Top News:
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
On Wednesday, Fox is eagerly supporting Trump's attempted election theft, priming its audience to treat the ongoing counting of ballots as evidence of fraud — With the presidential election still up in the air as ballots continue to be counted in key states, President Donald Trump …
Discussion:
Washington Post, Washington Post, Politico, The Wrap, Crain's New York Business, CNBC, Fox News, Breitbart, @michaelkruse, The Daily Beast and NPR
RELATED:
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
News anchors, including from Fox News, forcefully called out Trump early Wednesday morning after he prematurely declared himself the victor of the 2020 election — New York (CNN Business)News anchors forcefully called out President Donald Trump early Wednesday morning after he prematurely declared himself …
Discussion:
Business Insider, @nichcarlson, New York Times, Vanity Fair, @joepompeo, New York Times, @davidfolkenflik, @mlcalderone, @reckless, Columbia Journalism Review, @brianstelter, Raw Story, Deadline, @brendannyhan, The Guardian, @nycjim, @joesims10, @oliviafaix, @oliviafaix, @mikeykaynyc, @brianstelter, @oliverdarcy, The A.V. Club, @dangillmor and @brianstelter, more at Techmeme »
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Remembering premature media projections in 2000 of the winner of the Bush-Gore race, and how media executives say they will be incredibly careful, this time — Twenty years ago this week, I begged my bosses to stop the presses so we could avoid reporting a huge story that wasn't true …
Discussion:
@michaelsocolow, @weissacre, @davidfolkenflik, @benmullin, @davidclinchnews and @pastpunditry
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
TV news networks say they gamed out how to handle initial vote tabulations that could be misleading and are prepared to push back on false claims by candidates
Discussion:
Nieman Lab, @rasmus_kleis, @dartcenter, @mariaramirezny, @rasmus_kleis, @rasmus_kleis, @benmullin, @asharma and @brianstelter
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Election results show media's failures in covering the Latino vote and that Trump successfully convinced huge swaths of the US that the media spins fake news — By early morning Wednesday, there was a lot that millions of anxious Americans didn't know. — Mainly, they didn't know who the president-elect is.
Discussion:
@pkafka, Business Insider, @talkopan, @jeffjarvis, @adnanrafiqkhan, @nrarmour, @notesfromhel, @kheller, @arianetabatabai, @nick_carmody, @lisahopeking, Al Jazeera, @sulliview and Foreign Policy
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
WSJ converted an internal tool for reporters into Talk2020, which lets readers search a database of transcripts to see what the candidates said about an issue — When I was growing up, every holiday meal was interrupted, at least once, by someone leaving the table to gather supporting materials …
Discussion:
@dory_carrharris, @niemanreports, @gillianrosenews and @pennyriordan1
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Comcast is in talks with Walmart to develop and distribute smart TVs, as the cable giant looks to become a dominant hub for streaming apps — Under the terms being discussed, the retail giant would promote TV sets running Comcast software and receive share of recurring revenue
Discussion:
Variety, @tsoh_investing, @sizpatel, @tkgore, @lilliannnn, @anthony, Business Insider, The Desk, Light Reading, The Streamable and Cord Cutters News, more at Techmeme »
Etan Vlessing / Hollywood Reporter:
Canada proposes to regulate global streamers like Netflix and Disney+ in the country, requiring them to invest $800M+ in Canadian content creators by 2023 — Ottawa unveiled Bill C-10 to collect $800 million from foreign streaming platforms by 2023 to tell Canadian stories.
Discussion:
@anguslivingston
Firat Kozok / Bloomberg:
Source: Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and TikTok were each fined $1.2M by Turkey for failing to appoint a local representative as required by a new law — - YouTube, Twitter, Instagram and TikTok also fined $1.2 million — Firms failed to appoint a local representative as required
Discussion:
Daily Herald and @daphnehk, more at Techmeme »
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap:
Anchor Linsey Davis says ABC News Live streaming service averaged 23M monthly viewers from March to August, up 118% from the previous six months — Anchor Linsey Davis tells TheWrap that timing and the ability to deliver context without time constraints led viewership to surge
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Sinclair Broadcast Group Q3: revenue was up 37% YoY to $1.54B, net income of $161M, and political ad revenue grew $6M from Q3 2019 to $109M — “While core advertising trends in our broadcast segment continue to face challenges due to the pandemic, we did see improvement as we moved through the quarter."
Discussion:
@thr and stockhouse
Nicholas Quah / Hot Pod News:
Q&A with Casey Newton on Spotify's need to articulate a content policy after the latest Rogan-Jones episode and its transition from infrastructure to publisher — I've been following Casey Newton's work for closely quite some time now, particularly over the past few years as he's zeroed …
Discussion:
Vulture, @caseynewton, The Curtain, @evelyndouek, @nwquah and FullFlow
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: AT&T in talks to sell a significant minority stake in DirecTV, AT&T Now, and U-Verse pay-TV, where the buyer would run pay-TV distribution operations — - AT&T is considering selling significant minority stake in DirecTV, AT&T Now and U-Verse pay-TV operations.
Discussion:
@sherman4949, @sherman4949, @claireatki, New York Post, Light Reading, Hollywood Reporter, The Streamable and Cord Cutters News
Senior Data Journalist, NY — 
Manager - Publishing Editorial, Manila — 
Oil Reporter, Singapore — 
Newsperson - State Govt. & Politics, CA — 
Business Reporter, SC — 
State Government Reporter, WA — 
Climate Crisis Columnist — 
Multimedia Journalist, CA — 
Community Engagement Mgr., DC — 
Senior California Politics Reporter, CA — 
Staff Writer - Business, NY — 
Team Editor - Opinion, ON — 
Assistant Correspondent, DC — 
Climate & Weather Reporter, MN — 
Senior Tech Editor, Remote US — 
Lead Business Reporter, TN — 
Managing Editor, WA — 
Private Credit Reporter, NY — 
Trending News Reporter, TX — 
City Correspondent, London — 
Legislative Reporter, CA — 
Reporter, PA — 
Visual Editor, Remote — 
Staff Writer, MI — 
Senior Political Reporter, DC — 
California Playbook Writer, CA — 
National Investigative Reporter, NY — 
Business & Gaming Reporter, NV — 
Coastal Climate Reporter, SC — 
Environment & Energy Reporter, CT — 
Coordinating Editor, OR — 
Editor, Remote US — 
Business Reporter, WA — 
Editor-in-Chief, AZ — 
