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12:15 PM ET, November 5, 2019

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Mike Wright / Citrus County Chronicle:
Florida county commissioners block funding for a NYT digital subscription for the libraries; one called the paper “fake news” he doesn't want in the county  —  Citrus County residents reacted strongly over the weekend with the news that county commissioners blocked the library system …
Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
The Texas Tribune shuts TribTalk, its sister site of contributed opinion pieces and sponsored content, after five years, citing little traffic and social shares  —  “It was a good sandbox to see if there's a market for these sponsored content pieces, to see how we'd treat them in a design and workflow way …
Jason Koebler / VICE:
Paul Maidment resigns as editorial director of G/O Media effective immediately to pursue “an entrepreneurial opportunity”  —  Paul Maidment says it “has been a great honor” to work at G/O Media.  —  G/O Media's editorial director Paul Maidment has left the company less than a week …
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Louisa Thomas / New Yorker:
G/O's demand that Deadspin stick to sports is foolish, as much of what happens in sports is a result of power, money, and the culture in which athletes operate  —  Two years ago, Sports Illustrated, which had been a weekly magazine for decades, began publishing just thirty-nine issues a year.
Frank Pallotta / CNN:
Netflix added a button to skip the politics segments of Seth Meyers' new comedy special “Lobby Baby”, following a request from the comedian  —  New York (CNN Business)Seth Meyers thinks some comedy fans may be burned out by DC politics, so he asked Netflix (NFLX) to help him do something about it.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Vice Media's acquisition of Refinery29 has closed; Refinery29's co-CEOs Philippe von Borries and Justin Stefano will no longer be involved in daily management  —  Vice Media Group closed its acquisition of Refinery29 — and Refinery29's co-CEOs and co-founders Philippe von Borries …
Discussion: The Wrap, Adweek and Deadline
Michael J. Socolow / Politico:
Journalists shouldn't use TikTok, as doing so promotes a platform that is relying on its users' ignorance of its history of censorship and privacy invasion  —  Journalists should not be promoting a platform with a documented history of political censorship.
Angelica Mari / ZDNet:
Brazil has the second highest podcast consumption in the world, after the US, with 40% of its internet users having listened to a podcast, per local survey  —  The country is the second largest market for the format in the world, and players such as Spotify want to capitalize on that growth.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: sports streaming service DAZN plans to make nearly all of its non-live content available for free to build awareness of its exclusive content  —  DAZN, an international sports streaming company that launched a year ago in the U.S., is on the horizon of a major live sporting events acquisition spree, sources tell Axios.
Aaron Calvin / Columbia Journalism Review:
Reporter who was fired after infamous Carson King profile for the Des Moines Register argues Gannett scapegoated him to preserve its bottom line amid backlash  —  During the seven months I worked as a trending-news reporter for the Des Moines Register, it was my job to write about viral news …
 
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