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Crooked Media says that Tim Miller, who has worked with the Facebook-contracted PR firm Definers Public Affairs, will no longer be a contributor — Hey everybody, We wanted to give you an update on Tim Miller. We invited Tim to contribute to Crooked because he took a public stand against Trump when most of his party capitulated. That took courage, and unlike many Republicans who declared themselves to be Never Trumpers during the campaign, he's still one today.
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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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Fred Ryan / Washington Post:
Congress should press for an independent, thorough inquiry into Khashoggi's death, impose penalties on his murderers, and suspend US weapons sales to Saudis — Fred Ryan is publisher and chief executive of The Washington Post. He served as assistant to President Ronald Reagan.
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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 …
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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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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David Faber / CNBC:
Sources: Amazon is bidding for the 22 regional sports TV networks that Disney acquired from 21st Century Fox — - Amazon's bid includes the New York-based YES Network, which is partly owned by Yankee Global Enterprises. — Apollo Global Management, KKR, Blackstone …
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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 …
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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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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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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Eric Johnson / Recode:
Interview with Jameel Jaffer, executive director of the Knight First Amendment Institute, on tech pressure on free speech and privatization of the public square — The executive director of the Knight First Amendment Institute, Jameel Jaffer, unpacks the answer on the latest Recode Decode.
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