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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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CNN, Press Gazette, Media Matters for America, The Wrap, Washington Post, Mediaite, @kenroth and @jason_kint
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BBC:25 minutes ago
State Department says Mike Pompeo used meeting with King Salman to thank him for commitment to “thorough, transparent investigation” into Khashoggi case — Pressure is growing on Saudi Arabia to explain the fate of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met King Salman in Riyadh.
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Washington Post and New York Times
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, Variety, TechCrunch, @ow, The Verge, @shiraovide, @jguynn and @andythegiant, more at Techmeme »
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, @jessicalessin and @richbtig
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, @jasonclampet, @mariekshan and @jason_kint
PEN America:15 minutes ago
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 and Law & Crime
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 …
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Hosts of Pod Save America talk about their HBO specials for midterms and Crooked Media's role as a smart, entertaining, media company on the left — With four new live specials on HBO, the guys behind Crooked Media are expanding the reach of ‘Pod Save America.’ — HOLLYWOOD, California—"Like the new place?"
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Dallas Morning News, @jakevk, @mattwilstein, @britjfrain and @mattwilstein
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.
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@kainazamaria, @npr, @rickdunham, @tgjelten, @samsanders, @npr, @brianstelter and @davidfolkenflik
The Daily Beast:
Ex-Trump spokesman Jason Miller sues Gizmodo Media Group over story about court docs alleging he secretly gave abortion pills to ex-lover; GMG stands by story — In the latest twist in his battle with ex-lover A.J. Delgado, Miller has hired the same lawyers who helped Hulk Hogan take down Gawker.
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The Wrap, Daily Mail, @rmac18 and Page Six
Joseph Menn / Reuters:
Facebook weighs a ban on posts linking to hacked material, expands ban on voting-related misinfo; sources: months ago execs weighed banning all political ads — MENLO PARK, Calif. (Reuters) - Facebook Inc (FB.O) will ban false information about voting requirements and fake reports of violence …
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Facebook, Fortune, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, The Guardian, @josephmenn, @sarahfrier, @kashhill, @arimelber, @sarahfrier, @dseetharaman, Adweek, Mashable, The Hill, The Verge, TechCrunch and Engadget, more at Techmeme »
Rachel Glickhouse / Nieman Lab:
Rachel Glickhouse, the partner manager for ProPublica's Documenting Hate investigative project, describes her new newsroom role — In this ever-changing industry, new roles are emerging that redefine how we do journalism: audience engagement director, social newsgathering reporter, Snapchat video producer.
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@jinnovationcity, @niemanlab, @newmarkjschool, @sarahmarshall and @niemanlab
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