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Q&A with New York magazine reporter Gabriel Sherman, on covering Roger Ailes, the state of Fox News, and the future of conservative media — New York National Affairs Editor Gabriel Sherman was returning from a vacation in France in early July when news broke that former anchor Gretchen …
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Univision execs vote to delete six Gawker Media posts involved in ongoing lawsuits; Gawker Executive Editor John Cook says posts will disappear this weekend — In a vote carried out on Friday night, Univision executives voted to remove six posts published by former Gawker Media properties that are involved in ongoing litigation.
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Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman charged with criminal trespassing after covering North Dakota pipeline protest — An arrest warrant has been issued in North Dakota for Democracy Now! host and executive producer Amy Goodman. Goodman was charged with criminal trespassing, a misdemeanor offense.


Lack of “protective pool” of reporters for Clinton and Trump leads to flawed, incomplete coverage during incidents like Clinton's stumble at 9/11 service — Hillary Clinton's wobbly, stumbling exit from Sunday's September 11 commemoration set off a flurry of questions and concerns …
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Time Inc. launching free ad-supported video streaming service, People/Entertainment Weekly Network, on Sept. 13 covering human interest stories — Magazine publisher looks to counter print decline by pursuing a share of digital video advertising spending — The upcoming special …
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A Trump interview may be crowning glory for RT, a network funded by the Russian government — In an interview Thursday, Donald Trump was asked what surprised him most about the American press. “Well, I think the dishonesty of the media,” the Republican presidential hopeful responded, with little hesitation.
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In an interview with Larry King on Kremlin-backed RT, Trump criticizes US media and dismisses idea that Russian hackers targeted Democratic Party
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Sling TV launches Windows 10 app with Cortana-enabled voice search for shows or channels — Dish Network's streaming service for cord cutters, Sling TV, has made its way to Windows 10. The company announced today the launch of its on-demand TV service for Windows 10 PCs and tablets …
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VoteCastr partners with Slate to publish real-time presidential and senate race projections on election day, departing from standard practices — PALO ALTO, Calif. — For decades, news organizations have refrained from releasing early results in presidential battleground states on Election Day …
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Leaked documents reveal 2012 WikiLeaks release of Syrian government data excluded record of €2B transfer from Syria to government-owned Russian bank — Dell Cameron and Patrick Howell O'Neill — A trove of hacked emails published by WikiLeaks in 2012 excludes records …
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Facebook removes “September 11th Anniversary” Trending topic after it briefly promoted conspiracy theory article published in Daily Star — Facebook users looking for more context on why the Sept. 11 terrorist attack anniversary was trending on the platform on Friday were …
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Murder of local environmental reporter Tiang Try in 2014 highlights perils of reporting on illegal logging and mining in Cambodia — By the time his wife worked up the courage to ask him to stay, Taing Try was almost asleep. The two were lying together on a mattress beneath the mosquito nets …


Ezra Klein admits that Vox.com's card stacks, once the site's key differentiating feature, aren't the game-changer he thought they'd be — Two years after Vox.com launched its “card stacks,” the site's editor in chief admits they're not the game-changer he thought they'd be.
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ASNE diversity survey: 17% of print employees and 23% of digital-only site employees are journalists of color; women are 38% and 50% accordingly — There appear to be a few promising signs in this year's American Society of News Editors Diversity Survey, which was released Friday.
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ASNE stops trying to count full-time newsroom jobs and losses, and will not categorize employees anymore
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