Mediagazer: Fox News, working with a different set of voter data to the other networks, was the first to tell viewers that Democrats would win the House (New York Times)

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New York Times:

Fox News, working with a different set of voter data to the other networks, was the first to tell viewers that Democrats would win the House — Get live election analysis and real-time results. — By 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Van Jones of CNN had called the midterm elections “heartbreaking” …

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Erin Nyren / Variety:

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Brent Lang / Variety:

21st Century Fox's reports Q3 revenues of $7.18B, up 2% YoY, missing analyst estimates, and earnings of $1.29B, up 54% YoY — Earnings at 21st Century Fox were in line with expectations on Wednesday, even as the media conglomerate's revenues for its most recent financial quarter fell short of projections.

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

Dish revenue was $3.4B in Q3, down from $3.58B YoY, and pay-TV subscribers fell about 341K, as Dish's Charlie Ergen says AT&T is using HBO as an economic weapon — Dish Network chairman Charlie Ergen blasted AT&T for demanding unreasonable terms from the pay-TV distributor for HBO …

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Associated Press:

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg rejects request to appear before an “international grand committee” of Canadian and UK MPs to discuss fake news on November 27 — LONDON (AP) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has rejected a request to appear before an international parliamentary committee delving …

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Tim Peterson / Digiday:

Axios expects its annual revenue to double YoY to $20M+ in 2018 and still plans to launch a subscription product but likely not by the end of 2018 — Axios remains in no rush to release the high-end subscription product that the news publisher publicly discussed months before the company's January 2017 launch.

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Henry Farrell / Washington Post:

Q&A with Harvard's Yochai Benkler, on the political consequences of US media and why Fox News is five times more influential than Facebook for the right — Yochai Benkler, Rob Faris and Hal Robert, three scholars affiliated with Harvard's Berkman Klein Center, have a new book …

Janko Roettgers / Variety:

Roku reports Q3 revenue up 39% YoY to $173.4M, streaming hours up 63% YoY to 6.2B, device revenue up 9% after a cut in sales price; stock down 10%+ after hours — Roku continues its transition from a hardware company to a company that primarily makes money with advertising at a rapid pace.

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Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:

Defy Media has ceased operations and let go of most employees, with a small team staying onboard to try and sell brands like Smosh — “Unfortunately, market conditions got in the way of us completing our mission," a company spokeswoman said in a statement.

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Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:

Google says it has invested $100M+ in YouTube's Content ID system, up from $60M two years ago, and has given $3B+ to rights-holders, up from $2B+ in 2016 — As part of longstanding efforts to prove that it's serious about combating piracy, Google today revealed some updated numbers from across its various digital products.

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Glenn Rifkin / Fast Company:

A look at the history of IDG, and how its founder Pat McGovern grew it from a newsletter in 1960 to the media giant it is today — IDG brought us PC World, Macworld, and other familiar brands. But first, it produced a newsletter from a house in suburban Boston.

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