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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Two NY Post sources say top editors told some staffers this week to be tougher in their coverage of Trump; Col Allan, the paper's adviser, is retiring next year — Rupert Murdoch's tabloid has turned critical as the president seems headed to defeat. Col Allan, a wizard there, says he plans to retire next year.
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Peter Maass / The Intercept:
With Trump's apparent defeat in sight, the Fox News network and the Murdoch family face far more critical scrutiny than they ever have in the US — A behind-the-scenes struggle that could determine the extent of post-election violence in America is breaking into the open, but it's not at the White House or inside the GOP.
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CNN:
Fox News memos direct talent not to call Biden “President-elect” when the race is called and instead say he “has enough electoral votes to win the presidency” — New York (CNN Business)Fox News is instructing its anchors not to call Joe Biden the “President-elect” …
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New York Times:
ABC, CBS, NBC, and MSNBC cut away from Trump's news conference on Thursday to correct his many false claims, while CNN and Fox News carried it live — Fox News and CNN stuck with the White House news conference, but reported afterward that the president offered no evidence for his accusations of vote fraud.
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Cam Wilson / Business Insider Australia:
How Sky News Australia built a large digital audience, working with Facebook and YouTube, by focusing on partisan opinion content aimed at a global audience — - Australian television channel Sky News Australia has one of the biggest social media reaches of any Australian media organisation.
Lara O'Reilly / Digiday:
How California's Prop 24, which passed on Tues. and will replace its current data privacy law, affects publishers, like limiting “sharing” of consumers' data — California voters on Tuesday night voted to pass Proposition 24, otherwise known as the California Privacy Rights and Enforcement Act …
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Scott Nover / Adweek:
Profile of Decision Desk HQ, the first outlet to call the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, which makes money by providing data to other media companies — The company was founded in 2012 by a former truck dispatcher — The US presidential election is taking a long time to wrap up.
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John Ourand / Sports Business Daily:
The latest round of ESPN layoffs, focused on production, highlight how TV networks have adapted to producing sports remotely, with fewer staff and lower costs — The pandemic forced the move, but cost savings have networks planning to stay with the approach.
Elsa Keslassy / Variety:
Netflix is testing Direct, its linear channel with real-time, scheduled programming from its library, which is accessible on its site to subscribers, in France — Netflix has chosen France to test its first channel offering. — Named Direct, the linear channel — which is only available to subscribers …
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Elaine Low / Variety:
ViacomCBS to sunset smaller streaming services, among them MTV Hits; NickHits, Comedy Central Now, and Noggin will likely be absorbed into Paramount+ — Amid some skepticism from Wall Street, ViacomCBS executives spent most of its third-quarter earnings call hawking its streaming capabilities …
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Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
Twitter permanently bans Steve Bannon's @WarRoomPandemic and YouTube pulls episode of his show after he called for execution of FBI director Wray and Dr. Fauci — Former Presidential advisor and right-wing pundit Steve Bannon had his show suspended from Twitter and an episode removed …
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Sahil Patel / Wall Street Journal:
As smart TVs become more popular, advertisers want the advantages of better targeting while avoiding the privacy mistakes made by the online ad industry — Marketers hope to avoid the mistakes made by the broader online ad industry — Advertisers entering the burgeoning medium of streaming TV …
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