Mediagazer: Vice News partners with Spotify to distribute its first podcast, a bilingual show called Chapo about the Mexican cartel leader, starting November 1 (Matt Lopez/The Wrap)

8:20 PM ET, October 26, 2018

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Rheana Murray / TODAY.com:

NBC announces Megyn Kelly Today will not return; next week the 9am hour will be hosted by other Today's co-anchors — NBC News made the announcement Friday. — NBC News has announced it is ending Megyn Kelly TODAY. — “Megyn Kelly TODAY is not returning.

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Megan Garber / The Atlantic:

NBC's moral stance in its response to Megyn Kelly's blackface comments is likely more a reflection of Kelly's lackluster ratings than proof of integrity — The host claimed that her NBC morning show would be apolitical. It was a convenient act from the beginning.

Discussion: USA Today, The Hill, Vanity Fair and @ggreenwald

Brian Stelter / CNN:

Sources: Megyn Kelly and NBC News executives are negotiating the terms of her departure — New York (CNN Business)Megyn Kelly and NBC News executives are negotiating the terms of her departure from the news division. — Her exit is not official yet, but it is likely to be announced in the days ahead …

Dan Mangan / CNBC:

DOJ confirms it has taken a person in Florida into custody in connection with the suspected twelve mail bombs — - A person was taken into custody in connection with the ongoing investigation of 12 suspected mail bombs sent to former president Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and other leading critics of President Donald Trump.

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CNN:
Suspicious package addressed to James Clapper at CNN, similar to others sent to CNN, Obama, and others, has been intercepted at the post office in New York

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

AT&T to shut down WarnerMedia's FilmStruck, its two-year-old streaming video service for indie, arthouse, and classic films, on November 29 — In AT&T's latest move to pare back the WarnerMedia businesses, Turner and Warner Bros. Digital Networks announced Friday that the FilmStruck …

Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:

Sources: Condé Nast is shutting down its Vogue, Wired, and GQ channels on Snapchat, and letting go of employees it brought in to work on them — - Third-quarter revenue gained 43%, topping analysts' estimates — Profit forecast for current period in line with projections

Discussion: Nieman Lab, The Drum, @sarahfrier and @business

Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed News:

Amazon cancelled some ads on Bloomberg's properties, sources say due to China spy chips story; sources: Apple did not invite Bloomberg to fall product event — Amazon pulled its fourth quarter advertisements on Bloomberg's website, a move some within the media giant think is retribution …

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National Observer:

Layoffs, lockouts, and newspaper closures at Canada's largest newspaper chain as revenue increasingly goes to paying lenders and top executives get raises — #81 of 81 articles from the Special Report: — So how long can Postmedia, Canada's largest newspaper chain, stay afloat?

Discussion: @mathewi

Facebook:

Facebook says it has removed 82 Pages, groups, and accounts for coordinated inauthentic behavior that originated in Iran and targeted people in the US and UK — Today we removed multiple Pages, Groups and accounts that originated in Iran for engaging in coordinated inauthentic behavior on Facebook and Instagram.

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Alex Sherman / CNBC:

Sources: New Fox may buy 22 regional sports TV networks from Disney after 21st Century Fox-Disney deal; 21st Century Fox currently owns the networks — - “New Fox,” the company that will exist after Disney completes its $71.3 billion deal for the majority of Fox, may end up buying back 22 regional sports networks from Disney.

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Matt Lopez / The Wrap:

Vice News partners with Spotify to distribute its first podcast, a bilingual show called Chapo about the Mexican cartel leader, starting November 1 — “Chapo” is VICE News' first venture into the podcast format — VICE News is for the first time getting into the podcast space.

Discussion: VICE News US and MediaPost

Georgina Ustik / The Next Web:

Profile of Jane Wong, an engineering student from Hong Kong who regularly uncovers scoops about Instagram, Google, and others, like Facebook's dating feature — You see it all the time — Facebook's latest feature leaks to the public, and everyone knows about it before Zuckerberg has said a word.

Discussion: @wongmjane, @wongmjane and Fortune

Scott Berson / miamiherald:

Tim Grieve, vice president of news at McClatchy, is leaving the company after the midterm elections to launch a new media venture — Tim Grieve, Vice President of News for McClatchy, announced Friday that he would step down from his position following the midterm elections on Nov. 7.

Discussion: @timgrieve

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Kane Wu / Reuters:
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Jamal Khashoggi was an insistent, defiant journalist, part of an Arab journalism tradition with a long, brave history of martyrs for press freedom

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Avery Anapol / The Hill:
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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

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Sara Salinas / CNBC:
Snap reports Q3 revenue of $298M, vs. $283M estimated, up 43% YoY, and DAUs of 186M, vs. 186.1M estimated, up 5% YoY but down 1% QoQ

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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

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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

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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

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Juli Clover / MacRumors:
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