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4:20 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 …
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 …
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?
Tom Ley / Defector:
Defector, the subscription-based sports blog created by former Deadspin staffers, formally launches  —  Welcome to Defector, an employee-owned sports and culture website brought to you by the former staffers of Deadspin.  Let me tell you who we are, and how we got here.
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 …
Bijan Stephen / The Verge:
Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, who left Twitch for an exclusive deal with Mixer in August 2019, is back on Twitch, exclusively, in a multiyear deal with the site  —  He's got an exclusive, multiyear deal  —  Ninja's back on Twitch, exclusively, in a multiyear deal with the site.
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.
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 …
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.
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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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
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