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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Trump not asked about alleged journalist assault by top aide in more than a dozen TV interviews — No One's Asking Donald Trump About Campaign Manager Accused Of Grabbing Reporter — The Republican front-runner has done more than a dozen TV interviews without getting a single question about his top aide, Corey Lewandowski.
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Kyle Blaine / BuzzFeed:
Staffers at networks wrestle with Trump's unprecedented press restrictions and TV's role in his rise — How Donald Trump Bent Television To His Will — Staffers across the major networks have reservations about their role in Trump's rise. — Staffers at the five major television networks …
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Popbitch:
Recap of major testimony in Hulk Hogan-Gawker lawsuit as closing arguments are set to begin — Gawkward Answers — The second week of the Hulk Hogan sex tape trial has seen the defendants - New York gossip blog, Gawker - attempt to justify publishing uncensored footage of Hulk Hogan having sex.
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Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Hulk Hogan jury begins deliberations in $100 million Gawker suit — Hulk Hogan and Gawker Media have spent the last two weeks duking it out in a St. Petersburg, Florida, courtroom. Now it's time to determine the winner. — Attorneys delivered closing arguments on Friday …
Mike Ananny / Nieman Lab:
Next NYT public editor should expert in boundaries of journalism, politics of platforms, ethics of algorithms — It's time to reimagine the role of a public editor, starting at The New York Times — The public editor is meant to mediate between newsrooms and audiences, but where exactly are newsrooms and audiences today?
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Micah Singleton / The Verge:
SoundCloud signs licensing deal with Sony Music, the last of three major labels, paving way for launch of paid subscription service later this year — SoundCloud has signed a licensing deal with Sony Music, giving it deals with all three major labels and paving the way for the subscription …
Associated Press:
Analysis: requests for public records under Freedom of Information Act to Obama administration last year returned censored files or nothing 77% of the time — US gov't sets record for failures to find files when asked — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration set a record for the number …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
NBC and MSNBC sign, then un-sign former Obama communications adviser Stephanie Cutter over conflicts related to her political advocacy work — NBC News/MSNBC sign, then un-sign Stephanie Cutter over conflicts — This morning, Politico Playbook's Mike Allen reported two somewhat uncomfortable developments right alongside each other:
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Committee to Protect Journalists:
Venezuelan government newsprint squeeze forces newspaper to stop printing — Blaming the refusal of the government to sell it newsprint, the independent Venezuelan daily El Carabobeño printed its final edition on Thursday, according to news reports. The newspaper has published …
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Dune Lawrence / Bloomberg Business:
How a businessman now indicted for securities fraud trolled a Bloomberg journalist for years via email, Twitter, and a legitimate looking blog, TheBlot — The Journalist and the Troll: This Man Spent Two Years Trying to Destroy Me Online — I saw the photo first, me in a bloody wash of red with “RACIST” pulsing over my face.
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
ABC and Warner Bros. TV Group stacking rights deal will let viewers binge on entire current seasons instead of only last five episodes — ABC, Warner Bros. TV Group Set Broad Agreement for In-Season Stacking Rights to Shows — ABC and Warner Bros. TV Group have hammered …
Michael Cieply / New York Times:
Comic-Con to release free, beta of subscription video service May 7, will go paid in June — Comic-Con, the Video Channel, to Begin in May — LOS ANGELES — To spend four days in the hot, sweaty halls of Comic-Con International is an annual endurance test. — But a fan test of another kind begins on May 7.
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