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Caitlin Yilek / Washington Examiner:
In what she assumed was an off-the-record call, Kellyanne Conway mocked and threatened a Washington Examiner reporter for mentioning Conway's husband in a story — Top White House aide Kellyanne Conway, describing herself as “a powerful woman,” aggressively and disparagingly told a female reporter …
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Adam K. Raymond / New York Magazine:
The White House has canceled its print subscriptions to NYT and Washington Post and plans to instruct federal agencies to cancel their subscriptions — Donald Trump's pettiness knows no limit. It was proven yet again Tuesday, when the White House cancelled its subscriptions to the New York Times …
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Twitter misses Q3 estimates with revenue of $823.7M, up 9% YoY; ad revenue of $702M, up 8% YoY; 145M monetizable DAUs, up 17% YoY — Twitter today reported its earnings for the quarter that ended September 30, and the numbers delivered a big surprise, falling on both sales and earnings per share.
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Tommy Shane / First Draft:
First Draft to offer free training and tech support to help US newsrooms discover, verify, and investigate online content in preparation for the 2020 election — Craig Newmark Philanthropies joins Google News Initiative in supporting organization's mission to reach every journalist in every state
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@firstdraftnews, Associated Press, promarket.org, Talking Biz News, @craignewmark and @cward1e
Peter Kafka / Vox:
Facebook to pay some news partners as much as $3M a year for appearing in its news tab, to be available as a test Friday for a couple hundred thousand US users — Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Financial Services Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building …
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Craig Timberg / Washington Post:
Facebook to unveil news tab at an event Friday with News Corp's Robert Thomson; sources: direct payments to 200 publishers will go up to millions of dollars
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Vox, The Next Web, The Wrap, Politico, promarket.org, American Press Institute, The Verge, @authorpmbarrett, @b52malmet, The Wrap, @craigtimberg, CNET, CBS News and Observer, more at Techmeme »
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Profile of Storyful's 11-member investigative team, which has worked with NYT, WSJ, and others to mine social media for stories about the 2020 election — In some cases, newsrooms have specific ideas or topics they need researched. In other cases, Storyful has an idea that it looks to find a home for.
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Crain's New York Business, Fast Company, @cijournalism, @janebsinger and Editor & Publisher Magazine
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
NBCU's Steve Burke says Peacock will be bundled into Comcast's streaming platform Flex and that NBC will continue to license its content, unlike Disney — NBCUniversal chief Steve Burke predicts that things are going to get even more intense among the media and tech giants launching streaming platforms …
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Ad Age, Crain's New York Business, Multichannel News, Deadline, Adweek, The Wrap and The Streamable
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Ofcom report: BBC should include more links to rivals and its journalists should call out lies more, says small number of politicized viewers erode trust in BBC — Report finds broadcaster must do more to prove value to viewers more familiar with Netflix — The BBC is at risk of losing …
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Allen G. Breed / Associated Press:
Former AP reporter Kathryn Johnson, whose coverage of the civil rights movement and other major stories like My Lai led to notable scoops, has died at 93 — Kathryn Johnson, a trailblazing reporter for The Associated Press whose intrepid coverage of the civil rights movement and other major stories led …
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@spj_tweets, Jimmy Carter Presidential …, @jakesnyt, @amlwhere, @jzbleiberg and The Hill
Brent Lang / Variety:
Simon Sutton, former president and chief revenue office of HBO, named CEO of podcast service Luminary — Simon Sutton has joined Luminary Media and will serve as chief executive officer of the newly launched podcast subscription service. He joins the company after a stint as president and chief revenue officer of HBO.
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MediaPost, Business Wire, @pkafka, @pkafka and @pkafka
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
CNN's Jeff Zucker says he wants to hire former Fox anchor Shepard Smith and defends the practice of hiring pro-Trump contributors to speak for the president — “When he's available, he is somebody who is very talented and I would be very open to talking to him," the network president said.
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The Daily Caller, @oliverdarcy, @oliverdarcy, @oliverdarcy and @oliverdarcy
Geoff Weiss / Tubefilter:
US-based Triller, a TikTok rival, raises $28M Series B led by Proxima, following an $11.5M Series A in 2018; company says it has 13M MAUs and 60M downloads — Triller, an AI-powered platform that enables creators to make music videos using licensed songs, has raised $28 million in Series B funding …
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Wall Street Journal, @sethmccombs, The Drum, Music Business Worldwide, PR Newswire and The Wrap, more at Techmeme »
Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:
Apple TV app launches on Amazon Fire TV devices starting with the Fire TV Stick 4K and HD models, with support for other devices and models coming soon — Apple today released the Apple TV app for Amazon TV devices, starting with the Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K and the older HD model.
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The Verge, CNBC and Variety, more at Techmeme »
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