Mediagazer: Megyn Kelly's career moves to social media with the launch of an Instagram account on which she interviews the staffer CBS fired for leaking the Amy Robach clip (Lauren Feiner/CNBC)

11:10 AM ET, November 8, 2019

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Skeptics say effectiveness of online ads is misleading because the benchmarks marketers use don't distinguish people buying due to ads and those buying anyway — Mel Karmazin, the president of Viacom, one of the largest media conglomerates in the world, walked into the Google offices in Mountain View, California.

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Global Editors Network says it will close due to lack of funds; the worldwide association of editors offered summits, hackathons, and data journalism awards — The Global Editors Network (GEN) announced today that it will cease its activities due to lack of sustainable finances.

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Emily Alford / Jezebel:

Former co-workers of Fader's Eric Sundermann say his alleged sexual misconduct was known for years, but overlooked by management at Fader and at Vice — On November 2, former music journalist Lauren Nostro published a tweet: “It's so wild that {redacted} is able to run an entire digital magazine when hes …

Times of India:

India revokes the Overseas Citizen of India status for Aatish Taseer, who wrote a May Time cover story calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi “Divider in Chief” — - Aatish Taseer's Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) status was canceled on Thursday, following a statement by the home ministry

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

Bustle laid off or cut at least 10 staffers and contributors Thursday; spokesperson says Bustle Digital Group plans “marquee hires” and a 2020 site relaunch — At least nine staffers at Bustle, the online women's publication, were laid off Thursday — the latest sign of distress …

Kris Holt / Engadget:

Disney says Disney+ will launch in UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain on March 31 — Disney+ will officially debut in the US, Canada and the Netherlands November 12th, and Australia and New Zealand a week later. The rest of the world will need to wait a little longer to stream the likes of Avengers …

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Jason Gurwin / The Streamable:
Disney announces that Disney+ will be on Amazon's Fire TV when it launches on November 12

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Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:

Fox News host Mark Levin participated in two GOP campaign events this month despite Fox claiming in 2018 that it didn't “condone any talent” doing so — Fox host Lawrence Jones is also set to speak at a GOP fundraiser — Fox News host Mark Levin headlined a campaign rally …

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Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:

YouTube has run the Trump ad wrongly accusing Biden of corruption, which was seen 10M-30M times, but Google says it strives to ensure ads are “honest” — (CNN Business)You'd be forgiven for thinking that the only tech platform that allows politicians to run false ads is Facebook.

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Alex Pareene / New Republic:

Rude media like Splinter and Deadspin, which lacked deference to power, are dead; we are left with bootlickers who demand civility and don't challenge power — In April, Great Hill Partners, a private equity firm, purchased Gizmodo Media Group, the collection of websites formerly known as Gawker Media, from Univision.

Lauren Feiner / CNBC:

Megyn Kelly's career moves to social media with the launch of an Instagram account on which she interviews the staffer CBS fired for leaking the Amy Robach clip — - TV veteran Megyn Kelly is launching her next chapter on social media, the former NBC and Fox News host announced Friday.

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Mark Di Stefano / BuzzFeed:

Jeremy Corbyn staffers created a WhatsApp group with sympathetic national journalists and columnists to coordinate messaging to elect Corbyn in the UK — “Also as ever, please do not talk about this group to anyone outside the group.” — Jeremy Corbyn's communications staff set …

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Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:

Fox News guest named Ukraine whistleblower, says he received no pushback from Fox, which states it hasn't confirmed or verified the whistleblower's identity — The guest, radio host Lars Larson, made the comment during Harris Faulkner's afternoon show. — A Fox News guest …

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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Octopus Interactive, which offers Lyft and Uber drivers tablets with games and ads, raises $10.3M led by Sinclair, enabling it to stream local TV content — Octopus Interactive, a startup bringing an interactive TV and ad experience into Uber and Lyft rides, has raised a $10.3 million funding round led by Sinclair Digital Group.

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Michelle Mark / Business Insider:
CBS reportedly has fired a staffer who previously worked for ABC and accessed footage of anchor Amy Robach complaining that ABC killed her Jeffrey Epstein story

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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Dish adds ~214K Sling TV subscribers in Q3 for a total of 2.686M+ and loses ~66K pay TV subscribers for a total of ~9.49M

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Bloomberg:
Nielsen to split into two companies, one focused on global media, the other on tracking consumer preferences, after pressure from investor Elliott Management

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In a wide-ranging interview, Reed Hastings says Netflix's spending on content will grow and defends cutting an episode of Hasan Minhaj's show in Saudi Arabia

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