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Donald Trump's campaign manager Corey Lewandowski charged with simple battery for grabbing ex-Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields — Trump campaign manager charged with battery — Corey Lewandowski faces a misdemeanor charge related to incident with former Breitbart reporter.
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Mathew Ingram / Fortune:
Obama calls for better journalism but has contributed to problems with jail threats, subpoenas, stonewalling of FOIA, and end runs around traditional media — Obama Criticizes the Media, but His Administration Is Part of the Problem — It's hard to imagine a politician loving …
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
At Robin Toner prize awards dinner, President Obama urges journalists to hold election candidates to account, notes the negative impact of the web on journalism — Obama laments current politics; says media must do better — Washington (CNN)President Barack Obama called on journalists Monday …
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Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Instagram increases video length limit for users from 15 seconds up to 60 seconds, part of a greater expansion into video for the social network — Instagram Is Expanding Videos to 60 Seconds — EMAIL ME — The Facebook-owned photo app is placing a bigger emphasis on video this year.
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Dan Rys / Billboard:
Tidal claims 3M paying global subs, with 1.35M on the hi-fidelity $20/month tier, and Kanye West's last album surpassed 250M streams within 10 days of debut — Tidal Claims Three Million Global Subscribers, Finally Releases Kanye's ‘Pablo’ Stream Numbers — The one-year anniversary …
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Joe Pompeo / Politico:
NFL demands retraction of Times article on player concussions — The National Football League is demanding The New York Times retract an article published last week about the league's research into concussions among pro football players. — In a letter that was sent to the Times' legal counsel Monday …
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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Sony to launch 4K movie streaming service, Ultra, on April 4; titles priced at $30, will not launch with on-demand rentals — Sony's Ultra 4K Streaming Service Is Launching Next Month — Sony is launching its 4K movie streaming service called Ultra next month: Consumers will be able …
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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
SoundCloud launches SoundCloud Go music subscription service for $9.99/month in US — It's Go time for SoundCloud: $9.99 tier aims to rival Spotify with millions of premium music tracks — SoundCloud is often billed as the “YouTube for audio” because of its huge trove of user-generated music …
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Noah Kulwin / Re/code:
Genius adds “report abuse” button and says the web annotation tool does not enable abuse, in response to controversy and letter from US Rep. Katherine Clark — Genius responds to Congresswoman Katherine Clark's letter on preventing abuse — Over the past few days …
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Brady Dale / The New York Observer:
Blogger sparks debate with demand that Genius Web Annotator allow opt-outs and abuse reporting feature
Blogger sparks debate with demand that Genius Web Annotator allow opt-outs and abuse reporting feature
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Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:
NBC says it has topped $1B in ad sales for Rio Olympics — NBC Says Olympic Ad Sales Top $1B — Sponsors moving ahead of pace from 2012 London games — NBC says that national ad sales for the Rio Olympics have topped $1 billion and are ahead of the record pace set by the 2012 London Games.
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Gerry Smith / Bloomberg Business:
To fend off losses and digital competition, the newspaper market is consolidating; 70 daily newspapers were sold for a combined $827M in 2015 — Newspapers Gobble Each Other Up to Survive Digital Apocalypse — More than $800 million in deals seen last year, most since '08
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
NFL writer Peter King extends contract with Sports Illustrated, will continue to write Monday Morning Quarterback column and lead The MMQB — Peter King signs multi-year contract extension — With his contract coming due at the end of the month, Peter King flirted with leaving Sports Illustrated, his writing home since 1989.
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
CNN Hires David Gregory as Political Analyst as 2016 Campaign Heats Up — David Gregory, who endured a long and difficult exit from his perch as the host of NBC's “Meet the Press,” is returning to a regular role on television as a political analyst on CNN, the network announced on Monday.
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