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6:30 PM ET, October 31, 2016

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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Donna Brazile resigns from CNN, after leaked emails show she shared questions with Clinton campaign before a debate and town hall during Democratic primary  —  CNN says it is “completely uncomfortable” with hacked emails showing that former contributor and interim Democratic National Committee …
Sarah Ellison / Vanity Fair:
Sources: Fox has offered Megyn Kelly more than $20M to stay on at the network, but the highly anticipated bidding war for her services has not materialized  —  Fox News has offered its biggest star north of $20 million a year to stay.  But the hotly anticipated, and widely expected, auction for her talents has not materialized.
Andy Riga / Montreal Gazette:
Montreal police used dozens of surveillance warrants to identify La Presse columnist Patrick Lagacé's sources via tracking his iPhone  —  Opposition politicians are condemning Montreal police for spying on a La Presse reporter by tracking his phone calls and texts and monitoring his whereabouts.
New York Times:
Slate and The New Yorker remove Outbrain and Taboola from their websites as publishers rethink the way content ads affect their brands  —  You see them everywhere, and maybe, sometimes, you click: those rows of links under web articles, often augmented with eye-catching photos …
Sam Reisman / Mediaite:
In National Press Club D.C. talk, Peter Thiel accuses A.J. Daulerio of behaving like an “aspiring child pornographer”, says Gawker was a “sociopathic bully”  —  Speaking at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. Monday morning, Peter Thiel defended his decision …
The Boston Globe:
Three non-profits team up with The Boston Globe to fund a 10-month classical music critic post at the newspaper, appoint Zoë Madonna to the role  —  Amid all the gnashing of teeth over the future of news media, a bright note: The Rubin Institute for Music Criticism …
Catherine Cadell / Reuters:
Alibaba creates new digital media company, Alibaba Digital Media and Entertainment Group, to consolidate media assets, announces $1.48B fund for new projects  —  In a major reorganization of the company's entertainment assets, Alibaba Holdings Group Ltd. (BABA.N) has announced the formation …
Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
NC Senator Richard Burr refuses to send Raleigh News & Observer his public events schedule in retaliation for the paper's coverage of his campaign  —  North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr, a Republican running for reelection, is refusing to provide The Raleigh News & Observer with details …
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
NPR appoints Neal Carruth, the supervising senior editor for NPR's business desk, to be its first general manager of podcasting  —  NPR on Friday appointed its first general manager of podcasting, yet another sign of the medium's growing importance.  —  It's Neal Carruth, the supervising senior editor for NPR's business desk.
Joshua Mitnick / Los Angeles Times:
Israeli newspaper columnist and TV commentator Ari Shavit resigns from Haaretz and Channel 10 after sexual harassment accusations  —  Danielle Berrin wrote about being sexually assaulted by an “accomplished journalist from Israel.”  (Dan Kacvinski / The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles)
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