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Happy Wednesday. Welcome back to In The Room. Tonight, we go inside the G.O.P. debate negotiations, and what’s at stake for Fox News, CNN and upstarts like NewsNation and Newsmax. Plus, some observations on Jen Psaki’s impressive first outing at MSNBC.
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Happy Wednesday. Welcome back to In The Room.

Tonight, we go inside the G.O.P. debate negotiations, and what’s at stake for Fox News, CNN and upstarts like NewsNation and Newsmax. Plus, some observations on Jen Psaki’s impressive first outing at MSNBC.

But first, some other media developments:

  • On Wednesday, Jimmy Finkelstein’s forthcoming news startup The Messenger announced that it had acquired Grid, the small fellow Washington-based digital news startup. The deal moves Finkelstein & Co. a little closer to their goal of...

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