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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
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.
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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.
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David Beard / Poynter:
A look at how the San Francisco Chronicle and the LA Times newsrooms are responding to the fires on the heels of the election and the Thousand Oaks shooting — The Poynter Institute's Morning Mediawire breaks down and delivers the most important stories you need to start your day.
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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.
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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 …
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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 .
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Alex Heath / Cheddar:
Snap VP of Content Nick Bell, who joined the company in 2014 to lead Discover, says he's leaving amid a planned reorg under Chief Strategy Officer Jared Grusd — Another longtime Snap executive is jumping ship. — This time it's Nick Bell, Snap's VP of Content, who told employees that he's leaving on Monday.
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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
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SportsBusiness Daily:
Despite speculation, neither Fox Sports nor NBC Sports bid on Fox's 22 regional sports networks last week by the deadline; it's now unclear who did submit bids — Fox Sports and NBC Sports stay on sideline for the sale, leaving the media industry to wonder who's in.
Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
Roger Ailes didn't want Fox News tied to one GOP politician and dissuaded Hannity from attending a Tea Party event in 2010, a control absent at the network now — NEW YORK — On election night at Fox News Channel, big red news alerts lit up the small courtyard outside Studio F where Bret Baier …
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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.
Susan Wojcicki / YouTube Creator Blog:
YouTube CEO says open platforms hosting content can not be expected to enforce EU's Article 13 copyright restrictions and none will take the financial risk — This op-ed originally appeared in the Financial Times. — Creativity has long been a guiding force in my life …
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