Mediagazer: LSE publishes a policy agenda on platforms and media: create an “Independent Platform Agency” as a watchdog, tax social media and search ad revenue, and more (Julia Ziemer/Media Policy Project)

4:40 PM ET, November 20, 2018

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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 …

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

Discussion: @ap, @deadbunnyfrank, @traciemac_bmore, @middleeasteye, @joncoopertweets, @markos, @miekeeoyang, @davidahearst, @eclecticbrotha, @sethabramson, @radleybalko, @godcallsbs and @bradmossesq

WashPostPR / Washington Post:
WaPo Publisher Fred Ryan: Trump statement on Khashoggi killing betrays “long-established American values”, puts personal and commercial ties before US interests

Discussion: @ishaantharoor, The Daily Beast and Talking Points Memo

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

Discussion: @rebeccaballhaus

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 …

Tim Peterson / Digiday:

Quartz AI Studio receives $249,000 grant from the Knight Foundation to create articles using AI, expects to work on six stories in 2019 — Quartz has used artificial intelligence technology to help it promote articles through its AI-enabled chatbots. Now the publication is looking …

Discussion: @jkeefe, Quartz, MediaPost, @ndiakopoulos, @silvermanjacob and @zseward

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 …

Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal:

Nielsen Holdings names David Kenny as CEO, replacing Mitch Barns, who is retiring; Kenny, an IBM SVP, sold the data assets of Weather Co. to IBM in 2015 — Ratings and data company is under pressure to sell or spin off assets — Nielsen Holdings NLSN -.99% PLC appointed David Kenny …

Discussion: MediaPost, Canada NewsWire Group, @davidwkenny, @dbreunig, Adweek, AdExchanger, Deadline and Fortune

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.

Discussion: American Press Institute, @andyostroy, @shiraovide, @mattdpearce and @perlberg

Julia Ziemer / Media Policy Project:

LSE publishes a policy agenda on platforms and media: create an “Independent Platform Agency” as a watchdog, tax social media and search ad revenue, and more — What kind of information society do you want? How should we reduce the amount of misinformation?

Discussion: Press Gazette

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.

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 …

Discussion: Nieman Lab, @zephoria, @datasociety, @janethaven and @datasociety

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 …

Page Six:

Sources: Comcast will pay Megyn Kelly around $30M to leave NBC, though nothing is final until next week at the earliest — Megyn Kelly is close to finalizing a $30 million exit from NBC, sources confirm to Page Six. — The embattled anchor, who celebrated her 48th birthday Sunday …

Discussion: The Week, Newsweek, @bgrueskin and Vanity Fair

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 …

Discussion: @mathewi, @mathewi, @lauraelizdavis, @transscribe, @cjr and Charles Michio Turner

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