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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Sources: internal NBC probe of Brian Williams' war accounts has examined six instances, including Tahrir Square statements; investigation continues — Brian Williams Inquiry Is Said to Expand — An NBC News internal investigation into Brian Williams has examined a half-dozen instances …
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TVNewser, The Wrap, Talking Points Memo, Mashable, The Huffington Post, The Week, The Daily Caller, @jayrosen_nyu, Gothamist and Variety
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
So far, NBC News finds Brian Williams embellished at least 11 times — A months-long internal investigation of Brian Williams by NBC News has turned up 11 instances in which the anchorman publicly embellished details of his reporting exploits, according to a person familiar with details of the probe.
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CNNMoney, Latest News & Headlines, USA Today and Mediaite
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
NBC's D.C. bureau strongly opposed Brian Williams's return in February — Journalists in NBC News's powerful Washington bureau expressed strong opposition to the potential return of suspended anchorman Brian Williams during a contentious meeting with the head of the network's news division in February.
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@jayrosen_nyu and TVNewser
Wall Street Journal:
AT&T deal for DirecTV presents fewer problems for regulators than Comcast's Time Warner Cable deal — AT&T deal for DirecTV presents fewer problems for regulators than Comcast's Time Warner Cable deal — Two big media deals were announced in the first half of 2014. Only one is likely to survive.
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Eric Lipton / New York Times:
How Comcast failed to get merger support in Congress despite $25M spent on lobbying in 2014 — Intense Lobbying Failed to Assure Comcast's Deal — WASHINGTON — David L. Cohen, the master salesman who runs the Comcast Corporation's lobbying efforts, stood before a room full …
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Wall Street Journal, @reddy, @thedudekabides, @libbybrittain and @seandrankin
Bloomberg Business:
Comcast's Week-Long Unraveling of TWC Deal Was Months in the Making — The collapse of Comcast Corp.'s plan to buy Time Warner Cable Inc., which played out in public over the course of a week, was months in the making. — When Comcast announced its $45.2 billion bid 14 months ago …
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Electronista and U.S. Department of Justice
Tim Wu / New Yorker:
Comcast deal fell apart because regulators looked at how it used its power to limit competitors by charging new fees to Netflix, limiting access to HBO Go, more
Comcast deal fell apart because regulators looked at how it used its power to limit competitors by charging new fees to Netflix, limiting access to HBO Go, more
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@nyercurrency, @jonathanmahler, @annehummert, @hshaban, New Yorker, Variety, New York Times and The Atlantic Online
Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
Charter Looks at Possible Time Warner Cable Bid
Charter Looks at Possible Time Warner Cable Bid
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Bloomberg Business, BGR and The Huffington Post
Patrick Gavin / Politico:
The WHCA dinner represents everything people hate about the Beltway and shouldn't be taken so seriously — Nerd Prom Is a Mess — How to fix Washington's worst week. — Lead image by AP Photo. — Everyone knows the White House Correspondents Association dinner is broken.
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Pressthink, Washington Post, Poynter, Fusion, New York Magazine, @jayrosen_nyu, @davidfolkenflik and New York Magazine
Capital New York:
Business Insider President Julie Hansen talks about expansion plans in video, tech news, international markets, and subscription service — The 60-second interview: Julie Hansen, president and C.O.O., Business Insider — CAPITAL: Business Insider recently raised a $25 million funding round.
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Capital New York and @ajs
Brooks Jackson / FactCheck.org:
Three new studies show most readers value fact-checking, practice is increasing, and rating systems are popular — Fact-Checking Is More Popular than Politicians — New research shows that the public views political fact-checking journalism — the sort of thing we do here — far more favorably than it does most politicians.
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American Press Institute and Columbia Journalism Review
Jeremy Barr / Capital New York:
Fusion names Alexis Madrigal editor-in-chief, gives new roles to Jane Spencer, Hillary Frey, and Anna Holmes — Fusion shuffles digital editorial team; names new editor in chief — Alexis Madrigal, the former Atlantic journalist who has served as Fusion's Silicon Valley bureau chief since November …
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TVNewser, @marklotto, @felixsalmon, Poynter, @fmanjoo, @lizzieohreally, Broadcasting & Cable, @hilella, @annaholmes, @walthickey and @mathewi
Simon Houpt / Globe and Mail:
BuzzFeed hires Craig Silverman to head Canadian expansion — BuzzFeed hires author of award-winning book on journalistic errors to head Canadian team — BuzzFeed, the news and viral content factory that has sometimes been burned by made-up news stories, has hired a leading warrior …
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@craigsilverman, @flashboy, @stevebuttry, @lindseywiebe, Poynter, @titocurtis, @cdnwritersgroup, @jayrosen_nyu, @hermida, @buzzfeedben and FishbowlNY
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
McClatchy Q1 earnings: net operating loss of $11.3M, with print ads down 15.7% YoY, national advertising down 25% — McClatchy's stock continues to take a pummeling — McClatchy reported a first quarter net operating loss of $11.3 million and more deep declines in print advertising today as its stock continues to takes a pummeling.
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PR Newswire and @mtdukes