Mediagazer: In a tweet, Tucker Carlson defends himself against assault allegations from a new client of Michael Avenatti's after video from a Charlottesville club surfaces (Benjamin Goggin/Business Insider)

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Police report of protest at Tucker Carlson's house contradicts his account as it concerns spray-painting of his driveway without mention of damage to his door — The people who shouted threatening chants at the residence of Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Wednesday night did more than just unsettle a family.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, @drrjkavanagh, @brianbeutler and Business Insider

Benjamin Goggin / Business Insider:

In a tweet, Tucker Carlson defends himself against assault allegations from a new client of Michael Avenatti's after video from a Charlottesville club surfaces — - Tucker Carlson appeared to break a Fox News Twitter blackout to defend himself from assault allegations.

Discussion: Washington Post, The Wrap, @tuckercarlson, The Daily Caller, The Daily Beast, @michaelavenatti, @badfoxgraphics, New York Daily News and @michaelavenatti

Business Insider:

In an internal email sent following Tucker Carlson protests, Fox News asked employees not to tweet any Fox stories from their business or personal accounts — - According to an internal email obtained by Business Insider, Fox News has asked its employees not to tweet out theirs …

Discussion: Mediaite, Slate, @willoremus, @rasmus_kleis, Raw Story and Newser

Jaclyn Peiser / New York Times:

New York Media, parent company to New York magazine, will launch a paywall for its sites in the last week of November with $5/month or $50/year subscriptions — Information may want to be free, as an aphorism had it in the early days of digital media. But these days, increasingly, journalism wants to be paid for.

Discussion: @caro and @jeffjarvis

Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:

After Trump denied Jim Acosta a press pass, networks and WH reporters were left with a choice to protest the move or do nothing, and both options have drawbacks — The CNN chief Jeff Zucker gave his troops unexpected orders the day after President Trump snatched the press credential away from Jim Acosta …

Discussion: @erinjonesin2016, New Yorker, @ashleyfeinberg, @schafer42, @peterbakernyt, @jayrosen_nyu, @jimrutenberg, @benmullin, @postscottwilson and Washington Post

Emma Grey Ellis / Wired:

Changing viewing habits and a desire for more ad revenue are prompting YouTube creators to post ever longer videos — ONE MONTH AGO, a dog I have never met died. His owners are YouTubers Simon and Martina, a Canadian couple who make videos about the delicious food they eat in Tokyo, where they live.

Discussion: Ad Age, @jamcnn, @nxthompson, @_danielsinclair and @wired

Wall Street Journal:

A look at the tug of war between the data driven tech team and the relationship-oriented Hollywood team at Netflix — As the company plunges deeper into originals, its L.A. wing is doing the once-unthinkable: overriding the metrics — Netflix Inc.'s executives were torn.

Discussion: @asharma, @sub8u, @memles, @trevornoren, @jbflint and @filmmakermag, more at Techmeme »

Mark Kleinman / Sky News:

Sources: the owner of the Daily Mail is drawing up plans to make an offer for the i, a newspaper currently owned by Johnston Press — The owner of the Daily Mail is plotting to buy the i in a move that would expand its share of the national newspaper market during a period of turbulence for the UK's biggest publishers .

Discussion: The Drum, HoldtheFrontPage, Press Gazette, Reuters and Telegraph

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:

Netflix executives say they want to experiment with lower-priced subscriptions in countries with lower per-capita income in pursuit of growth in Asia — - Streaming service wants to experiment with prices, CEO says — Service has announced 17 new shows from five Asian countries

Discussion: Variety, Observer, Fast Company, The Verge and Reuters, more at Techmeme »

Brian Steinberg / Variety:

NBC will air picture in picture ads that puts the ad in the corner of the screen without cutting away from broadcast for People's Choice Awards — Viewers who tune in to the broadcast of the 2018 People's Choice Awards this weekend on E! won't have to work too hard to find advertisers getting in on the event.

Discussion: The Wrap and TV Tattle

Axios:

Incoming House intelligence chairman says Dems plan to investigate if Trump used “the instruments of state power to punish the press” in targeting WaPo, CNN — House Democrats plan to investigate whether President Trump abused White House power by targeting — and trying to punish with …

Discussion: Mediaite, @jonathanvswan, @matthewstoller, @meganmurp, @joeconchatv, Engadget, New York Times, @brianstelter and Fortune

Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:

Profile of Civio, a data-driven nonprofit news site from Spain that uses its reporting to lobby the government and propose amendments, which have become law — If you spend dozens of hours learning about a subject — say, government procurements — for an article, you might want to find …