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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Report: Hulu CEO Randy Freer says the company is planning a skinny bundle aimed at “cord-shavers” and priced at less than its current $40/month service — Hulu wants to cater to a new crowd of pay-TV “cord-shavers” with stripped-down, less-expensive live television bundles that include sports …
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The Information, MediaPost, The Wrap, @jessicalessin, @richbtig and @brianstelter
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Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:
Report: 55% of cable consumers say they're confused by streaming options, with 30% saying they would cut the cord if they could livestream sports, events, news — Telaria, Adobe say consumers find OTT confusing — While the TV business already has seen an alarming number of consumers …
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MediaPost, @tvtechnology and Adweek
Jon Levine / The Wrap:
Fox Business remains the last American media partner at Saudi Arabia business conference, after the NYT, CNN, CNBC, and others withdrew — A rep for Fox Business told TheWrap that the network's participation in the conference remained “under review” — Fox Business stands increasingly alone …
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Variety, CNN, Mediaite, @ap, Ad Age, Variety, The Wrap, Press Gazette, Media Matters for America, Washington Post, @kenroth and @markmackinnon
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Associated Press:
High-level Turkish official says police found evidence that Jamal Khashoggi was killed at Saudi consulate — ISTANBUL (AP) — Police searching the Saudi Consulate found evidence that Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi was killed there, a high-level Turkish official said Tuesday …
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CNN, Multichannel News, Mediaite, @rj_gallagher, VICE News, @sbmitche and The Wrap
PEN America:
PEN America, along with two other organizations, sues President Trump seeking to stop him from using govt to retaliate against news outlets and journalists — “PEN declares for a free press and opposes arbitrary censorship. It believes that the necessary advance of the world toward …
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Associated Press, Politico, @penamerican, Fortune, TVWeek.com, @chiprolley, @thedemcoalition, @dangillmor, @protctdemocracy, @sulliview, Law & Crime and Media Law Prof Blog
Matthew Iles / Civil:
Civil says the sale of its CVL token fails to hit its $8M goal, buyers will be offered full refunds; plans for a “simpler” token sale will be shared soon — A setback, and the path forward. — Key takeaways: — The CVL token sale didn't succeed.
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Nieman Lab, @join_civil, @vivian, Columbia Journalism Review, @jon_christian, @beejoli, @ppolitics and @thestalwart, Thanks:@steverubel
Alex Heath / Cheddar:
Source: Facebook is building a hybrid video chat/TV set-top box, internally called Ripley, which it plans to announce in Spring 2019 — Facebook is developing hardware for the TV, Cheddar has learned. — The world's largest social network is building a camera-equipped device that sits atop …
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@alexeheath, VentureBeat, The Verge, Fast Company, Variety, Business Insider, Mashable, TechCrunch, Marketing Land, Engadget, @shiraovide, @andythegiant, @ow and @jguynn, more at Techmeme »
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Chartbeat: traffic to publishers from Facebook down nearly 40% since January 2017, but direct mobile traffic to publishers websites and apps has grown 30%+ — Facebook and Twitter are declining as news and media referral sources on mobile, according to a report from traffic analytics company Chartbeat …
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@flipboard, @mariekshan, @jason_kint and @jasonclampet
John McCarthy / The Drum:
UK-based Facebook publisher Unilad has been sold to its rival LadBible, forming the “largest social media publisher ever” with a combined 120M followers — After two weeks of heated legal action, bidding, internal strife and uncertainty at Unilad, The Drum can now confirm …
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@perlberg and @johngeemccarthy
The Guardian:
Facebook rolls out new rules on political ads in the UK, will provide ad library like in US but not require ads on political topics to be labeled and registered — Social network hopes launch of transparency tools will restore trust after series of scandals
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Facebook, Forbes, Telegraph, CNET, Engadget and Marketing Week, more at Techmeme »
David Folkenflik / NPR:
NPR CEO Jarl Mohn names Houston Chronicle Executive Editor Nancy Barnes as the network's senior vice president for news and editorial, to start on November 28 — NPR CEO Jarl Mohn has named Nancy Barnes, a veteran newspaper editor, as the network's permanent chief news executive, NPR announced Tuesday.
Michelle Castillo / CNBC:
Netflix Q3: streaming revenue of $3.91B, up 36% YoY, and global membership surpassing 130M paid and 137M total; stock up 13%+ after hours — - Earnings per share (EPS): 89 cents vs. 68 cents estimate, according to a Refinitiv consensus estimate — Netflix shares soared 15 percent …
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Bloomberg, @ranimolla, @lucas_shaw, @lucas_shaw and Netflix, more at Techmeme »
Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
Source: NY AG subpoenas 14 trade groups, businesses, and advocacy organizations over its investigation into fake net neutrality comments on FCC website — The New York attorney general subpoenaed more than a dozen telecommunications trade groups, lobbying contractors and Washington advocacy organizations …
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@newyorkstateag, more at Techmeme »
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