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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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Theodoric Meyer / Politico:
Washington Post told contributing writer Ed Rogers to stop lobbying for Saudis or stop column; his firm, BGR, dropped the kingdom as a client, losing $80K/month — The Washington Post told a prominent Republican lobbyist he'd lose his gig as a contributing opinion writer unless he stopped lobbying …
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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
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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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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 …
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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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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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, @jasonclampet and @monroeschultz, more at Techmeme »
The Guardian:
Facebook rolls out new rules on political ads in the UK, will provide ad library like in US but not require ads on political topics to be labeled and registered — Social network hopes launch of transparency tools will restore trust after series of scandals
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Joseph Menn / Reuters:
Facebook weighs a ban on posts linking to hacked material, expands ban on voting-related misinfo; sources: months ago execs weighed banning all political ads
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Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Memo: CNN's sister channel HLN, which has struggled with ratings, will cut back on live shows, airing taped programming after 3pm weekdays starting October 29 — HLN is drastically cutting back on its live programming, axing all shows with the exception of Morning Express with Robin Meade …
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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 …
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Motherboard, The Hill, @newyorkstateag, @motherboard and @nytimesbusiness, more at Techmeme »
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Warner Bros. is shutting down DramaFever, a Korean streaming service focused on dramas, which it bought from Softbank in 2016; about 20% of staff to be laid off — About 20% of over-the-top unit's employees will be laid off — DramaFever, the streaming-video service specializing …
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