Mediagazer: Tribune Publishing, which bought The Virginian-Pilot in May, to offer buyouts to full-time, non-unionized workers who have been with the company for 10+ years (Kimberly Pierceall/Virginian-Pilot)

11:55 PM ET, November 9, 2018

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Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Trump says “it could be others also” when asked how long Acosta will be suspended

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Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:

Meredith sells Fortune magazine to Thai businessman Chatchaval Jiaravanon for $150M — The sale to Chatchaval Jiaravanon gives the business publication a new owner for the second time this year — Meredith Corp. MDP -4.70% said Thai businessman Chatchaval Jiaravanon has agreed …

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Ashley Feinberg / HuffPost:

Leaked audio and screenshots show Axios dismiss criticism after it used a clip of Trump saying he would end birthright citizenship as a promo for its HBO show — “They hate ya cause they ain't ya,” one employee wrote. — Their weekly staff meeting had become a crisis debriefing …

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Stephen Shankland / CNET:

The New York Times is digitizing its 5M-7M photo archive using Google AI to recognize text describing the photos and will use Google's storage services — Google's computer brains are helping The New York Times turn a historic archive of more than 5 million photos into digital data that'll appear …

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Kimberly Pierceall / Virginian-Pilot:

Tribune Publishing, which bought The Virginian-Pilot in May, to offer buyouts to full-time, non-unionized workers who have been with the company for 10+ years — Days after reporting a losing third quarter and as it entertains bids to buy its newspapers, Tribune Publishing is planning …

Discussion: HuffPost, Chicago Business, @laura_nelson and @mattdpearce

Carmin Chappell / CNBC:

News Corp. reported mixed Q1 results with net income of $128M, up 47% YoY, on $2.52B in revenue, up 23% YoY but shy of estimates of $2.54B; ad revenue fell 7% — - News Corp. reported fiscal first-quarter earnings Wednesday that beat analysts' expectations for earnings but missed on revenue.

Discussion: @npfandos, Hill Reporter, The Wrap and News Corp

Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:

E. W. Scripps reports Q3 revenue of $303M, up 51% YoY; political ad revenue reached $140M, up 86% from 2014 midterms — The E.W. Scripps Co. swung to a third quarter profit as revenues were boosted by local political ad sales revenue from Katz Broadcasting, acquired a year ago.

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Shannon Liao / The Verge:

Facebook has quietly released an app for iOS and Android called Lasso, designed to compete with TikTok, that lets users create short videos — The aging social media platform wishes to win teens over — Facebook has quietly released an app called Lasso that lets users create fun short videos designed …

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Lauren Feiner / CNBC:

Disney is taking a $157M writedown on its $400M investment in Vice Media; investment in December 2015 reportedly gave Disney 10%, at a valuation of $4B-$4.5B — - Disney wrote in its fourth-quarter earnings report that it plans to write down its investments in Vice Media for $157 million.

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Michelle Castillo / CNBC:
Disney says its new streaming service will be called Disney+ and will launch in the US in late 2019

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