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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 …
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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.
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The Wrap, The Hill, Mediaite and @ggreenwald
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 — The FilmStruck indie, arthouse and classic film subscription-streaming service will shut down next month, Turner and Warner Bros. Digital Networks announced Friday.
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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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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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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National Observer:
Layoffs, lockouts, and newspaper closures hit Postmedia, Canada's largest newspaper chain, as revenue increasingly pays lenders and top executives raises — #81 of 81 articles from the Special Report: — So how long can Postmedia, Canada's largest newspaper chain, stay afloat?
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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.
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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Imax closes its New York City VR center, bringing VR center closures to three; company says it won't spend on VR projects in 2019 — Imax continues to scale down its virtual reality (VR) ambitions: The company closed its New York-based VR Center in recent days, bringing the total number of such closures up to 3.
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 — Two more packages have been found addressed to Sen. Cory Booker and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper.
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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.
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