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Matthew Belloni / Hollywood Reporter:
Interview with Disney CEO Bob Iger about Disney's upcoming streaming service, ESPN's politics problem, and how #MeToo changed the company — The Disney CEO and most powerful person in entertainment opens up about his plan for a Netflix rival, ESPN's politics problem and how #MeToo has changed his company
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Business Insider, The Week, @thrmattbelloni, @joeovies, @markwillard85, The Playlist and Just Jared
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Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
ESPN says it has signed up more than 1M paying subscribers for ESPN+, its $4.99 a month streaming service launched in April — For $4.99 per month, ESPN+ offers a range of sports programming; doesn't offer live ESPN channels — ESPN said it has signed up more than one million paying subscribers …
Anne Davies / The Guardian:
How Rupert Murdoch's News Corp steers politics in Australia to a more conservative approach, with two former prime ministers blaming Murdoch for their falls — In his farewell speech as prime minister last month, Malcolm Turnbull pointed to “an insurgency” in his own party and …
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@epeckham, @raymoynihan, @stegersaurus, @margokingston1 and The Guardian
New York Times:
A look at Facebook's plans to fight disinformation, monitor false news, and delete fake accounts, as US midterm elections loom in seven weeks — MENLO PARK, Calif. — Sandwiched between Building 20 and Building 21 in the heart of Facebook's campus, an approximately 25-foot-by-35-foot conference room is under construction.
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Recode, Reuters, The Verge, @sarahfrier, @mikeisaac, @patricktbrandt, @caseynewton, @mathewi, @puiwingtam, @mikeisaac, getrevue.co, Gizmodo, Engadget and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »
Alex Weprin / MediaPost:
Cheddar will provide 20-second news clips on topics like tech and entrepreneurship to GSTV, which programs screens at 18K+ gas stations across the US — Cheddar, the “post-cable” news network, is making the jump to the gas pump. The company will now provide content to GSTV …
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@reshmanuel, @tomgara, @mattrosoff, @danielpmcdermot and @someday_deane
Charles Riley / CNNMoney:
The UK's takeover regulator says it will hold an auction for Sky on Saturday between Comcast and 21st Century Fox if there's no resolution by end of Friday — Sky's fate is likely to be decided in a one-day auction between Comcast and 21st Century Fox. — The UK Takeover Panel announced Thursday …
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Wall Street Journal and The Daily Caller
Cara Buckley / New York Times:
Ian Buruma, editor of NYRB, has left his position amid an uproar over publication of an essay by Jian Ghomeshi, a former broadcaster accused of sexual assault — Ian Buruma, the editor of The New York Review of Books, left his position on Wednesday amid an uproar over the magazine's publication …
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Poynter, @tasneemn, @macaesbruno, @primasmaschine, @sarahlellison, @amandamarcotte, @piya, @robynurback, @eisingerj, The Cut, @poormojo, @moiradonegan, @grahamdavida, @damonlinker, @ambernoelle, @carloslozadawp, @kath_krueger, @albertburneko, @laura_june, @profmusgrave, @hpstrawberries, @nicole_cliffe, Vanity Fair, Deadline, Folio, Washington Post, iMediaEthics, Vox, Newser, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Gothamist, CNNMoney, New Republic, The Guardian, Observer, Slate, The Wrap, Jezebel and @edpilkington
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Google launches real-time hub on Google Trends ahead of midterms that includes state and county-level data on candidates and election issues — With close to 500 House and Senate seats in play with the midterm elections, Google News Lab started thinking about how local reporters might use local data in their work.
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The Keyword and @grove
Eric Peckham / TechCrunch:
A look at “old media” publishing giants that have invested in e-commerce, digital markets, and new media startups globally — From marketplaces to VR, media giants seek relevance through startup investing — The Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 eras weren't kind to the world's largest media conglomerates …
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Sources: group led by UK investor Ian Osborne is in talks to buy Fortune; Meredith's Alan Murray says multiple bidders exist and doubts deal will occur in 2018 — Marc Benioff was going to buy the business magazine but bought Time instead. Now there's a new round of would-be buyers.
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New York Post
Maxwell Strachan / HuffPost:
A former Harper's editor says staff concerns about an essay by John Hockenberry were dismissed: “No one in editorial was in support of the Hockenberry article” — “The entire editorial staff shared a feeling, and it was dismissed,” former managing editor Hasan Altaf said.
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@sivavaid, @katekoza, @mathewi, @jason_pontin, @yoloethics, @ncroal and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Memo: BuzzFeed is cutting its in-house podcast production team and shutting down most of its podcasts, as it shifts resources towards original video content — Digital-media company looks to shift resources away from audio to focus on producing more original shows
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@alexlaughs, Poynter, @felixsalmon, @brokeymcpoverty, @wbjenna, Variety, @juliastmi, @martinepowers, @brokeymcpoverty, @brokeymcpoverty, @austin_walker, @iamgmjohnson, @walldo, @nwquah, @nwquah, @nwquah, @nwquah, @brianstelter, @jimmyspolitics, @tylersorensen, @blackamazon, @sona_here, @eleanorkagan, @s_m_i, @heavenrants, @alannabennett, @wesleylowery, @ethiopienne, @weketchum, @lindaholmes, @meg_cramer, @will_kellogg, @agerenesh, @genepark, @rachelysanders, @marisa_carroll, @niemanlab, @gabrieljr, @shomarq, @nwquah, @benmullin, @samshetabi, @charlespulliam, @benmullin, The Drum, @jbenton, RAIN News and The Wrap
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