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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Report: Hulu CEO Randy Freer says the company is planning a skinny bundle aimed at “cord-shavers” and priced at less than its current $40/month service — Hulu wants to cater to a new crowd of pay-TV “cord-shavers” with stripped-down, less-expensive live television bundles that include sports …
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Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:
Report: 55% of cable consumers say they're confused by streaming options, with 30% saying they would cut the cord if they could livestream sports, events, news — Telaria, Adobe say consumers find OTT confusing — While the TV business already has seen an alarming number of consumers …
Jon Levine / The Wrap:
Fox Business remains the last American media partner at Saudi Arabia business conference, after the NYT, CNN, CNBC, and others withdrew — A rep for Fox Business told TheWrap that the network's participation in the conference remained “under review” — Fox Business stands increasingly alone …
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Associated Press:
High-level Turkish official says police found evidence that Jamal Khashoggi was killed at Saudi consulate — ISTANBUL (AP) — Police searching the Saudi Consulate found evidence that Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi was killed there, a high-level Turkish official said Tuesday …
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PEN America:
PEN America, along with two other organizations, sues President Trump seeking to stop him from using govt to retaliate against news outlets and journalists — “PEN declares for a free press and opposes arbitrary censorship. It believes that the necessary advance of the world toward …
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Alex Heath / Cheddar:
Source: Facebook is building a hybrid video chat/TV set-top box, internally called Ripley, which it plans to announce in Spring 2019 — Facebook is developing hardware for the TV, Cheddar has learned. — The world's largest social network is building a camera-equipped device that sits atop …
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Matthew Iles / Civil:
Civil says the sale of its CVL token fails to hit its $8M goal, buyers will be offered full refunds; plans for a “simpler” token sale will be shared soon — A setback, and the path forward. — Key takeaways: — The CVL token sale didn't succeed.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Chartbeat: traffic to publishers from Facebook down nearly 40% since January 2017, but direct mobile traffic to publishers websites and apps has grown 30%+ — Facebook and Twitter are declining as news and media referral sources on mobile, according to a report from traffic analytics company Chartbeat …
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@flipboard, @mariekshan, @jason_kint and @jasonclampet
John McCarthy / The Drum:
UK-based Facebook publisher Unilad has been sold to its rival LadBible, forming the “largest social media publisher ever” with a combined 120M followers — After two weeks of heated legal action, bidding, internal strife and uncertainty at Unilad, The Drum can now confirm …
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
NPR CEO Jarl Mohn names Houston Chronicle Executive Editor Nancy Barnes as the network's senior vice president for news and editorial, to start on November 28 — NPR CEO Jarl Mohn has named Nancy Barnes, a veteran newspaper editor, as the network's permanent chief news executive, NPR announced Tuesday.
Michelle Castillo / CNBC:
Netflix Q3: streaming revenue of $3.91B, up 36% YoY, and global membership surpassing 130M paid and 137M total; stock up 13%+ after hours — - Earnings per share (EPS): 89 cents vs. 68 cents estimate, according to a Refinitiv consensus estimate — Netflix shares soared 15 percent …
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@lucas_shaw, @lucas_shaw and Netflix, more at Techmeme »
Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
Source: NY AG subpoenas 14 trade groups, businesses, and advocacy organizations over its investigation into fake net neutrality comments on FCC website — The New York attorney general subpoenaed more than a dozen telecommunications trade groups, lobbying contractors and Washington advocacy organizations …
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Hosts of Pod Save America talk about their HBO specials for midterms and Crooked Media's role as a smart, entertaining, media company on the left — With four new live specials on HBO, the guys behind Crooked Media are expanding the reach of ‘Pod Save America.’ — HOLLYWOOD, California—"Like the new place?"
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Dallas Morning News, @mattwilstein, @britjfrain, @jakevk and @mattwilstein
Jason Schwartz / Politico:
Advertisers abandoned Laura Ingraham's show over an activist-led boycott yet it may have boosted her ratings, with 2.7M viewers per episode in Q3 — 'They're kind of forced off, whether they want to be or not,' one Fox executive said. — Laura Ingraham's ratings are surging …
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