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6:40 AM ET, November 18, 2019

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Sam Tabachnik / Denver Post:
Craig Silverman, a talk radio host on the conservative Colorado station KNUS, says he was cut off mid-show and fired after segment criticizing President Trump  —  Craig Silverman, a former chief deputy district attorney in Denver and talk-show host on the conservative 710 KNUS radio station …
Bloomberg:
How India's T-Series became the world's biggest YouTube channel, using a catalog estimated to have ~70% of Bollywood music released in the past three decades  —  India's T-Series built an online empire from Bollywood.  Now it has to survive Netflix.  —  On a recent afternoon in the Arabian Desert …
Mike Murphy / Quartz:
Profile of Mixhalo, an app which aims to improve sound quality at concerts by sending Hi-Fi audio directly from the soundboard to attendees' phones  —  Think back to the first time you saw a high-definition TV program.  —  After a lifetime of looking at standard-definition shows …
Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times:
Sources: ByteDance is in talks with record companies to launch a music streaming service as soon as December, initially in Brazil, India, and Indonesia  —  The Chinese company behind the popular video app TikTok is set to go head-to-head with the likes of Spotify and Apple in the music streaming market …
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
How the small town of Eudora, KS, about 40 minutes from Kansas City and once a news desert, became a lab for two universities to study and provide local news  —  Now, the University of Kansas J-school is bringing it back. … Riley Wilson's alarm went off at 7:15 a.m. on a chilly November Tuesday.
Brandon Katz / Observer:
A look at growing soundstage scarcity and the deals studios are making to secure space as the number of productions rises; in LA, stage occupancy is topping 90%  —  , minor bad guy Steven Reign tells the story of the red dragon.  According to him, a small, wealthy village in China hired …
Johannes Munter / News Media Alliance:
Interviews, studies, and data indicate that the 2014 Google News shutdown in Spain only temporarily lowered traffic and led to organic traffic growth  —  Earlier this year, the European Union adopted its new Copyright Directive that modernizes and harmonizes copyright laws across the EU.
New York Times:
Two female writers on CBS sitcom Carol's Second Act felt they had to quit the show after filing sexual misconduct complaints despite the network's new policies  —  “None of this had to happen”: The network's new sexual harassment policy did not prevent them from leaving after accusations against the star's husband, a producer.
Kevin Roose / New York Times:
As millions pay for premium subscriptions to have a “clean” digital media experience, privacy and freedom from advertising are gradually becoming luxury goods  —  Photo illustration by Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari  —  A decade ago, an internet video start …
Damian Radcliffe / What's New in Publishing:
A look at PopSugar's ecommerce revenue streams including its Must Have subscription boxes, deals sent via text, Beauty by PopSugar, and a partnership with Kohls  —  With a rich portfolio of subscription boxes, beauty products, partnerships and more, Damian Radcliffe charts POPSUGAR's journey …
Taylor Lorenz / New York Times:
Profile of FaZe Clan, an esports and gaming lifestyle media org with 34 content creators, 15 pro esports players, 11 players/entertainers, and over 214M viewers  —  They already make every moment into consumable content.  What can it become?  —  This article is part of our continuing Fast Forward series …
 
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Omar Abdulaziz / Washington Post:
Saudi activist alleges the Saudi government threatened 30+ influencers by saying they would release hacked private material if they don't tweet propaganda
Mark Anderson / Sacramento Business Journal:
The Sacramento Bee announces the Tipping Point Lab, staffed by donor-supported reporters working on in-depth stories, launching in early 2020 for three years
Storybench:
Analysis of ~10K news articles from 28 outlets on 2020 Democratic candidates since March: media coverage continues to track cycles of scandals and viral news
Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times:
Jimmy Wales' news site WikiTribune has relaunched as WT:Social, a donor-funded social networking and “news sharing” site where users can edit almost everything
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Criminal justice news site The Marshall Project turned 5 years old on Friday; it hopes to raise its annual budget to $10M in the next few years
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Hulu to raise its Hulu + Live TV price by 22%, from $44.99/month to $54.99/month, for all subscribers starting on December 18
CNBC:
Twitter bans political ads globally, will allow some “cause-based” ads with limited targeting and promotion of issue-related fact-based reporting from news orgs