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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 …
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Karen Attiah / Washington Post:
Trump's defense of Mohammed bin Salman puts truth-seekers and journalists who challenge governments in grave danger — Last Friday afternoon I went to the Belgian restaurant Brasserie Beck, a few blocks down the street from The Post. It was the place I had my last lunch with my friend and Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Washington Post Global Opinions Editor Karen Attiah has called on Congress to investigate Trump and Kushner's financial ties with the Saudis — Washington Post Global Opinions editor Karen Attiah is demanding a congressional investigation of the Trump family's business ties with Saudi Arabia …
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Washington Post:
WaPo Publisher Fred Ryan: Trump statement on Khashoggi killing betrays “long-established American values”, puts personal and commercial ties before US interests
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@crookedmedia:
Crooked Media says that Tim Miller, who has worked with the Facebook-contracted PR firm Definers Public Affairs, will no longer be a contributor — pic.twitter.com/JaLLAIAcOF
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Toronto Star:
Canada to give tax breaks for journalism: a 15% tax credit for subscribers, classifying donations to some nonprofits as charity, and tax credit for labor costs — OTTAWA—The federal government is giving a tax break to digital news subscribers, a refundable tax credit to news outlets …
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Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
In tweet, Trump suggested he might attend WHCD in 2019 and insulted comedian Michelle Wolf; she replied, “I bet you'd be on my side if I'd killed a journalist” — Michelle Wolf fired back at Donald Trump on Wednesday after the president derided her as a “so-called Comedian.”
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@realdonaldtrump, IndieWire and Vanity Fair
Frederic Filloux / Monday Note:
By pushing the “link tax” in the EU, publishers are shooting themselves in the foot because better options exist by working with Google to drive traffic — Within Google, some call into question the validity of helping the media industry. By lobbying the EU on the “link tax”, publishers are waging a rearguard battle.
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Jem Aswad / Variety:
Five EU music trade groups collectively fire back at YouTube's “fact-free fear-mongering” on the planned Article 13 for copyright, saying the rule adds fairness — YouTube has long been considered by many to be the big bad wolf of the music industry, largely …
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Bloomberg:
Facebook says its ad buying system is still experiencing glitches after an outage on Tuesday, which sources say affected major buyers, ahead of Black Friday — - Ad-buying system was down earlier for some major users — Hiccups come as brands prepare campaigns for holiday shopping
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Nathan Layne / Reuters:
A Russian company, Federal Agency of News, has sued to stop Facebook from blocking it following a purge of accounts linked to the Internet Research Agency — (Reuters) - A Russian company whose accountant was charged by federal prosecutors for attempting to meddle in U.S. elections sued Facebook Inc …
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The Daily Beast:
Fox Business Network has been one of Trump's key allies in the press, with sources saying he was involved in its formation as an adviser to Roger Ailes — A decade ago, The Donald advised Fox News on launching its business network. Now the Fox Business Network advises President Trump.
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@mattgertz, @swin24, @maxwelltani, @mattgertz and Media Matters for America
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 …
Shawn Vestal / Spokesman.com:
Jeff Humphrey, son of NBC News correspondent Don Harris, who was killed at Jonestown 40 years ago, recalls his father's murder — shawnv@spokesman.com — (509) 459-5431 — Forty years ago, as he prepared to leave his California home to cover growing concerns about a cult community in Jonestown …
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