Mediagazer: 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 (Alex Sherman/CNBC)

5:10 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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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 …

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.

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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

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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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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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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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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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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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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

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

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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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

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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

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Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
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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”

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