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Sources: NY Post's former EIC, Col Allan, now an adviser to the outlet, ordered a story removed on E. Jean Carroll's sexual assault allegations against Trump — New York (CNN)The New York Post's former top editor, a supporter of President Trump and an old lieutenant of Rupert Murdoch …
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NYT, WSJ, Chicago Tribune, and LAT left the report of sexual assault of E. Jean Carroll by Trump off their front pages; WaPo placed it below the fold — A new report of sexual assault committed by President Donald Trump has come to light, but several major newspapers didn't find …
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Sources: BuzzFeed's chairman, Ken Lerer, is stepping down after more than ten years — BuzzFeed Chairman Ken Lerer is stepping down from his role after overseeing the viral internet publisher for over 10 years, according to sources familiar with the matter.


LinkedIn to announce changes to its algorithm, designed to favor posts that cater to niche professional interests, as opposed to elevating viral content — Linkedin will today announce algorithm changes made over the past 12-18 months to favor conversations in its Feed that cater …
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Profile of Fox News host Jeanine Pirro and her decades-long friendship with Trump; Trump considered her for a top Justice Department job under Jeff Sessions — Donald Trump had been in the race for six weeks, and he had already stumbled into another controversy.
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LiveRamp will pay $150M to acquire ad exposure startup Data Plus Math, to help advertisers buy and analyze targeted ads both on traditional and streaming TV — Cash-and-stock deal, valued at $150 million, combines companies' data sets that help advertisers check efficiency of campaigns
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Agencies are packaging brand-safe YouTube ad inventory from broadcast and digital studio partners to reassure cautious advertisers deterred by platform scandals — U.K. agencies are finding new ways to package premium YouTube inventory from broadcast and digital studio partners.


Study: 44% of UK's newspaper columnists went to private schools vs. 7% national average, 44% went to Oxbridge vs. <1% of national average — The proportion of privately-educated top journalists has fallen over the past five years but the media continues to be one of the UK's most elite professions, new research has shown.
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How the Demirörens, staunch supporters of President Erdoğan, have transformed Turkish media, overseeing a third of Turkey's news outlets, including CNN Türk — How Recep Tayyip Erdoğan took control of the media and handed it to a crony — The neighborhood of Bebek …


Chinese Netflix equivalent iQiyi announces it has reached 100M subscribers; senior exec says it intends to expand into other Asian countries and North America — BEIJING (Reuters) - iQiyi, China's answer to Netflix, intends to push harder into overseas markets such as North America and Japan …


Inside Babe.net, which rose to prominence publishing a photographer's sexual encounter with Aziz Ansari and closed this year after failing to secure funding — In the spring of 2018, I visited the offices of the millennial/Gen-Z-oriented website babe.net, a sunny loft space in Williamsburg, just around the corner from Vice.
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Ad-supported TV streaming service Tubi says it has 20M monthly active users, surpassing Pluto TV, which said last month that it had 16M MAUs — The Streamable is reader-supported and may earn an affiliate commission when you sign up with our links. — Tubi announced today …
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