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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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Richard Tofel / ProPublica:
Donald Trump's hostile remarks regarding the legal and constitutional rights of the press are reminiscent of the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 — In 1733, New York printer John Peter Zenger began publishing the eighth newspaper in the American colonies, and the first willing to venture criticism of the government.
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Ken Doctor / Politico:
Sources: Gannett and Tronc near deal, likely pricing Tronc at about $18.50 to $19 per share; announcement could come as early as Monday — Sources tell POLITICO the announcement could come as early as Monday morning — Gannett's long quest to buy the newspaper company known as Tronc is nearing the finish line.
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Driven by ratings, as a top exec at NBC Entertainment and CNN, Jeff Zucker aided Trump's rise with Apprentice shows and airing of rallies during primaries — Looking for someone specific to hold responsible for the improbable rise of Donald Trump? — Although there are many options …
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Claire Landsbaum / New York Magazine:
Olivia Nuzzi, Katy Tur, Rosie Gray, and other journalists reflect on what it's like to be a female reporter covering Donald Trump — When Olivia Nuzzi walked into Donald Trump's office on the 26th floor of Trump Tower, she wasn't sure what to expect. She'd seen the Republican nominee up close before …
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Ex-NYT, Mashable Executive Editor Jim Roberts joins public strategy and communications firm Mercury, will lead its global digital practice — Jim Roberts is turning in his newsman's hat. Mercury, a global public strategy and communications firm, is announcing on Monday it has hired him to lead its global digital practice.
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Twitter's hate speech and harassment issues have steadily grown worse, exacerbated by the company's failure to enforce its own rules and political campaigns — If you go by what some Twitter users have to say, it's a wonder I can string together a sentence.
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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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Fusion's Felix Salmon interviews Nick Denton about the rise and fall of Gawker, power in the media, and the future of journalism — Gawker founder Nick Denton has a candid conversation with Fusion's Felix Salmon on the Gawker lawsuit, Peter Thiel, and the relationship between media and po...
Yuji Nakamura / Bloomberg:
Spotify's growth likely to be weak at first in Japan, where physical music sales are 84% of total and digital sales fell 50%+ since iPhone launch in 2008 — The music streaming service will have to fight record labels that still sell a lot of profitable compact discs. — Yuji Nakamura
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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 …
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