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Alex Hern / Guardian:
Major sites including New York Times and BBC hit by ‘ransomware’ malvertising — Adverts hijacked by malicious campaign that demands payment in bitcoin to unlock user computers — A number of major news websites have seen adverts hijacked by a malicious campaign that attempts to install …
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Malwarebytes Labs, Ars Technica, Trustwave, BBC, @clipperchip, @asymbina, BetaNews, @getadblock, @dansinker, CSO, Telegraph, CNBC, PCWorld, BetaNews, ZDNet, @s_m_i, ComputerWeekly, The Next Web, TechWeekEurope UK, PC Perspective, Talking New Media, @segphault, @jenstar, Softpedia News, The Register, Neowin and SiliconBeat
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Trump campaign blocks Politico reporter Ben Schreckinger from Tuesday night press conference — POLITICO reporter denied access to Trump event — POLITICO reporter Ben Schreckinger was denied entry to Donald Trump's press conference on Tuesday night, despite having previously been granted credentials by the campaign.
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Tina Nguyen / Vanity Fair:
Sources: Breitbart News Chairman Stephen Bannon must approve everything written about Trump at site
Sources: Breitbart News Chairman Stephen Bannon must approve everything written about Trump at site
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The Daily Beast, Salon, Mother Jones and Fortune
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Breitbart sends ‘cease and desist’ letters to former staffers
Breitbart sends ‘cease and desist’ letters to former staffers
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The Wrap, National Review, Mediaite, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, Joe.My.God., The Slot, @noonanjo, Vanity Fair, @maggienyt and @jayrosen_nyu
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Les Moonves says CBS will sell, swap, or spin off its radio assets in the coming year — CBS Plans to Sell Radio Station Group — CBS plans to sell or spinoff its radio assets in the coming year, acknowledging that the business has become slow-growth and a drain on resources …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
CNN announces major digital expansion, complete with ‘restructuring’ pain — CNN Digital is “embarking on a strategic restructuring,” according to a note this morning from Andrew Morse, executive vice president of editorial, CNN U.S. & general manager of CNN Digital Worldwide.
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Wall Street Journal, The Wrap, @digitalshields, @elanazak, @jasonabbruzzese, @mlcalderone and FishbowlNY
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler poised to circulate draft order approving Charter-TWC deal as soon as this week, with clauses ensuring growth of online video — FCC Drafting Order to Approve Charter-Time Warner Cable Deal — Order, expected as soon as this week, will set conditions focusing on promoting online video competition
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Free Press Blog, The Wrap, The Hill, Light Reading, Los Angeles Times, Reuters, The Verge, Consumerist, Variety and Deadline
Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stone:
After an article on the legislative record of Bernie Sanders was widely shared, The New York Times made significant edits to make it less flattering — How the ‘New York Times’ Sandbagged Bernie Sanders — Online, we see both faces of the Gray Lady — The New York Times ran a piece …
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Nathalie Tadena / Wall Street Journal:
Retailer Lord & Taylor settles with FTC for not making clear disclosures that it paid for Nylon magazine article and social influencer Instagram posts — Lord & Taylor Reaches Settlement with FTC Over Native Ad Disclosures — FTC said retailer didn't make clear that it paid for magazine article, social influencer posts
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Federal Trade Commission, Adweek, CNBC, CBS News, ABC News, Reuters, Associated Press, USA Today, Marketing Land, Ad Age, Fortune and Refinery29
Geoffrey Mohan / Los Angeles Times:
Tribune Publishing's bid for O.C. Register faces antitrust hurdles, DOJ says — Newspaper boxes outside the Orange County Register in Santa Ana. A $45.5-million bid from Digital First Media for the assets of parent Freedom Communications will be the “stalking horse” bid in an auction Wednesday.
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Orange County Register, Politico, @lexalexander, @raju, Orange County Register and LA Observed
Jacob Silverman / The Baffler:
How a writer went from earning $150 per piece for the Atlantic to $2K for one story for its paid content wing, and discovered there is money in journalism — The Rest Is Advertising — Recently, I landed the tech-journalism equivalent of a Thomas Pynchon interview: I got someone from Twitter to answer my call.
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@kgreen, @herandrews, @bellamackie, @annabrones, @chaykak, @kmonson, @mythilirao, @heydonnelly, @michaelroston, @dangb88, @davebry9, @stevesilberman, @ravisomaiya and The Awl
Washington Post:
Chinese website publishes, then pulls, explosive letter calling for President Xi's resignation — Two weeks after China's President toured state media offices and called for absolute loyalty from the press, a website with links to the government published an explosive letter asking him to resign …
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@williamsjon, @annafifield, BBC, Guardian, Wall Street Journal and Shanghaiist
John Plunkett / Guardian:
Forbes investigates after ‘contributor’ asks PR for £300 to write online profile — Freelance journalist asked for ‘someone to fund my time’ saying they were 'only paid a very small sum by Forbes which doesn't stretch far' — US business publisher Forbes has launched an investigation …
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@richleighpr, @penenberg, @antonioregalado, @djbentley, @tarahaelle and @alexhern
New York Times:
Analysis shows Trump has earned close to $2B in free media, yet spent less than any other major candidate on advertising — Measuring Donald Trump's Mammoth Advantage in Free Media — Of all the ways Donald Trump has shocked the political system, one of the most significant is how he wins primary …
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