate Crisis Columnist — 
Multimedia Journalist, CA — 
Community Engagement Mgr., DC — 
Senior California Politics Reporter, CA — 
Staff Writer - Business, NY — 
Team Editor - Opinion, ON — 
Assistant Correspondent, DC — 
Climate & Weather Reporter, MN — 
Senior Tech Editor, Remote US — 
Lead Business Reporter, TN — 
Managing Editor, WA — 
Private Credit Reporter, NY — 
Trending News Reporter, TX — 
City Correspondent, London — 
Legislative Reporter, CA — 
Reporter, PA — 
Visual Editor, Remote — 
Staff Writer, MI — 
Senior Political Reporter, DC — 
California Playbook Writer, CA — 
National Investigative Reporter, NY — 
Business & Gaming Reporter, NV — 
Coastal Climate Reporter, SC — 
Environment & Energy Reporter, CT — 
Coordinating Editor, OR — 
Editor, Remote US — 
Business Reporter, WA — 
Editor-in-Chief, AZ — 
