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Dylan Byers / Politico:
NBC News President Deborah Turness confirms probe into Brian Williams' story, working on “next steps” — NBC News breaks silence on Brian Williams — NBC News has finally broken its silence on the Brian Williams ‘Choppergate’ controversy. — In a memo to staff …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Pilot who backed Brian Williams' story backtracks, questions his own memories — Pilot in Brian Williams scandal: ‘I am questioning my memories’ — The pilot I interviewed on Thursday about Brian Williams is no longer standing by his story. — That pilot, Rich Krell …
Corky Siemaszko / NY Daily News:
NBC to investigate Brian Williams about Iraq lie: sources — The ‘NBC Nightly News’ anchor is the subject of an investigation by NBC, which sources said will be headed by Richard Esposito, a former Daily News editor. Williams' reporting on Hurricane Katrina is now being questioned, too.
John Simerman / The New Orleans Advocate:
NBC News anchor Brian Williams' comments about dead bodies, Hurricane Katrina starting to gain attention, draw scrutiny — FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2014 file photo, Brian Williams speaks at the 8th Annual Stand Up For Heroes, presented by New York Comedy Festival and The Bob Woodruff Foundation in New York.
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Newsweek held a story about a CIA/Israeli assassination for a year, at the CIA's request, then got scooped by the Washington Post — What the CIA didn't want Americans to know — Agency brass tried to spike a story implicating the CIA in the killing of a top Hezbollah terrorist. Newsweek complied.
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Jeremy Barr / Capital New York:
NowThis scraps its website, goes all-in on social — NowThis, which was founded to try and reinvent the way video news is delivered, took another step in that direction Friday by scrapping its website of video content and establishing it as solely a repository of links to its presence on outside social media platforms.
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Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal:
Nintendo and Netflix are reportedly in early stage of developing “Legend of Zelda” live-action series — Netflix Is Developing a Live-Action ‘Legend of Zelda’ Series — “The Legend of Zelda,” one of the most popular videogame series of all time, is in the works as a television show at Netflix.
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Michael Sebastian / AdAge:
Lucky magazine, spun off by Conde Nast last year into BeachMint shopping joint venture, lays off about 10 — Lucky Magazine Lays Off About 10 Staffers — Conde Nast Spun Off the Title Last Year — Lucky magazine, the women's shopping title that was once a blockbuster success for Conde Nast …
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Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:
Sling TV's $5/month sports bundle add-on: SEC Network, five ESPN channels, Univision Deportes, Universal Sports, and beIN Sports — Sling TV reveals plans for sports package including Universal Sports — Sling TV, the internet-based TV service operated by Dish, just gave us a look …
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Derek Thompson / The Atlantic Online:
The best headline templates for maximizing readership can quickly become ubiquitous, over-familiar, and cloying to their own writers — It is my job to read the Internet, and that makes me weird. — Most people are not paid to follow, study, and theorize about web journalism …
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Jeremy Barr / Capital New York:
Washington Post has agreed to withhold certain pieces of information from the Snowden files at government's request because of national security — Dean Baquet, Marty Baron and Susan Glasser dish on national security reporting — The Washington Post has accommodated government requests …
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