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Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! shouldn't be prosecuted for covering Dakota pipeline protests because she was acting as a journalist — To the offending prosecutor, Ladd Erickson, who is apparently a fan — All Stories — A little over a month ago, private security guards working on behalf …
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Interview with Jamie Kalven on his 20K word, four-part, Chicago police corruption story, and why he ran it on The Intercept instead of Slate, Guardian, or CIR — CHICAGO — The Al Jazeera documentary crew was hanging out in a once-fire ravaged low-slung brick building on the edge of an underserved South Side neighborhood.


Profile of Univision chairman Haim Saban on his plans for an IPO and his efforts to ensure Hillary Clinton is elected president — Haim Saban, the billionaire chairman of Univision Communications, America's largest Spanish-language media company, flew to Jerusalem in his private jet on Sept. 29 …
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CNN's Jeff Zucker says he has no regrets about Trump coverage, though he says in hindsight the network aired too many early unedited campaign rallies — Jeff Zucker sleeps great at night. — The president of CNN said in a conversation at Harvard University on Friday that he has no regrets …


Spotify CEO Daniel Ek becomes chairman after co-founder Martin Lorentzon steps down from position to become company's vice-chairman — A changing of the guard is underway at Spotify, the streaming music service with 40 million paying users and over 100 million overall that competes …
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How Charlotte Magazine, with a tiny staff and freelancers, produced 12+ stories, a photo essay, and more about unrest after police shot and killed a black man — Editor Michael Graff talks about how his small staff refused to be just “the magazine that gives you the best restaurants and places to live” …


Interview with WaPo reporter David Fahrenthold, on covering the Trump Foundation, learning tax law, breaking the Access Hollywood story, and more — The Washington Post's David Fahrenthold on the Trump Foundation, the Access Hollywood tape, and the time the candidate called him “a nasty guy.”
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BitTorrent says its streaming service BitTorrent Now isn't shutting down, only one co-CEO, Robert Delamar, left the company — Last week, Variety published a report detailing some internal turmoil at BitTorrent: the company's CEOs had both reportedly been fired, the recently-launched BitTorrent …


Some celebrities are resorting to cyberbullying tactics like posting revenge porn, sharing secret phone recordings, and rallying online mobs for PR offensives — The Latest Celebrity Diet? Cyberbullying — By AMANDA HESS — Secret recordings. Revenge porn. Sexual humiliation.


Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff on Twitter bid: “In this case we've walked away. It wasn't the right fit for us”; Twitter shares down over 5% on news — CEO Benioff says messaging platform is not ‘right fit’ for his cloud company — The boss of Salesforce.com has ruled out his company …
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Donald Trump's threats to sue media outlets highlight the need for a federal anti-SLAPP act imposing penalties on frivolous lawsuits — A message to the U.S. Congress: Pass a federal anti-SLAPP statute. — Donald Trump is spending the waning days of his buckling presidential campaign complaining about unfairness in the media.
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A Reuters review of state and federal court records suggests that Donald Trump has not sued a newspaper for libel since 1984
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Viacom special committee hires Morgan Stanley, Allen & Company, and LionTree LLC to advise on potential CBS merger — Viacom Inc (VIAB.O) said on Friday that it had hired financial advisers to explore a merger with CBS Corp (CBS.N) following a proposal by Sumner Redstone's National Amusements Inc …
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The conspiracy theories Donald Trump espouses show he has fully embraced the Breitbart worldview, pushing nationalist narratives into the mainstream discourse — Donald Trump on Thursday railed against a conspiratorial plot by the Democrats, corporations and the mainstream media …