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Richard Morgan / New York Post:
Source: the New York Yankees are planning to buy back the YES Network from Fox as Fox works to sell off its regional sports networks — The New York Yankees are in talks to buy back YES Network as Disney and Twenty-First Century Fox look to clear their $71.3 billion merger, The Post has learned.
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Bloomberg, Multichannel News and Awful Announcing
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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.
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Awful Announcing
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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Folio, @karaswisher, @poniewozik, @rafat, @kevin_reiss, @elongreen, @caro, MediaPost, @jeffjarvis and The Guardian
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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@audreycoopersf, CNN, CBS Los Angeles and Los Angeles Times
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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.
Discussion:
Recode, @kurtwagner8, Variety, @carnage4life, @mat, Tubefilter, Adweek and The Wrap, more at Techmeme »
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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@drrjkavanagh, ThinkProgress, Variety and @brianbeutler
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Susan Wojcicki / YouTube Creator Blog:
YouTube CEO warns of unintended consequences of EU's Article 13 and says YouTube may have to block videos in the EU to avoid liability under the new directive — This op-ed originally appeared in the Financial Times. — Creativity has long been a guiding force in my life …
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The Verge, @susanwojcicki, Deadline, MediaPost, Business Insider and Boing Boing, more at Techmeme »
Rani Molla / Recode:
Smart speakers' effect on audio: NPR's listening hours from speaker owners up 15% YoY, podcast listeners skip ads less, Spotify users likelier to listen daily — Until we invent something that wouldn't be possible without voice, we're just repurposing online content for our ears.
BBC:
BBC study in India, Kenya, and Nigeria: people are overly confident about spotting fake news and don't tend to question the source of the original message — A rising tide of nationalism in India is driving ordinary citizens to spread fake news, according to BBC research.
Discussion:
@divyaspandana and Quartz
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:
Poynter, MediaFile, @peterbakernyt, @ashleyfeinberg, @schafer42, @jayrosen_nyu, @erinjonesin2016, @jimrutenberg, @postscottwilson, @benmullin and New Yorker
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:
HoldtheFrontPage, The Drum, BBC, The Times & The Sunday Times, Sky News, MorningstarUK, Author stories, Press Gazette, The Guardian, City A.M. and Reuters
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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Reuters, FierceVideo, Engadget, Variety, Observer, The Verge and Fast Company
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