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Sources: Medium CEO Ev Williams had preliminary talks about buying New York Media, parent of New York Magazine; source said talks are “unlikely to progress” — - The Twitter co-founder says he wants to invest in media in '19 — Magazine publisher has been exploring its options this year
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Peter Kafka / Recode:
Sources: Facebook is in talks with pay TV channels, including HBO, Showtime, and Starz, about selling their streaming TV services on its platform — The world's biggest social network wants to get into the pay TV business — by taking a page from Amazon. — Facebook is readying …
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Tom Winter / NBC News:
Source: Trump was present in August 2015 when National Enquirer's David Pecker met with Michael Cohen and offered to help suppress stories about Trump and women — A source confirms to NBC News that the “other member of the campaign” present when Michael Cohen and David Pecker agreed to silence women was Donald Trump.
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Court document shows National Enquirer publisher American Media Inc. took a non-prosecution deal, admitting role in a hush payment to affect the 2016 election
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New York Times:
Behind the secret $9.5M CBS settlement with actress Eliza Dushku, who was written off the show Bull after her complaints about star Michael Weatherly's comments — In March 2017, Eliza Dushku, an actress known for her work on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” signed on to play a major role …
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The Wrap, Variety, @koblin, The A.V. Club, IndieWire, TVLine, @jimrutenberg, @richbtig, @koblin, @dylanbyers, @dylanbyers and @jimwindolf
Sam Levin / The Guardian:
Some current and former fact-checkers say Facebook has ignored their concerns, that they have been used for PR, and that they have lost trust in the company — Journalists paid to help fix Facebook's fake news problem say they have lost trust in the platform
Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
Source: Tribune Publishing ends talks to sell the company to McClatchy, with potential antitrust issues in Florida derailing a deal — A bundle of Chicago Tribune newspapers comes off the press May 16, 2016, at the Tribune's Freedom Center printing plant in Chicago.
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Sources: Tribune Publishing is paying ex-LAT exec Davan Maharaj $2.5M+ to avert a lawsuit, keeping an anti-Semitic slur by ex-chairman Michael Ferro under wraps
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Variety, Los Angeles Times, @laura_nelson, Ad Age, The Wrap, @keitholbermann, @megjameslat, @cmonstah, @smmills1960, CNN, @laura_nelson, @adamweinstein, @kendilaniannbc, @rhodes_dawn, @tidewaterguild, @royalpratt, @helaineolen, @laura_nelson, @laura_nelson, @latguild, @ajrod, @kimjnews, @laurie_garrett, @latimesharriet, @maxwelltani, @ninatotenberg, @courtneymabeus, @schwanksta, @selenecapgaz, @noahshachtman, @jenniferreitman, @dtohl, @jpanzar, @stevedaniels27, @johnmcquaid, @johnmcquaid, @jaysunsilver, @mattdpearce, @abcarianlat, @rhodes_dawn, @jpanzar, @benpershing, @malexjohnson, @mccarthyryanj, @ethartley, @lfung, @catygreen, @ruppelsive, @gadyepstein, @pang, @dangillmor and New York Post
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Facebook says Watch has 75M daily users who spend an average of 20 minutes streaming video and is rolling out Watch globally on desktop and Facebook Lite — - Facebook Renews Four Original Series Including ‘Sorry For Your Loss,’ Claims 75 Million Daily ‘Watch’ Viewers
Irin Carmon / Vulture:
Sources say CBS This Morning executive producer Ryan Kadro is leaving the network, but CBS says it's unrelated to the Charlie Rose settlement he was named in — Ryan Kadro, the executive producer of CBS This Morning, is said to be leaving the network, two sources at the company told Vulture.
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TVNewser, @irin, Variety, Deadline, Business Insider, Washington Post, The Wrap and TV Tattle
Howard Kurtz / Fox News:
Trump cancels the White House holiday party for the media — EXCLUSIVE - President Trump has canceled the White House holiday party for the media, making the decades-old tradition a victim of his increasingly contentious relationship with major news organizations.
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Light Reading:
AT&T begins to roll out Cheddar to DirecTV, DirecTV Now and U-verse TV — Cheddar, the leading post-cable networks company, is beginning rollout across AT&T video platforms DIRECTV, DIRECTV NOW and U-verse TV. — “AT&T operates one of the largest and best video platforms in the world …
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@richbtig, Thanks:@jonsteinberg
Joseph Ax / Reuters:
CPJ report: 251 journalists are in jail as of Dec. 1, with more half in China, Turkey, and Egypt; 28 imprisoned on “charges of “false news”, up from 21 in 2017 — NEW YORK (Reuters) - A near-record number of journalists around the world are behind bars for their work …
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Committee to Protect …, @kenroth, @pressfreedom, @o_rich_, @sarahemclaugh, ABC News, @timobrien and @wolfe321
Sam Allard / Cleveland Scene:
Advance Publications is considering outsourcing the Cleveland Plain Dealer's print production, affecting copy editors and designers, with union talks under way — In what may be a grim foretaste of labor negotiations set to occur in 2019 when the Plain Dealer's union contract expires …
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@camorris, @michaelmcintyre, @paulakampf, The Plain Dealer News Guild and @scenesallard
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