Media
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Viacom Taps Former LEGO Video Exec Lars Silberbauer as SVP of MTV Digital Studios
Silberbauer will oversee creative, development and production for the company’s digital originals
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Abrams Artists Agency Adds Two New Agents in Branding and Esports
Maxwell Mitcheson and Henry Gordon join alternative and digital team
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Axios Co-Founder Calls on Media to Ban Most Social Media Use by Reporters
“Snark, jokes and blatant opinion are showing your hand, and it always seems to be the left one,” Jim VandeHei writes
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Nancy Pelosi ‘Pretty Comfortable’ That She’ll Return as House Speaker: ‘I Am a Great Legislator’
Pelosi says Democrats would retake the House of Representatives if the election were held today
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Innovating at the Intersection of Music and Technology (All Things Video Podcast)
This week’s guest: managing director of Techstars Music, Bob Moczydlowsky
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Jared Kushner Calls on Saudi Crown Prince to Be ‘Fully Transparent’ on Khashoggi Death
Kushner says he told Mohammed Bin Salman that “the world is watching” his response to the murder
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Netflix to Raise $2 Billion to Fund New Content
Streaming giant has more than $8 billion in long-term debt already on the books
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Overtime Announces First eSports Series ‘The Gaming Life’
Docuseries follows five gamers trying to win $1 million playing Fortnite
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Associated Press Deletes Tweet Calling Migrant Caravan an ‘Army’
“Some of the members of this ‘army’ are quite literally malnourished babies,” says BuzzFeed’s David Mack
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Strauss Zelnick Replaces Richard Parsons as CBS Chairman of Board
The media veteran, newly appointed as CBS Chairman, steps down for health reasons
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‘Modern Family’ EP Danny Zuker Delivers Ultimate Trump Troll With New Book
Proceeds for “He Started It!,” a book about Zuker’s Twitter feud with future president, will go to Planned Parenthood
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Colbert: If Trump Wants Women to Vote Republican He Should Maybe Stop Insulting Them (Video)
Colbert joked that Trump tried to “mansplain the midterms” on Twitter in his clumsy attempt to convince women to vote for Republicans in the midterms
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Saudi Officials Admit Jamal Khashoggi Was Killed at Istanbul Consulate
After previously denying any knowledge of Khashoggi’s whereabouts, kingdom asserts dissident journalist died during a physical altercation
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CNN Reporter Cuts Broadcast After Being Hit With Tear Gas: ‘I Gotta Get to Safety’ (Video)
“The canister landed literally two feet from me,” says Bill Weir before fleeing scene at Mexico-Honduras border
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Investor and Trump Adviser Tom Barrack Pulls Out of Saudi Arabia Conference
Colony Capital billionaire was slated to appear on a panel with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in Riyadh