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1:10 AM ET, September 11, 2020

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Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:

In March 2016, CNN's Jeff Zucker floated a weekly show for Trump and offered debate advice, according to audio of his chat with ex-Trump attorney Michael Cohen — Zucker told Cohen of his fondness for Trump, who the CNN president described as ‘the boss’ — CNN president Jeff Zucker oversees …

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Trump campaign kicked out a NYT freelancer from a rally in Michigan; NYT says campaign refused to credential her, so she was attending as a member of the public — A Times correspondent wrote, “First for me: Trump campaign tracked me down from pics I tweeted and escorted me out.”

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Marshall Cohen / CNN:

Twitter expands election misinfo policies, prohibiting misleading claims about results, “inciting unlawful conduct” to prevent peaceful transfer of power, more — Washington (CNN Business)Twitter announced Thursday that it is expanding its policies against election-related misinformation …

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Bill Grueskin / Columbia Journalism Review:

A reconstruction of a series of errors that led to the NYT getting sued by Sarah Palin for an editorial on gun control — It was just before midnight, on June 14, 2017, when James Bennet, then the New York Times' editorial page editor, sent an anxious text to a Washington colleague. — “Are you up?

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Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:

The Pentagon is drafting a formal memo rescinding its order to shut down Stars and Stripes by Sept. 30, following a Trump tweet vowing to continue funding — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department is rescinding its order to shut down the military's independent newspaper, Stars and Stripes …

Discussion: The Hill, @stevenbeynon, @stevenbeynon and Military.com

Brian Steinberg / Variety:

Megyn Kelly to launch production company Devil May Care Media, which will back podcasts and other shows on current events, starting with her own podcast — Megyn Kelly isn't on a mainstream news outlet at present, but that isn't going to keep her from broadcasting.

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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Google says it will remove Autocomplete suggestions that endorse or oppose a candidate or a party or make a voting claim, says it improved breaking news systems — Ahead of the U.S. presidential election, Google says it's taken a number of steps to improve the quality of information …

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Kathryn Lundstrom / Adweek:

TAG debuts a $10K/year brand safety certification program to prevent ad misplacement and fraud, with 112 companies certified, including Facebook and Google — Over 100 companies are already certified, including Amazon and Google — According to TAG, 112 companies are already certified under the program …

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Vox Media:

Verge EIC Nilay Patel will host a new podcast, Decoder with Nilay Patel, a relaunch this fall of Kara Swisher's interview show, Recode Decode — The new podcast, a relaunch of Kara Swisher's award-winning interview show, Recode Decode, debuts this fall. Swisher will continue to host Vox Media's hit show Pivot with Scott Galloway.

Discussion: @kerrymflynn, @karaswisher, @anotherhelen, @happicamp, @reckless and @fmanjoo

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:

India's Times Internet reports 67B page views, up from 47B last year, says it has 557M MAUs and 111M+ DAUs, with MX Player at 200M+ MAUs and Gaana at 185M MAUs — Times Internet said on Thursday it reaches more than 557 million active users in India each month and over 111 million users …

Business Insider:

Trump bragged that he protected Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman from congressional scrutiny after Jamal Khashoggi's killing, according to Woodward's new book — - President Donald Trump bragged that he protected Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman after the assassination and dismembering …

Discussion: Raw Story, Mediaite, @danrather, The Week, @eliza_relman, Vanity Fair, The Hill and The Wrap

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