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Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
The New York Times risked legal trouble to publish Donald Trump's tax return — Dean Baquet wasn't bluffing. — The New York Times executive editor said during a visit to Harvard in September that he would risk jail to publish Donald Trump's tax returns.
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Susanne Craig / New York Times:
How Susanne Craig and a team of New York Times journalists confirmed the authenticity of Trump's tax documents she received in the mail — Times Insider delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how news, features and opinion come together at The New York Times.
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The Independent:
As BBC Radio director Helen Boaden resigns, she worries about the accelerated pace of the news, speaks up for the virtues of slow journalism — More than three and a half thousand migrants are reported to have died trying to cross the Mediterranean in 2015.
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Company that owns Telegraph took £150M writedown on newspapers as it paid owners a £150M dividend — Press Acquisitions Ltd filing also reports that the papers' owners, the Barclay brothers, received a similar amount as a dividend — The parent company of the Telegraph newspapers took …
Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch:
Life On Air, developers of Meerkat, pull the app from the App Store to focus on group video chat app Houseparty — Remember Meerkat? It came out of nowhere in early 2015 — a star of SXSW, in particular — and was on everyone's tongue for weeks. Then came Periscope …
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Zack Whittaker / ZDNet:
Inside a two-year-old catfishing ebook scam on Amazon that has generated over $3M in revenue for its creator, Valeriy Shershnyov — For years, thousands were tricked into buying low-quality ebooks. — NEW YORK — Emma Moore could have been the health and weight loss guru you spent your life looking for.
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David Bixenspan / Law News:
Former editor-in-chief of Gawker A.J. Daulerio says he considered going into hiding, posting entire Hulk Hogan sex tape online, but was talked out of it — A.J. Daulerio, the editor-in-chief of Gawker at the time of the Hulk Hogan “sex tape” post (which he authored), granted a rare interview this week …
Robert Draper / New York Times:
How Donald Trump set off a civil war in right-wing media, pitting personalities Coulter, Hannity, Ingraham against conservative stalwarts like Will, Erickson — Since the candidate clinched the nomination, the green room has become a chilly place. — In recent years, one of the most important events …
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R.L. Bynum / Raleigh & Company:
McClatchy executive Robin Johnston explains how the company's print production hubs operate and details plans to produce all 28 newspapers in hubs by Q1 2017 — The Charlotte publishing hub that produces The News & Observer always has been quite busy. It got busier in August …
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Bruce Campion-Smith / Toronto Star:
Torstar chair John Honderich warns of a crisis in Canadian private media as newsrooms shrink, advertising disappears, and federally funded CBC News competes — Canadian media are facing a “crisis” as market forces shrink newsrooms, leaving fewer journalists to report the news vital to a vibrant democracy, Torstar chair tells MPs.
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Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
Newsweek suspects that hackers are to blame for “massive DDoS attack” Thursday night, after it published an article about Trump's business dealings in Cuba — Newsweek suspects that hackers are to blame for the crash of its website on Thursday night, after it published an article …
Wall Street Journal:
Viacom board appoints committee to review potential CBS merger: Thomas May, Kenneth Lerer, Nicole Seligman, Judith McHale, Ronald Nelson, and Charles Phillips — Most members are expected to be newcomers handpicked by Shari Redstone — Viacom Inc. 's board of directors is forming …
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