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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Sources: Megyn Kelly and NBC News executives are negotiating the terms of her departure, and she won't return to her morning show — New York (CNN Business)Megyn Kelly and NBC News executives are negotiating the terms of her departure from the news division.
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Jack Nicas / New York Times:
A look at how Apple combines algorithms and roughly 30 journalists to curate Apple News, which is read regularly by 90M people, and its plans for the app — Many of Apple's employees moved into a glistening new $5 billion glass headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., this year.
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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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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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Washington Post:
Like some other right-wing media figures, Fox News' Rush Limbaugh and Lou Dobbs applied the formerly fringe idea of false flags to Wednesday's mail bombs — We knew nearly nothing, except that the Secret Service had intercepted “potential explosive devices” targeting the Clintons and Obamas …
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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
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Avi Selk / Washington Post:
Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade says he inadvertently donated ~$600 to Trump's 2020 campaign by buying some Christmas ornaments after the 2016 election — The Hill has discovered that Brian Kilmeade, who co-hosts President Trump's favorite morning program, “Fox & Friends,” …
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VICE News:
Facebook says it was a mistake to approve ads with inaccurate disclosures like “Mike Pence” and “Islamic State” in the “paid for by” field for political ads — Last year, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said making political advertising more transparent …
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Daniel Funke / Poynter:
Facebook now lets fact checkers rate headlines separately from stories after a controversy over a fact check by The Weekly Standard of a ThinkProgress story — As of this week, fact-checking outlets working with Facebook can debunk and slow the spread of headlines that are false …
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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Scroll, which plans to sell bundled ad-free news stories, has raised $7M ahead of a planned launch in Q1 2019, and adds BuzzFeed, Vox Media, and Daily Beast — Startup, which aims to sell ad-free news bundles, raised $7 million in new funding — Scroll, a startup that aims to sell subscriptions …
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Instagram removes a post by Milo Yiannopoulos that praised recent mail bombs sent to political figures and CNN after initially declining to take the post down — Instagram had first told The Daily Beast that Yiannopoulos' post regretting that the bombs didn't go off had not violated its standards.
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Interviews with 70+ current and former Netflix employees tell of a culture of candor and transparency that some find ruthless, demoralizing, and dysfunctional — Buzzwords and anxiety fill the hallways as Hollywood giant tries to maintain a winning culture amid breakneck growth; ‘sunshining’ the ‘N-word’ scandal
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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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Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
The Washington Post announces plans to grow 14-person technology section through the addition of 11 new positions for reporters, editors, and videographers — The Washington Post announced plans Thursday to expand its technology coverage, adding 11 new positions for reporters, editors and videographers.
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