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8:20 AM ET, October 27, 2020

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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
60 Minutes used Lesley Stahl's in-conversation responses, narration, and clips of Trump from rallies to fact check his comments in the interview aired on Sunday  —  Lesley Stahl told President Trump up front: “You know, this is ‘60 Minutes.’ And we can't put on things we can't verify."
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Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: BuzzFeed is on target to break even this year for the first time since 2014, with significantly less revenue than 2019 offset by $30M in cost cuts  —  Digital media company's revenue damaged during pandemic as layoffs, other cuts shore up bottom line
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Fox News confirms “a few positive” exposures to COVID-19, after report says its president and some top anchors were advised to quarantine due to exposure  —  Fox News Media confirmed “a few positive” exposures to the coronavirus among its employees in the wake of a New York Times report …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
The Lincoln Project signed with UTA to develop Lincoln Media and sources say it's weighing offers from studios, podcast networks, a path akin to Crooked Media's  —  The Lincoln Project is looking to beef up its media business after the election, sources tell Axios.
Discussion: @schneidremarks and @mdudas
Tony Semerad / Salt Lake Tribune:
Salt Lake Tribune to move to a weekly print edition at the end of 2020 as its decade-long print, delivery, and ad partnership with the Deseret News expires  —  In a historic change, The Salt Lake Tribune will stop printing and delivering a daily edition at year's end and switch to a weekly printed newspaper delivered by mail.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube revamps its mobile apps with gestures like swiping up for fullscreen and expands video chapters by adding lists with chapter preview images  —  YouTube today is rolling out a series of updates to its player page on mobile devices.  The changes relocate some elements, add new features …
James Shotter / Financial Times:
Poland's ruling party, which co-opted public media, wants to reduce foreign ownership of private media, a move critics say stifles independent journalism  —  Critics of conservative-nationalist ruling camp say targeting foreign ownership is unjustified  —  Since the re-election of Andrzej Duda …
Eric Newcomer / Newcomer:
Bloomberg tech reporter Eric Newcomer quits to launch Newcomer, a subscription newsletter on Substack offering “contrarian optimism” on startups and VCs  —  I'm launching a subscription newsletter about startups and venture capital  —  Silicon Valley needs an irreverent insider writing …
 
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Mike Butcher / TechCrunch:
China-based esports platform Versus Programming Network (VSPN) raises $100M Series B led by Tencent
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
ViacomCBS International Studios launches VIS Kids to expand its offerings to kid-focused short and longform content that will be sold to third parties
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