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11:20 AM ET, November 27, 2018

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Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Fox & Friends allowed then EPA chief Pruitt to choose which topics he would discuss on the show, sent questions in advance, and even gave approval over script  —  The president's favorite cable-news show shared its interview scripts and its oh-so-hard-hitting questions in advance with an embattled Trump official.
The Guardian:
Sources: Paul Manafort had multiple meetings with WikiLeaks, including one meeting in 2016, just months before WikiLeaks released DNC dossier  —  Trump ally met WikiLeaks founder months before emails hacked by Russia were published  —  Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort held secret talks …
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Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
The Economist CEO Chris Stibbs has stepped down following the departures of CTO Michael Brincat, CFO Toby Burton, and The Economist Group president, Paul Rossi  —  The Economist CEO Chris Stibbs has stepped down from his post after five and a half years and 13 years at the publisher.
Discussion: The Drum
Leigh Cuen / CoinDesk:
Current and former employees of news orgs sponsored by the blockchain startup Civil say they haven't received the compensation they were promised when hired  —  Civil was supposed to create a more transparent and democratic model for journalism.  But so far, journalists working on its platform …
Michelle Castillo / CNBC:
Facebook's YouTube competitor Watch is pivoting to older audiences as teens tune out and the company pares down the number of shows it purchases  —  - Facebook's Watch, a hub for shows and premium video content, was intended to be its big competitor to YouTube.
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Technology columnist and writer Farhad Manjoo is joining the New York Times Opinion team, moving away from the paper's Business section  —  Farhad Manjoo has been named a New York Times opinion columnist.  —  Here is an announcement from editorial page editor James Bennet, deputy editor Jim Dao and deputy editor Katie Kingsbury.
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Manhattan DA's office has decided not to charge Harvey Weinstein with financial crimes, will no longer pursue whether he used company assets to pay settlements  —  As Harvey Weinstein's legal woes continue, the Manhattan district attorney's office decided to not charge the disgraced producer …
Discussion: @sayssimonson, Vanity Fair and Variety
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Gene Maddaus / Variety:   Harvey Weinstein's lawyer plans to file a motion attacking credibility of witnesses, following discovery of emails between Weinstein and his accusers
Jack Shafer / Politico:
Conservative columnist Glenn Reynolds, aka Instapundit, has deactivated his Twitter account after Twitter banned conservative radio show host Jesse Kelly  —  Wake me up when this sad little uprising is over.  —  If you checked the conservative end of your Twitter feed when you signed this morning, you probably found it a tad lighter.
Press Gazette:
MP leading UK ‘fake news’ inquiry seizes internal Facebook documents using parliamentary legal powers  —  A cache of internal Facebook documents has been seized using Parliament's legal powers as MPs probe the Cambridge Analytica data scandal.  —  The documents are said to shed light …
Patrick Kulp / Adweek:
NBCUniversal debuts a machine learning tool to help brands place ads around scenes relevant to their product, by analyzing scripts, CC data, visual descriptors  —  The tool identifies places for brands to buy spots in more opportune times  —  The next time you see, say …
Business Wire:
Fox News has hired YouTubers Diamond & Silk for a weekly commentary show on its new streaming service, Fox Nation, which launches Tuesday  —  NEW YORK—(BUSINESS WIRE)—FOX Nation, the new on demand subscription-based service debuting tomorrow, will present a weekly video …
 
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Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
AT&T veteran Brad Bentley has been named general manager of WarnerMedia's forthcoming streaming service, while Turner's CTO takes over HBO's tech operations
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
ICIJ, the team which helped coordinate the Panama Papers, worked with over 250 journalists in 36 countries on a new series about medical devices
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