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11:10 AM ET, October 14, 2019

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New York Times:
Conference attendees at a Trump resort in Miami were shown a video of a fake Trump killing news media and political opponents in a church  —  WASHINGTON — A video depicting a macabre scene of a fake President Trump shooting, stabbing and brutally assaulting members of the news media …
New York Times:
How Trump is cajoling and bullying his closest media ally Fox News as a total-loyalty litmus test, even as impeachment ups the stakes  —  Fed up with the coverage on his favorite cable news station, President Trump decided late this summer that a direct intervention was needed.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
With Shepard Smith gone, Fox News will have less of a balance to point to when asked to defend its primetime excesses, but its bottom line will be just fine  —  Analysis: Fox News' stick-to-the-facts anchor didn't always please the faithful.  And that's how the network makes its money
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Source: Shepard Smith asked Fox News management in September to let him out of his contract; tensions with pro-Trump opinion shows were the breaking point  —  New York (CNN Buiness)Last month Shep Smith decided that he had simply had enough.  —  With President Trump actively distorting …
Joe Nocera / Bloomberg:
Commitment to quality reporting and staff weren't enough to stop the decline of Pennsylvania's Reading Eagle, which couldn't make up for print ad revenue losses  —  A wealthy owner opted for quality and commitment at the Reading Eagle.  It didn't work.  —  SHARE THIS ARTICLE  —  Share  —  Tweet
Franklin Foer / The Atlantic:
A deep look at how Jeff Bezos' investments in The Washington Post and Amazon Studios have allowed him to immerse himself in the cultures of DC and Hollywood  —  1.0  —  where in the pantheon of American commercial titans does Jeffrey Bezos belong?  Andrew Carnegie's hearths forged the steel …
Discussion: Fortune and @franklinfoer
Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:
Ad-supported streaming service Tubi to launch Tubi Kids on October 21, says it plans to expand internationally starting with the UK in 2020  —  Ad-supported streaming service Tubi said it plans to launch Tubi Kids on Oct. 21, joining the ranks of on-demand over-the-top services offering content aimed at kids and families.
Discussion: MediaPost, The Streamable and Variety
Jackie Strause / Hollywood Reporter:
In a memo to staff, NBC News president pushes back against Catch and Kill, says “there is no evidence of any reports of Lauer's misconduct before his firing”  —  “There is no evidence of any reports of [Matt] Lauer's misconduct before his firing, no settlements, no 'hush money …
Brian Fung / CNN:
Elizabeth Warren targets Facebook's ad policy of exempting ads by politicians from third-party fact-checking by running a Facebook ad with a clear falsehood  —  Zuckerberg says legal battles during a Warren presidency would ‘suck’  —  (CNN)A fresh series of Facebook ads this week …
Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
A newspaper in Carroll, Iowa brought down a cop for having inappropriate relationships with teen girls, but his failed lawsuit put the paper in financial peril  —  It started, like many newspaper investigations, with a tip.  —  The Carroll Times Herald in the small town of Carroll, Iowa …
Discussion: @bellwak and @jillcallison
 
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