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The Daily Beast:
Sources: Fox News' ruthless PR team, led by Irena Briganti, tried to plant negative stories about Megyn Kelly right up until her exit from NBC — For 18 turbulent months at NBC, when Megyn Kelly stumbled, her former employer was lurking in the shadows. — For 18 turbulent months at NBC …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Source: exit talks between NBC News and Megyn Kelly have hit a snag, over non-disclosure and non-compete stipulations — Megyn Kelly and NBCUniversal executives don't agree on much these days, but representatives for both sides are likely to have the same opinion on their current separation talks: They aren't over yet.
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Suspicious package sent to CNN looks similar to pipe bombs mailed last week; Jeff Zucker says the network's mail is now being screened at an off-site facility — (CNN)For the third time in a week, a suspicious package has been addressed to CNN. This time, on Monday morning …
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Patrick Shanley / Hollywood Reporter:
The NYPD is investigating a suspicious paper envelope sent to The New York Times headquarters; the building was not evacuated and has been given the all-clear — An official for the NYPD said that an envelope with paper in it was delivered to the building and that an investigation is ongoing.
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New York Post, CNN, The Daily Caller and Boing Boing
Dieter Bohn / The Verge:
As Google rolls out a news feed under the search box on its mobile homepage, questions remain about the effects it could have on society — This is exhausting; I'm exhausted — I woke up this morning to two pieces of news that I couldn't help but see as two sides of the same coin …
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Taylor Lorenz / The Atlantic:
Twitter should kill the retweet if it wants to foster healthy conversation, instead of the Like, as RTs are what really reward and drive outlandish comments — The feature derails healthy conversation and preys on users' worst instincts. — On Monday, Twitter was briefly ablaze …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Subscription-based sports site The Athletic has raised $40M Series C led by Founders Fund and Bedrock Capital, sources say at a $200M valuation — The Athletic, a subscription-based digital sports media company, raised $40 million in a series C funding round.
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@fichtenbaum, @kevinmdraper and @rafat
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Despite calls to tone down his rhetoric, Trump renewed his attack on the press on Monday, calling them “the true enemy of the people” — President Trump lashed out anew Monday at the news media, calling it “the true Enemy of the People,” and he again blamed what he called …
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Avery Anapol / The Hill:
Fox Business condemns rhetoric of Chris Farrell, who referred to the “Soros-occupied State Department” on Lou Dobbs' show, says it won't book Farrell in future — Fox Business Network will no longer book a guest who blamed the latest migrant caravan on the “Soros-occupied State Department.”
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Voter suppression is one of the most important stories being missed by broadcast news networks obsessed with covering Trump and breaking news — With the midterm elections a week away, and tensions building daily, a bipartisan rallying cry grows louder: People must get out and vote.
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Noreen Malone / The Cut:
A look at how theSkimm, the daily newsletter for millennial women, went from a small two-woman operation to being delivered to 7M readers a day — In early September, the whole staff of the Skimm, a current-events newsletter aimed at millennial women, gathered on gray couches for an all-hands meeting.
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
Journalists working the local news beat in the US say they're regularly being verbally abused or physically assaulted, driven by attacks from Trump — NEW YORK (AP) — The hostility she's felt from the public recently wasn't necessarily the last straw in television news photographer Lori …
Committee to Protect Journalists:
CPJ Global Impunity Index: Somalia, Syria, and Iraq have the worst records for prosecution of journalist murderers; Philippines and Mexico top unsolved cases — CPJ's 2018 Global Impunity Index spotlights countries where journalists are slain and their killers go free
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