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Eric Bradner / CNN:
Trump condemns mail bombs without mentioning CNN or acknowledging the role his divisive comments play, while blaming the media for “false attacks and stories” — (CNN)President Donald Trump pointed the finger Wednesday night at his opponents and the news media …
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Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
CNN's Jeff Zucker criticizes White House after bomb incident: “a total and complete lack of understanding” about the seriousness of continued attacks on media — The executive criticized the White House's attacks on media after the network was forced to evacuate after a bomb threat.
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Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
CNN's New York office was evacuated on Wednesday after a suspicious package was discovered in the mailroom — A CNN reporter said that authorities believe the package contains a real bomb, though the situation is under control. — CNN's Time Warner Center office was evacuated on Wednesday …
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Jon Levine / The Wrap:
Memo: New York Times has been in touch with local authorities about the CNN bomb scare and is increasing security around mailed packages
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Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
Sources: Megyn Kelly, with a reported annual salary of about $20M, has been in talks with NBC execs about winding down her morning show by the end of the season — The anchor had met with network executives to discuss covering more news and politics. — Megyn Kelly is expected to wind …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Sources: Megyn Kelly will not be hosting her show on Thursday and is “unlikely to return later” as host — New York (CNN Business)Two years of pent-up bitterness and backbiting about Megyn Kelly have finally come to a head at NBC News. — Her exit from the 9 a.m. hour of the “Today” show appears to be imminent.
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Michelle Castillo / CNBC:
Twitter beats estimates with Q3 revenue of $758M, up 29% YoY, with $650M in advertising revenue, but monthly usage drops to 326M MAUs, down 9M since Q2 — - Estimated monthly active users (MAUs): 326 million vs. 330.1 million, according to FactSet and StreetAccountnt
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
NBC News announces its streaming news service, NBC News Signal, will launch in mid-2019, with shows now available on NBCNews.com, PlutoTV, YouTube, and Twitter — NBC News is joining the parade of traditional news outlets trying to capture the interest of a rising generation of news junkies …
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Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
The Financial Times ends paid media spending on Facebook in the UK after Facebook tightened rules about political ad transparency three weeks ago — The Financial Times has quit advertising on Facebook in the U.K. in the last three weeks since the platform tightened rules around declaring political ads …
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Frank Catalano / GeekWire:
Factal, created by three founders of the Breaking News Twitter service that ended in 2016, launches to give companies verified fast news for a subscription fee — Factal, which provides incident and news alerts for corporate users, announced Tuesday that it's started round-the-clock global coverage …
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Nat Ives / Wall Street Journal:
Experts say advertising during the Super Bowl is now divisive and the trend may continue: “It used to be proudly middle America. Now it has a divided narrative” — Amy Schumer's ad boycott of one casts showing up as taking sides — Amy Schumer's decision to support Colin Kaepernick …
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Comcast Q3: revenue of $22.1B up 5% YoY with profit of $7.3B up 2.5% YoY; at NBCU, revenue rose 8% YoY to $8.6B, rate of cable customer decline was less than 1% — Strong gains from content licensing and retransmission consent revenue gave a big boost to NBCUniversal's contribution to Comcast's third quarter earnings.
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Michelle Castillo / CNBC:
After a speech on privacy from Tim Cook, former Facebook CSO Alex Stamos calls out multiple tech media outlets for ignoring Apple's anti-privacy moves in China — - Former Facebook chief security officer Alex Stamos said on Twitter Apple needs to “come clean” about how it blocks ways …
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