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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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CNN, Variety, Business Insider, Vulture and The Daily Caller
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
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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Business Wire, @gerryfsmith, The Wrap, Talking Biz News, @edmundlee, @kerrymflynn, @robinwigg, @griner, @dansaltzstein, @kerrymflynn, @mattyglesias, @nytimespr, @kupersimon, @marclacey, @jayrosen_nyu, @richlightshed, The Rebooting, @jyarow, @arctictony, @hblodget, @jameskmcauley and @claireatki
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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Platformer, The Guardian, NBC News, @caseynewton, @kevinroose, @megancgraham, INSIDER, Business Insider, @megancgraham, hatemail, @nbcnews, KDFX-TV, Protocol, @gloria_sin, @jenn_elias, @bobshrum, @risj_oxford, @jsrailton, @walldo, @yoda, @marietjeschaake, @yoda, @caseynewton, @bermanjeff, @thatjpwing, @mattortega, @gaywonk, @mattortega, @mattortega, @kevinroose, @meganclasen, @jon_alper, @loudmouthjulia, The Week, @katzonearth, @cwarzel, ScreenRant, @random_walker, TechCrunch, The Verge, New York Times, @kattenbarge, @gavreilly, CNET, 9to5Mac and Bloomberg, more at Techmeme »
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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Associated Press, @mcallguild and @ctguild