Mediagazer: Report: live-streaming TV services' viewing hours grew 212% YoY; connected TVs, such as those using devices like Roku or Apple TV, account for 56% of time spent (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Jonah Engel Bromwich / New York Times:

Blockchain-powered network Civil's token sale failed because people buy into blockchain to make money and don't necessarily want to use it to “fix” journalism — Hype around the technology has led to incomprehensible applications of it. — Civil Media Company was introduced earlier …

Discussion: Phillip Smith, @linda_bernardi, @vivian and @mantzarlis

Bloomberg:

Sources: McClatchy, AIM Media, and Donerail Group have submitted bids for Tribune Publishing — By By Nabila Ahmed , By Kiel Porter , and By Gerry Smith — Aim Media is also said to have submitted offer for publisher — Potential buyers have been circling newspaper chain for months

Discussion: Chicago Business, Cedarville News, Axios, WhatsOnThorold and @raju

Sam Biddle / The Intercept:

After The Intercept's inquiry, Facebook deletes “white genocide conspiracy theory” as a pre-defined ad targeting category with an estimated 168K users — Apparently fueled by anti-Semitism and the bogus narrative that outside forces are scheming to exterminate the white race …

Discussion: @samfbiddle, @samfbiddle, @christophrlucas, @coreypein, CBS Pittsburgh and @shonaghosh, more at Techmeme »

BuzzFeed News:

Twitter apologizes after “Kill all Jews” appeared as a trending topic in many New Yorkers' local trending sections following the vandalism of Brooklyn synagogue — On Friday morning, the Twitter trending topic “Kill all Jews” appeared in many New Yorkers' local trending sections.

Discussion: The Wrap, Motherboard, The Next Web, @robmanuel, @profcarroll, @jordanuhl, @bostonjoan and Boing Boing, more at Techmeme »

Kenneth Li / Reuters:

AT&T calls Dish dropping HBO a “tactical decision,” accuses Dish of collaborating with DOJ to block the Time Warner merger as DOJ prepares for December appeal — (Reuters) - AT&T Inc's WarnerMedia has accused the U.S. Department of Justice of “collaborating” …

Discussion: Ars Technica, Wired, Hollywood Reporter, FierceVideo, Techdirt, @matthewkeyslive, Engadget, Slate, News Releases and Bloomberg

Discussion: Multichannel News, Light Reading, Multichannel News and @latimes

Pamela Druckerman / New York Times:

A look at the breakdown of media independence in Hungary where the prime minister and his friend control 500+ titles and critical outlets are denied credentials — Viktor Orban didn't like what the press was reporting, so he took it over. — BUDAPEST — If you're wondering what attacks …

Brian Stelter / CNN:

Washington Post announces Press Freedom Partnership in coordination with CPJ, Reporters without Borders, and others to champion independent press — New York (CNN Business)A version of this article first appeared in the Reliable Sources newsletter. You can sign up for free right here.

Erik Wemple / Washington Post:

Trump's speeches should not be broadcast live given the volume of lies, and, instead, should be fact-checked first and covered after, as MSNBC did Thursday — Oftentimes, the three major cable news channels — Fox News, CNN and MSNBC — find themselves doing live coverage of the same events …

Discussion: @mikiebarb, @erikwemple, Washington Post, Politico and Washington Post

Brian Crecente / Variety:

Video game site took down an article based on a Red Dead Redemption 2 leak and donated £1 million to charities chosen by the game creator — A video game website owned by British magazine and digital publisher TI Media, issued an apology to Take-Two Interactive for running a story based on a …

Discussion: @crecenteb, Kotaku, ScreenRant, RockstarINTEL and Trusted Reviews

Washington Post:

Profile of Gab co-founder Andrew Torba, days after Gab went offline and its CTO and co-founder Ekrem Buyukkaya quit citing “attacks from the American press” — Like many young entrepreneurs drawn to California's technological gold rush, Andrew Torba brought a familiar mix of smarts …

Discussion: The Verge and Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Report: live-streaming TV services' viewing hours grew 212% YoY; connected TVs, such as those using devices like Roku or Apple TV, account for 56% of time spent — Live streaming TV services, like Sling TV, PlayStation Vue, Hulu with Live TV, and others, are gaining steam in the U.S …

Michelle Castillo / CNBC:

ESPN+, available to subscribers for $5/month, will likely cost between $200M and $500M this year, but the goal for Disney is testing how to run an OTT service — - Technology and content costs could make ESPN+ a costly venture, especially when subscribers pay only $5 a month.