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4:20 PM ET, November 5, 2021

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Parker Molloy / The Present Age:
CNN ran a story on the cost of milk with claims that didn't add up, and two staffers reacted to criticism of the segment by lashing out at critics on Twitter  —  I didn't plan on writing about milk today, but... here we are.  —  But first, let's travel back to the year 2010.
Julia Black / Insider:
Several women describe humiliating and frightening sexual experiences with Barstool Sports' Dave Portnoy; two say they were filmed without advance permission  —  In the summer of 2020, Madison sent Barstool Sports' founder, Dave Portnoy, a direct message on Instagram complimenting his famous “one bite” pizza reviews.
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Doha Madani / NBC News:
Barstool Sports' founder Dave Portnoy denies sexual misconduct allegations and claims Insider targeted him with a “hit piece”; Insider stands by its reporting  —  Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy denied sexual misconduct allegations published by Insider on Thursday …
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Jennifer Maas / The Wrap:
AMC Networks Q3: income of $188M, up 35% YoY, revenue of $810.7M, up 24% YoY; streaming revenue up 14% YoY; AMC is on track to hit 9M subscribers by year end
Discussion: Variety and nexttv.com
Agence France-Presse:
Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan, jailed for reporting on COVID in Wuhan, is close to death after going on hunger strike, according to her family  —  Citizen reporter Zhang Zhan, 38, was arrested and jailed after reporting on the outbreak  —  A citizen journalist jailed for her coverage …
Jonathan M. Katz / The Racket:
How NYT's Jeremy W. Peters and other reporters create the impression of a broad constituency for extreme right-wing ideas via their interview subject choices  —  Liberals woke up to some bad news yesterday: The governor's race in Virginia, a state Biden won by double digits, went to a previously unknown Republican.
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Moonbug Entertainment, owner of YouTube channel CoComelon, agrees to be acquired by a company led by Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs; sources value the deal at ~$3B  —  - Ex-Disney executives Mayer, Staggs buy Moonbug Entertainment  — Company supplies children's programming on YouTube, Netflix
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
News Corp Q1: $196M profit and revenue up 18% YoY to $2.5B; Dow Jones revenue up 15% YoY to $444M with earnings up 32% YoY to $95M; WSJ has 2.8M+ digital subs  —  Media company's revenue grew 18% thanks to improvements at all its divisions  —  News Corp said quarterly profit rose nearly sixfold …
Discussion: News Corporation
Colin Kalmbacher / Law & Crime:
Daily Wire files lawsuit against the Biden administration's employer vaccine mandate, saying it lacks constitutional or statutory authority  —  Bentkey Services, LLC, the company that owns the conservative website The Daily Wire, filed a lawsuit challenging the Biden administration's employer vaccine mandate …
 
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Alice Driver / @reporterdriver:
A freelancer accuses NYT of killing her op-ed critical of Tyson Food's COVID-19 safety measures in March, only to publish a positive story on Thursday
Anthony Deutsch / Reuters:
Russia expels de Volkskrant reporter Tom Vennink, the second time it recently expelled a Western reporter; BBC's Sarah Rainsford was kicked out in August
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Elizabeth Wagmeister / Variety:
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson pledges to stop using real firearms on all projects produced by his company in the wake of the Rust set death
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Newsmax takes White House correspondent Emerald Robinson off the air as it reviews her tweet that “vaccines contain a bioluminescent marker called LUCIFERASE”