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11:25 AM ET, October 9, 2018

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Washington Post:
US official: Turkish investigators believe Kamal Khashoggi's body was dismembered, removed in boxes, and flown out of the country  —  ISTANBUL — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan demanded Monday that Saudi Arabia prove that journalist Jamal Khashoggi left the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on his own …
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the State Department has contacted Saudi officials about Khashoggi case and calls on Saudi Arabia to support investigation  —  The State Department confirmed Monday that it has spoken with Saudi Arabia's government regarding the disappearance of a Saudi journalist …
eMarketer and Newsroom Posts:
eMarketer forecast: video ad spending in the US will grow ~30% to $27.82B in 2018, making up 25% of US digital ad spending, with Facebook capturing ~24.5% of it  —  Facebook dominates with a quarter share  —  This year will mark a milestone for digital video advertising in the US, according to eMarketer's latest ad spending forecast.
Discussion: Marketing Land
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Forbes partners with journalism blockchain network Civil to become the first major media company to experiment with publishing stories to the blockchain  —  Forbes, the century-old business publisher, is joining forces with Civil, a journalism blockchain network, to become the first major media company …
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Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:
Comcast confirms it has bought 21st Century Fox's stake in European broadcaster Sky, becoming its majority shareholder with 75% ownership  —  Company now owns 75% of satellite provider  —  Comcast said that it has purchased 21st Century Fox's stake in Sky and now owns 75% of the satellite broadcaster.
Discussion: Multichannel News
Jon Levine / The Wrap:
RT's Washington correspondent Sameera Khan deleted her Twitter account after sharing memes praising Stalin's gulags  —  “The memes I shared re: Stalin's gulags were inaccurate.  My apologies to all those who were offended," Sameera Khan says  —  RT's Kremlin-financed Washington Correspondent Sameera Khan …
Discussion: @ianbateson, @borzou and Mediaite
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Discovery reorganizes its digital video operations and forms the Digital Studios Group, a hub for video content drawn from all of its brands  —  Discovery has reorganized its digital-video operations with the formation of the Digital Studios Group, a newly expanded hub for digital …
Discussion: Multichannel News
NDTV:
Hindustan Times political editor and bureau chief Prashant Jha resigns after allegations of sexual harassment from a former colleague  —  Prashant Jha's name surfaced in an account posted as part of a Twitter thread that started last week and encouraged many women to name and shame people who had allegedly sexually harassed them
John Authers / Financial Times:
Trust in financial media broke down catastrophically with the 2008 financial crisis, helped by social media and that degenerated into anger and disinformation  —  Finance is all about trust.  JP Morgan, patriarch of the banking dynasty, told Congress in the 1912 hearings that led to the foundation …
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Netflix is in final negotiations to purchase an eight sound stage production studio in Albuquerque, New Mexico, says it will create up to 1,000 jobs per year  —  - Streaming giant is in final talks for New Mexico facility ABQ  — Company to create 1,000 jobs, spend $1 billion on production
 
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Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
Politico's London Playbook email newsletter has 30,000 subscribers one year in
Daniel Holloway / Variety:
Disney taps longtime Fox executives, Peter Rice and Dana Walden, to lead non-sports TV operations; Fox's John Landgraf and Gary E. Knell also move to Disney
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As the smartest minds in science issue dire warnings about climate change, the press must cover the environment like it's the only story that matters
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Ex-White House Director of Communications Hope Hicks has been named head of corporate communications for New Fox