Mediagazer: What publications are doing for Black Friday: CNN and BuzzFeed increase product integration, Ziff Davis uses its BlackFriday.com site to hit top of search (Max Willens/Digiday)

3:20 AM ET, November 22, 2018

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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 — pic.twitter.com/JaLLAIAcOF

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Max Willens / Digiday:

What publications are doing for Black Friday: CNN and BuzzFeed increase product integration, Ziff Davis uses its BlackFriday.com site to hit top of search — “This is indicative of the work that we did in the prior two years, and where we're headed," Kaufman said.

Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:

Twitter again suspends right-wing activist Laura Loomer, who says she was banned for calling a newly elected US representative anti-Jewish — Twitter kicked Laura Loomer off its platform permanently Wednesday, making her the latest conservative media figure to be banned from the site.

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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.”

Discussion: @realdonaldtrump, Mashable and IndieWire

Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:

James Billington, the librarian of Congress for nearly three decades as digital technology rapidly expanded, dies at 89 — James H. Billington, the librarian of Congress for nearly three decades, who led the nation's treasure house of knowledge into the digital age and added millions of books …

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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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