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Source: Steve Bannon, former executive chairman of Breitbart News, is being considered by Trump for White House chief of staff, along with Reince Priebus — Bannon: Breitbart readers aren't surprised — Washington (CNN)President-elect Donald Trump is strongly considering naming …
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Kathleen Hennessey / AP News:
Donald Trump refuses to let press pool travel with him to cover Obama meeting in DC, bucking longstanding protocol on press access — WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday refused to let a group of journalists travel with him to cover his historic first meeting …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Covering President Trump will require fearless, deep journalism, news organizations willing to fund court battles, and help from some heroes — One thing is certain in the presumptive era of President Trump. Journalists are going to have to be better — stronger, more courageous, stiffer-spined — than they've ever been.
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
After the US election, some journalists worry about future access to candidates, press freedom, and personal safety — As she left 1211 Avenue of the Americas building on Tuesday night, Wall Street Journal graphics editor Stephanie Stamm walked by the group of spectators gathered outside of Fox News' studios.
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Max Read / New York Magazine:
Facebook's massive reach, abundance of emotionally charged fake viral stories, and lack of traditional gatekeepers helped Donald Trump win — A close and — to pundits, journalists, and Democrats — unexpected victory like Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's is always overdetermined …
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Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Facebook says “there's so much more we need to do” to stop spread of fake or misleading posts and vows to “keep improving our ability to detect misinformation” — Facebook has responded to widespread criticism of how its Newsfeed algorithm disseminates …
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Hamilton Nolan / Deadspin:
To avoid blind spots, the media needs to add geographic, economic, and class diversity to that of race and gender — Donald Trump won, and the media is grasping for answers as to why we didn't predict it. Already, you can see the seeds of many bad solutions forming.
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Journalists failed to question the polls predicting a Clinton victory because the data confirmed their gut feeling about who would win
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Max Willens / Digiday:
Botched election predictions don't mean the end of data journalism, which most publishers use to analyze tangibles like test scores and government agency data — On Tuesday night, newsrooms around the world got a pretty rude reminder that good data is very important.
Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Disney misses targets with $13.1B in Q4 revenue; ESPN had lower ad sales, affiliate revenue — Disney shares rose fractionally during regular trading Thursday but were dropping 3 percent after the closing bell. — The Walt Disney Co. earned $1.10 per share on revenue of $13.1 billion …
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Larry Dignan / ZDNet:
Adobe buys TubeMogul for $540M to expand its video programmatic marketing service on multiple screens — Adobe makes a play for a big video advertising market across multiple screens with the purchase of TubeMogul. — Adobe said it will acquire TubeMogul, a video advertising company, in a deal valued at $540 million.
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Alex Weprin / Politico:
Eleven media veterans, including Dean Baquet, Marty Baron, and Nick Denton, discuss how the press misread the Trump phenomenon and what lessons can be learned — What went wrong? — How did everyone in the media miss the Trump phenomenon? Were there signs that were ignored?
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Startup VoteCastr, which worked with Slate and Vice News to publish real-time polling results, got predictions wrong in five of seven battleground states — Nearly every pre-election poll showed Hillary Clinton leading Donald Trump heading into Tuesday — and even the Republic National …
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