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New York Times:
Trump and advisers erupted when Fox News called AZ for Biden; source: Jared Kushner called Rupert Murdoch; Jason Miller asked for a retraction that didn't come — The Fox News decision left the president fuming, and his team complaining. Then he began casting aspersions on other states' vote counts.
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Despite a protracted count, the three major cable networks kept trying to sustain excitement over the US election rather than admitting there was no news — As Election Day 2020 coasted to a crawl and the West Coast voting precincts closed shop, the cable news networks were dazed to learn …
New York Times:
Nielsen: Fox News had 14.1M prime-time viewers on Election Day, a cable news record, vs. CNN's 9M, and averaged 4.9M prime-time viewers in October, up 85% YoY — The president and his aides have been critical of the cable network that includes some of his most ardent media allies.
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Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
On Wednesday morning, Fox & Friends was supporting Trump's attempted election theft, priming its audience to treat the ongoing counting of ballots as fraudulent — With the presidential election still up in the air as ballots continue to be counted in key states, President Donald Trump …
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
News anchors, including from Fox News, forcefully called out Trump after he prematurely declared himself the victor of the 2020 election
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Edmund Lee / New York Times:
NYT hits 7M subscribers as digital-only subscriber revenue tops print subscriber revenue, a first; Q3 net income doubled to $33.6M on revenue of $426.9M — For the first time, the publisher brings in more revenue from online readers than its print subscribers.
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Jennifer Elias / CNBC:
YouTube says it won't remove an OANN video called “Trump won”, which claims Democrats are tossing GOP ballots, but says the video undermines election confidence — - Google-owned YouTube refused to take down a video that falsely claims Trump won the Presidential election and democrats committed voter fraud.
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Meredith Corporation:
Meredith reports earnings of $42M on revenue of $694M, down 4% YoY, but benefiting from a 43% increase in local political spot advertising over 2018 — Delivers Record First Quarter Digital Advertising and Political Revenues — Generates Operating Cash Flow of $79 Million; $201 Million Cash on Hand
Wall Street Journal:
Twitter accounts posing as the AP and CNN posted false and premature claims Wednesday declaring election victories in what appeared to be a coordinated campaign — Similarities in fake accounts and tweets point to coordinated effort to spread online disinformation about presidential election
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Washington Post, @saraheneedleman and @dnvolz, more at Techmeme »
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
TikTok seems to be testing a Learn tab to showcase education and how-to videos, which it's also populating with content from publishers like Self and WWD — How-to videos have been some of the most popular content on YouTube over the years, and now, to grow engagement and the pool of users …
CNBC:
Memo: ESPN will lay off ~300 staff and not fill 200 open positions, citing COVID and shift to streaming; ESPN also won't renew contracts for some on-air talent — KEY POINTS — The layoffs come as parent company Disney restructures its entertainment and media business.
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
Sinclair Broadcast Group wrote down the value of its regional sports networks by $4.23B, after paying $9.6B for them in August 2019 — - Broadcaster paid $9.6 billion for the assets just last year — YouTube and Hulu recently stopped carrying Sinclair's channels
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nexttv.com, @bryandfischer and MediaPost
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GlobeNewswire:
Tribune Q3: net income of $8.5M; revenue of $188.7M, down 20% YoY; ad revenue fell 38% YoY to $35.6M; digital-only subs hit 427K with revenue up 67.4% to $5.1M — Digital content revenues increased 67% year-over-year — Exceeded previous guidance for 3rd Quarter Adjusted EBITDA
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