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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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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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Reuters:
Verizon Q3 beats estimates with net income of net income of $4.92B on total operating revenue of $32.61B but loses 63K Fios video subscribers — (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc (VZ.N) on Tuesday beat Wall Street estimates for net new phone subscribers who pay a monthly bill …
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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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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@kirkjim12, Media Star and Talking Biz News
Julia Alexander / The Verge:
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki says European Union's copyright legislation, Article 13, threatens creators' livelihoods if implemented as proposed — ‘Article 13 threatens hundreds of thousands of jobs’ — The European Union's contentious copyright directive became a major talking point …
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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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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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Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
A look at former BBC News director James Harding's Tortoise Media, a member-funded news organization targeting a younger audience that's set to launch next year — James Harding has said his move into “slow news” with new venture Tortoise Media was the result of a “lesson learned” …
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BBC:
YouTube says it will spend $20M as part of its YouTube Learning initiative to develop educational content that will be hosted on a new Learning channel — YouTube will spend $20million (£15m) developing educational and how-to content on the platform, the company has announced.
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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