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Will Bunch / Philly.com:
Forget ‘Spotlight’: There's a war against journalism — Excuse me for a) not watching the big Academy Awards whoopdedoo on Sunday night, where “Spotlight” — a movie about remarkable work by investigative journalists at an East Coast metro newspaper not unlike my own …
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Chris Morris, contract photographer for Time, roughed up by Secret Service agent at Trump rally at Radford University in Virginia — Time photographer roughed up by security at Trump event — Longtime Time contract photographer Chris Morris was roughed up by a security agent at a Donald Trump rally in Virginia on Monday.
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New York Times:
Fake New York Times article claiming Elizabeth Warren endorsed Bernie Sanders was viewed over 50K times and received over 15K shares — Fake New York Times Article Claims Elizabeth Warren Endorsed Bernie Sanders — A webpage that masqueraded as a New York Times article and claimed …
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Ken Doctor / Politico:
LA Times staffers in dispute with bosses after Oscars tickets initially allocated to executives, leaving reporters unable to attend the event — Oscar spotlight a dim one for hometown L.A. Times — While old-fashioned investigative journalism took center stage in Los Angeles at the Oscars Sunday evening …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Melissa Harris-Perry was a rare voice of substance on cable news — By early February, cable news had figured out how to discuss the prospects of Democratic presidential Hillary Clinton. It was all about losing leads, about her trustworthy numbers, about her management of husband and former President Bill Clinton.
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Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Snapchat brings Live Stories to the web for the first time — Some of last night's most entertaining Oscars coverage was on Snapchat, but this year you didn't have to be inside Snapchat's app to see it: you could watch it all on the web. Snapchat quietly updated its website last night with a way to view the Oscars' Live Story online.
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Alex French / New York Times:
How a Fox News analyst, Wayne Simmons, fooled the network and conservative media into thinking he was an ex-CIA operative — The Plot to Take Down a Fox News Analyst … Supported by — Kent Clizbe, a 55-year-old former C.I.A. officer and intelligence contractor, has cultivated a diverse set of interests in his later years.
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@billwasik and @frenchalexm
Financial Times:
Financial Times to launch on Facebook at Work, to offer business version of the network to its global staff — Financial Times to launch on Facebook at Work — The Financial Times is working with Facebook to offer a business version of the popular social network to its staff around the globe.
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@jamesliamcook and @timanderson
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Conde Nast acquires Poetic, London-based real-time content editing system, co-founded by ex-Twitter engineer Blaine Cook; terms not disclosed — Conde Nast Acquires U.K. Digital Publishing Startup Founded by Ex-Twitter Engineer — Condé Nast has acquired Poetica …
John Reynolds / Press Gazette:
BBC Trust should be axed and Ofcom handed oversight, says independent review — The BBC Trust should be axed and regulatory oversight should be handed to Ofcom, according to the findings of an independent review into how the BBC is governed and regulated. — The review was commissioned …
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The Independent, Deadline, Daily Mail, BBC, Herald Scotland, Digital TV Europe, Guardian and The Drum
Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Gawker and Hulk Hogan sex tape trial to begin next Monday; jury selection begins this week — Hulk Hogan and Gawker ready to face off in court — Hulk Hogan's legendary victory over Andre the Giant in 1987 — punctuated by a body slam of his late 520-pound foe — was the culmination of weeks of hype.
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@brianstelter
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
34.3 million viewers for the Oscars are the smallest audience since 2008 — Chris Rock speaks onstage during the Academy Awards ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Sunday. — Chris Rock's provocative turn as host of the 88th Academy Awards was lauded for the bold way he took on the lack of diversity in the film industry.
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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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