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2:40 PM ET, November 20, 2018

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Axios:
In a statement, Trump says the US will stand by Saudi Arabia whether or not Crown Prince MbS ordered the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi  —  President Trump said in a statement today that whether or not Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the murder …
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Middle East Eye:
Source: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gave King Salman and MBS a “roadmap” to help shield themselves from the Khashoggi scandal  —  US Secretary of State gave Mohammed bin Salman a roadmap to insulate himself from the scandal, a senior Saudi source tells MEE
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Of Saudi Crown Prince's alleged involvement in Jamal Khashoggi's murder, Trump says “maybe he did and maybe he didn't”, contradicting reported CIA conclusion  —  The president says, 'maybe he did and maybe he didn't'  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump said he intended to remain a …
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David Faber / CNBC:
Sources: Amazon is bidding for the 22 regional sports TV networks that Disney acquired from 21st Century Fox  —  Amazon is bidding for the 22 regional sports TV networks that Disney acquired from 21st Century Fox.  —  The e-commerce giant is bidding for all of the networks …
Jaclyn Peiser / New York Times:
Condé Nast has announced that it's ceasing Glamour's print edition, despite its subscriber base of 2.2M remaining stable over last three years  —  Yet another women's magazine is moving away from print.  —  Condé Nast, the legacy publisher of glossy and aesthetically rich magazines …
Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed News:
Publishers gear up to lobby for the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act so they can jointly bargain with tech platforms without violating antitrust law  —  The news industry is readying a lobbying push with a straightforward, but audacious request: Please let us collude against Google and Facebook.
Robyn Caplan / Data & Society:
Analysis of the tradeoffs between three content moderation approaches: small-scale artisanal, volunteer-based/community-reliant, and automated/industrial  —  Artisanal, Community-Reliant, and Industrial Approaches  —  In Content or Context Moderation?, Data & Society Affiliate Robyn Caplan draws …
Mr. Magazine:
Q&A with Troy Young, president at Hearst Magazines, on moving into digital, the role of print and research, and the biggest misconceptions people have about him  —  Troy Young On The Role Of Print In A Digital Age; The Role Of Digital In Today's Magazine Media; Legacy Brands and Digital …
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Oren Katzeff, most recently head of programming at digital media startup Tastemade, is succeeding Dawn Ostroff as president of Condé Nast Entertainment  —  Katzeff was previously head of programming at digital media startup Tastemade.  —  Conde Nast Entertainment has named Oren Katzeff its new president.
Bryan Logan / Business Insider:
Interview with Aaron Samuels, cofounder and COO of Blavity, which closed a $6.5M Series A in June and reaches 7M readers per month, focused on black millennials  —  - Aaron Samuels is cofounder and chief operating officer of Blavity, the LA media upstart focused on African-American millennials, and he is a man of many talents.
Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at the future of WikiTribune, which was designed to let anyone contribute and edit news stories but has used up its initial crowdfunding funds and grants  —  Jimmy Wales in 2008, uploaded to Flickr by Joi Ito  —  It's been almost a year since the launch of WikiTribune …
 
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NewsGuard co-CEO Steve Brill announces BrandGuard, a news filtering service that uses journalists to rate and review news and information sites for credibility
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WHCA:
The White House Correspondents' Association announces that writer and biographer Ron Chernow will headline its 2019 dinner
Brian Stelter / CNN:
White House backs down from legal fight, restoring Jim Acosta's press pass and issuing rules for press briefing behavior, including one question per journalist
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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