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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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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Trump calls Saudi Arabia's account of Khashoggi's killing “the worst cover-up ever”, says he'll wait to assign blame until US officials return from Turkey
Trump calls Saudi Arabia's account of Khashoggi's killing “the worst cover-up ever”, says he'll wait to assign blame until US officials return from Turkey
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Washington Post, Mediaite, Boing Boing and The Daily Beast
Alex Crawford / Sky News:
Source: Jamal Khashoggi's remains have been found in the garden of the Saudi Consul General's home in Istanbul
Source: Jamal Khashoggi's remains have been found in the garden of the Saudi Consul General's home in Istanbul
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New York Times, RT, @skynews, @skynews, @borzou, @skynews, @maryamalkhawaja and Sky News
John McCarthy / The Drum:
The remaining 13 reporters at Jimmy Wales' Wikitribune have left the site; co-founder Orit Kopel says they're now searching for a more “community oriented” team — WikiTribune, the ambitious community-driven newsbrand backed by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales …
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The Verge, Press Gazette, @jayrosen_nyu, @oritkopel and WikiTribune
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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@jasonmillerindc and @nytopinion
Claire Newell / Telegraph:
UK appeals court stops The Telegraph from revealing allegations of sexual harassment and racial abuse of staff by an unnamed businessman, citing NDAs — A leading businessman has been granted an injunction against The Telegraph to prevent this newspaper revealing alleged sexual harassment and racial abuse of staff.
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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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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Aris Folley / The Hill:
Fox News apologizes after it cut to photos of Senator Kamala Harris during a segment about a sex offender who allegedly murdered a University of Utah student — Fox News apologized on Tuesday morning after it cut to photos of Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) during a segment …
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
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Disney says Pixar co-founder Ed Catmull, who is the president of Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, will retire next year — The president of Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios will step down next year and stay on as an adviser. — Ed Catmull, who co-founded Pixar with Steve Jobs …
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
A look at the people behind the immigration issue around Brownsville, Texas, and how news cycles and politicians amplify and often ignore complicated stories — BROWNSVILLE, Tex. — After long hours at his day job, Sergio Cordova was driving home to pick up supplies and clothing for the tired …
Jessica Toonkel / The Information:
Sources: Apple plans to offer TV subscription service in 100+ countries, debuting in US in first half of next year, will offer free shows to Apple device owners — Apple is planning to launch its upcoming TV subscription service in more than 100 countries, three people familiar with the company's plans told The Information.
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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@jorge_guajardo and The Next Web
Arti Kulkarni / Facebook:
Facebook spent $12M+ on ads related to its election integrity efforts and getting out the vote, issues report on US groups that paid for political ads since May — Today we're introducing the Ad Archive Report for ads in the US related to politics and issues of national importance.
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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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