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Tom McCarthy / The Guardian:
Fox News, WSJ, and New York Post shifted their tone on Friday, appealing to Trump to preserve his “legacy” by showing grace in defeat — Multiple Rupert Murdoch-owned conservative media outlets in the United States have shifted their messaging in a seeming effort to warn readers …
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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”
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
A look at Times reporter Maggie Haberman's coverage of Trump's presidency since 2016, with her pieces accounting for hundreds of millions of page views in total — For the last four years, the Times reporter has been the human incarnation of a nation riveted, like it or not, by Donald Trump.
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Steve Marble / Los Angeles Times:
Alex Trebek, Jeopardy host and trivia master, has died at 80 from pancreatic cancer — Alex Trebek, the master of trivia whose quick wit, easy smile and my-favorite-professor demeanor made “Jeopardy” a welcome guest in the living rooms of America for decades, has died at his home overnight following …
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Andrew Marchand / New York Post:
Sources: amid layoffs at ESPN, executive VP of content, Connor Schell, plans to leave at the end of the year to start his own non-fiction production company — In the wake of ESPN's layoffs, Connor Schell, the No. 2 in charge, is leaving his position at the network at the end of the year, The Post has learned.
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Tom Jones / Poynter:
Media outlets practiced responsible journalism by waiting to be absolutely sure before they called the election in favor of Joe Biden — As Election Day turned into Election Week and closed the curtains on Trump's anti-media presidency, the media shined. — Isn't it ironic?
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Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
CEO Zach Seward and Editor in Chief Katherine Bell will buy back Quartz from Japanese financial data and media company Uzabase — CEO Zach Seward, Editor in Chief Katherine Bell will buy Quartz from parent company — The co-founder of Quartz and its editor in chief agreed to buy …
BBC:
An online petition by former Australian PM Kevin Rudd calling for an inquiry into Murdoch's media dominance has garnered 500K signatures — An online petition by former Australian PM Kevin Rudd calling for an inquiry into Rupert Murdoch's media dominance has got a record number of signatures.
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Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Bloomberg Media is launching QuickTake, its 24/7 streaming channel, on Monday, with 10.5 hours/day of original content, including ten series and four news shows — QuickTake service will cover general interest and lifestyle news, starting with 10-and-a-half hours of daily programming
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Tim Peterson / Digiday:
Despite a growth in YouTube's connected TV viewership, creators hesitate to overhaul their content strategies to suit a bigger screen as mobile still dominates — Many YouTube viewers consider the digital video platform to be akin to TV, and they are increasingly watching its content on TV screens.
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@film_girl and @simonowens
Corey Hutchins / The Colorado Independent:
Colorado Community Media buys several Denver-area newspapers bringing its total weeklies to 22, says it noticed an uptick in advertising starting in September — Throughout the past eight months of the pandemic, newspapers have been gushing red ink. — Money woes led to layoffs …
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