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Alex Pareene / Gawker:
Trump retweeted a Gawker bot that tweeted Mussolini quotes and attributed them to Trump — How We Fooled Donald Trump Into Retweeting Benito Mussolini — Is Donald Trump a fascist? Experts, historians, and pundits have debated the question for months. One thing has been certain for a while now: He tweets like one.
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
MSNBC and Melissa Harris-Perry confirm they are parting ways, in talks about an exit deal — Melissa Harris-Perry is out at MSNBC — Melissa Harris-Perry will not be back on MSNBC. — On Sunday morning, two days after the host's private fight with management went public …
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
New York Times' Josh Barro rejoining Business Insider as senior editor, columnist — Josh Barro to return to Business Insider — Josh Barro is returning to Business Insider as senior editor, the site will announce on Monday. — Barro will take charge of the site's commentary team …
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Bryan Bishop / The Verge:
The Best Picture Oscar goes to Spotlight, chronicling the Boston Globe's work to expose sex abuse in the Catholic church — Oscars 2016: Spotlight wins Best Picture — Leave it to good old fashioned journalism to throw off The Revenant's big night: Spotlight just won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
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TVNewsCheck:
Tribune Media posts Q4 earnings; revenue down 3.4% to $464M, $46.5M decrease in net political advertising revenues, 2.6% gain in core ad revenue — Tribune Posts 4Q Earnings, Considers Sale — Revenue decreases 3.4% to $464 million, pegged to a $46.5 million decrease in net political advertising revenues …
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Kara Swisher / Re/code:
Re/code hires Quartz tech editor Dan Frommer as editor in chief, replacing Ken Li, who's leaving the company — Meet the New Boss: Dan Frommer Is Re/code's Editor in Chief — As Re/code has grown and morphed, we have always been on the lookout for great talent to take the site to a new level.
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Alex T. Williams / American Press Institute:
78% of US newspapers with 50K+ circulation use digital subscription models; drops to 64% for newspapers with circulations of 250K+ — Paying for Digital News: The rapid adoption and current landscape of digital subscriptions at U.S. newspapers — Newspaper publishers in the United States …
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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
ESPN digital editorial director Chad Millman on the company's mobile content strategy — Inside ESPN's mobile strategy: “If we're thinking about anything else, we're failing the audience” — ESPN is at a crossroads. Its business model, which has long been dependent on cable subscription fees …
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Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal:
Viceland, Vice Media's joint cable channel with A&E, launches Monday with roster of major advertisers — Vice Media to Launch Its Own Cable TV Channel — Venture with A+E, which goes live Monday, has assembled roster of big advertisers drawn by promise of a young audience
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Garett Sloane / Digiday:
Sources: Snapchat wants to sell its own ad inventory on Discover channels where publishers like BuzzFeed and Vox had exclusive ad rights — Snapchat's new audience-based ad strategy could wrest control from Discover publishers — As Snapchat's ad platform evolves, the top publishers …
Bloomberg Business:
China shuts down Weibo and Tencent accounts of celebrity Ren Zhiqiang, with 37M+ followers, after he criticized campaign to tighten media control — Chinese Tycoon Loses 37 Million Web Followers After Faulting Xi — Internet regulator closes Ren Zhiqiang's social media accounts
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Jason Burke / Guardian:
How terrorists have used media, from Bin Laden to ISIS, and how groups adapt to maintain viewer attention — How the changing media is changing terrorism — Just like news organisations, terrorists need an audience - and both have adapted their tactics to keep your attention
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