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Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
President Erdogan addresses Turkish Parliament on Jamal Khashoggi's murder, says Saudi team planned killing and proposes trials to be held in Istanbul — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, having promised to reveal the “naked truth” of a Saudi plot to kill the journalist Jamal Khashoggi …
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Right are a bigger threat to freedom of speech than the Left, as it is conservatives who are using the courts to mount an assault on journalists and critics — Angry men go to court to silence their critics. — One minor sordid subplot of the Trump era has been the ugly custody battle …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Verizon reports Q3 revenues for its media arm Oath dropped 6.9% YoY to $1.8B, says the unit will not meet its goal of $10B revenue by 2020 — Verizon says its media arm, Oath, which consists of AOL, HuffPost, Yahoo and other digital brands, is struggling to drive revenue.
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Zheping Huang / South China Morning Post:
China releases draft rules that require entities using blockchain-based info services register real names, censor content, store user data to allow inspection — - Cyberspace Administration of China published draft regulations on Friday for public consultation until November 2
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The New York Times Company:
Dodai Stewart, founding editor of Jezebel and former editor-in-chief of Splinter, is joining the New York Times as deputy editor of Metro — Dodai Stewart, a founding editor of Jezebel and the ultimate New Yorker, will join Metro later this month. Read more in this note from Cliff Levy:
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Fox 5:
A 38-year-old man attempted to break into Fox 5's building in Washington DC on Tuesday, but was shot by a security guard — Surveillance video shows suspect kicking glass door to get into FOX 5's building — FOX 5 security shoots man attempting to break into building
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Crain's Chicago Business:
Jim Kirk, former editor in chief of the Los Angeles Times, to return to Crain's Chicago Business as publisher and executive editor — Chicago media veteran Jim Kirk returns to Crain's Chicago Business to lead business operations as well as the newsroom. — Jim Kirk, a veteran …
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Sara Murray / CNN:
Sources: Mueller is investigating whether Roger Stone had backchannels to WikiLeaks, also probing his relationship with ex-InfoWars DC bureau chief Jerome Corsi — Washington (CNN)Special counsel Robert Mueller's scrutiny of Roger Stone includes investigating whether Stone had backchannels …
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CNN:
Twitter says it has removed more than a dozen accounts affiliated with Infowars, some for helping Infowars and Alex Jones circumvent September ban — New York (CNN Business)Twitter on Monday removed more than a dozen accounts affiliated with the fringe right-wing media organization InfoWars, a company spokesperson told CNN.
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Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
MSNBC, Daily Beast, PBS Newshour, and CNN feature UAE lobbyist David Rothkopf with no disclosure; WaPo, CBS News, and Fox also have guests with undisclosed ties — On Thursday, the Daily Beast published an article about the Saudi/US relationship by David Rothkopf, a long-time member in good standing of the U.S. Foreign Policy elite.
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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Digital publisher Refinery29, the media and entertainment company focused on millennial women, is laying off 10% of its workforce or 40+ full-time employees — Despite growth, the women's lifestyle-oriented publisher will fall roughly 5% short of 2018 revenue goal
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Brent Lang / Variety:
20th Century Fox Film Chairman and CEO Stacey Snider discusses the Disney deal, how staff are coping with impending job losses, and more — It's been a grueling 11 months for Stacey Snider. — The 20th Century Fox Film chairman and CEO was just putting her imprint on the studio …
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