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Nexstar confirms it is acquiring Tribune Media Co. for $4.1B; the deal will make it the biggest operator of local TV stations in the US — The deal, worth $6.4 billion when including debt, will make the company the largest operator of local U.S. television stations.
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Variety, Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Reuters, Poynter and TVWeek.com
Hannah Ellis-Petersen / The Guardian:
Rappler's Maria Ressa, charged with tax evasion after coverage critical of Philippine gov't, says she'll surrender to police after an arrest warrant was issued — Editor of independent news website Rappler has been released on bail over charges she says are being used to intimidate her
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@karaswisher, CNN, @kippenbergj, @fcchk, @ewong, @raju, @voltairetupaz, @kenroth, @hannahep, @greta, @karaswisher and Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check
CNN:
Canadian activist sues NSO Group, claims its spyware empowered Saudi officials to access WhatsApp messages with Jamal Khashoggi, possibly leading to his killing — London (CNN)In his public writings, Jamal Khashoggi's criticism of Saudi Arabia and its Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was measured.
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@sam_vinograd, @matthewwells, @kylegriffin1, @john_hudson, @hichamyezza, @amy_siskind, @cfountain07, @tparsi, The Week and Mediaite, more at Techmeme »
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Warren P. Strobel / Wall Street Journal:
CIA intercepts show MbS sent at least 11 Whatsapp messages to his closest advisor, who oversaw the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, before and after the murder — Conclusion that Prince Mohammed bin Salman ‘probably ordered’ killing relies in part on 11 messages he sent to adviser who oversaw hit squad around time it killed journalist
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Press Gazette, New York Times, The Week, Politico, Splinter, The Guardian, Mediaite and Al Jazeera
Aimee Rinehart / First Draft:
How collaborative verification project in Brazil, Comprova, used WhatsApp for Business API and Zendesk to fact-check ~70K questions during the latest elections — First DraftBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing — The collaborative journalism project was the first to have special access to one of Brazil's most popular apps
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Nieman Lab and Poynter
Christina Sturdivant Sani / Washington City Paper:
A black journalist on how the underrepresentation of black reporters in D.C. media is leading to non-existent or inaccurate coverage and taking a personal toll — Black journalists are underrepresented in D.C. newsrooms. That's a problem for everyone. — As a black journalist …
Claudia Koerner / BuzzFeed News:
Fox Broadcasting Company and National Geographic are investigating Cosmos series host Neil deGrasse Tyson over allegations of sexual misconduct by three women — Fox Broadcasting Company and National Geographic are investigating astrophysicist and Cosmos host Neil deGrasse Tyson …
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Facebook, New York Times, EW.com, The Daily Caller, Gizmodo, Deadline, @erinbiba, @jasonthalken, @erinbiba, @johnhawks, Variety, The Verge and The A.V. Club
Sarah Krouse / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Oath executives are exploring subscriptions for HuffPost news and Yahoo Sports content after digital ad sales miss revenue targets — Oath media unit at the wireless carrier to focus on e-commerce and paid subscriptions to content — Verizon Communications Inc.'s VZ 1.43% Oath unit …
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Profile of The Times-Picayune food team of 3 journalists running NOLA.com which, between its Instagram account and Facebook group, has almost 100K followers — The Times-Picayune has its own Instagram account with more than 56,000 followers. It has a Facebook group, too, with more than 42,500 members.
Amber Jamieson / BuzzFeed News:
Arkansas school district suspends Har-Ber Herald high school newspaper after a critical article about player transfers to a rival school's football team — An Arkansas school district suspended its high school newspaper and threatened to fire the teacher who advises it after student journalists wrote …
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Poynter, @brahmresnik, @kvanvalkenburg, @johnholbein1, @charlesjaco1, @asluhn, @jeffamy, @buzzfeednews, @connieschultz and @buzzfeednews
Nicholas Diakopoulos / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at algorithms that help journalists weed through hype and spin like ClaimBuster, which identifies fact-checkable claims made on air and alerts reporters — Does Palestine pay $350 million a year to terrorists and their families? Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested …
Amanda Meade / The Guardian:
Fairfax and Nine merger restructuring to lead to 92 redundancies before the new business is formed December 10, with a total of 144 positions going away — Chief executive Hugh Marks says redundancies are spread across both media companies following merger
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