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Less than one week after President Trump announced that CNN was the “winner” of one of his so-called Fake News Awards, a man has been arrested for threatening to massacre CNN employees while mentioning “fake news” in one of his threats.

CNN is taking a restrained approach to the story, which other media outlets are covering in earnest. So far the Atlanta-based cable news network has not released video clips of its on-air coverage (the story did not come up during my admittedly incomplete morning scan of CNN), and over the last 24 hours CNN has tweeted just one link to the report posted on its website:

That report, written by Darran Simon, begins,

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The fact that the word “porn” is associated with so many innocent photo categories on Instagram (#shoeporn, #foodporn, #travelporn) speaks to the power of pictures and their ability to allow our minds to indulge in a little fantasy. If you’ve ever been on the slow carb diet, for example, you may partake in a little…

“Can do” spirit can only take you so far. Especially if you’re falling asleep behind the wheel–which can, of course, cost you your life and endanger others. No matter how strong, bright or wakeful you fancy yourself, remember: No one can resist the sweet slumber song of Morpheus. When its comes to tired driving ……

HSBC is to review its estimated $400m (£286m) global media planning and buying account.

W+K London made this music video for the band Fizzy Blood to try and illustrate what it’s like to suffer from ADHD.

-Netflix plans to bump up its ad spending by 54% next year while continuing to avoid crediting its agencies or discussing those campaigns with the press.

-Superunion is not another Marvel spinoff on ABC. WPP is in consolidation mode yet again, combining 5 mostly UK-based branding agencies to create a new mega-agency.

-What does former Deutsch CEO and current startup executive Linda Sawyer miss most about the agency world? “Internal politics.”

-Minneapolis is home to a surprising number of agencies, and it’s also very colorful and very cold. [Insert something about Prince.]

-British retail giant Asda is looking to consolidate the “hundreds of agencies it works with,” which could be bad news for both Publicis and WPP.

-Media agencies are wary of Facebook’s new Watch platform because the social media behemoth is once again dictating the terms of ad sales and targeting strategies.

-Accenture is (almost) acquiring more agencies than Dentsu and WPP combined. But you knew that.

-In more positive news, Saratoga Springs agency Fingerpaint is acquiring … an office building and a parking lot.

Brands that want to create a positive impact in the world need to start choosing KPIs to match, writes Dentsu Aegis Network’s global senior manager CSR.