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In Sunday morning tweets, Trump calls The New York Times “dishonest”, makes a baseless claim about NYT losing subscribers, and distorts a publisher's letter — President-elect Donald Trump is continuing his battle with one of the country's biggest news outlets, the New York Times.
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Steve Bannon, former executive chairman of Breitbart News, is named chief strategist and counselor for Trump's White House — President-elect Donald Trump has not only named Reince Priebus as his White House Chief of Staff, he has also confirmed that Steve Bannon will be named as his senior counselor.
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Mark Zuckerberg / Facebook:
Mark Zuckerberg defends Facebook's role in the election, claims over 99% of what people see on Facebook is authentic — I want to share some thoughts on Facebook and the election. — Our goal is to give every person a voice. We believe deeply in people.
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Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Sources: several Facebook execs voiced concerns about company's role in influencing elections; in all-hands meeting, Zuckerberg maintained the impact was small — SAN FRANCISCO — Late on Tuesday night, as it became clear that Donald J. Trump would defeat Hillary Clinton to win the presidential election …
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Emily Bell / Columbia Journalism Review:
Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg need to recognize the dangers of disseminating a flood of fake news, or public perception of the platform will continue to erode — Mark Zuckerberg hosts a Q&A at Facebook headquarters on December 11, 2014. Photo via Facebook Newsroom
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Our First Amendment test is here. We can't afford to flunk it. — What really makes America great? — It's the meaning of 45 words found in the Bill of Rights. Here they are, the entire First Amendment: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion …
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Ben Kentish / The Independent:
Lego ends advertising with Daily Mail after calls for companies to ‘Stop Funding Hate’ — Lego will stop advertising its products in the Daily Mail, following a public campaign calling on big companies to drop adverts from newspapers accused of promoting “hatred, discrimination and demonisation”, the company has announced.
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Famed media lawyer Floyd Abrams tells lawyers to weigh using libel law to protect press, calls Trump “greatest threat to the First Amendment” since Sedition Act — According to Floyd Abrams, protecting the First Amendment might necessitate going on the offensive.
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David Uberti / Columbia Journalism Review:
Behind the scenes at BuzzFeed's live election-night Twitter broadcast, its take on cable news, which was long on internet memes and short on analytical minutiae — The “Nasty Woman” cocktail was really just a cosmo on the rocks, a traditional offering dressed up in a topical joke.
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Etan Vlessing / Hollywood Reporter:
IMAX raises $50M from WPP, Acer, and other companies to develop high quality 10-minute interactive VR movies for its properties and all other VR platforms — The giant-screen exhibitor, led by CEO Richard Gelfond, has launched pilot virtual reality centers, with strategic investors in its fund including CAA, WPP and Chinese companies.
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski resigns from CNN effective immediately, amid speculation he'll take a role in the Trump administration — Corey Lewandowski, the controversial Donald Trump campaign manager turned CNN commentator, resigned from CNN on Friday afternoon.
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
In the wake of Trump's victory, nonprofit news outlets including Mother Jones, ProPublica, and The Nation have seen a boost in donations and subscriptions — ProPublica doesn't do partisanship. “We picked on the current administration and briefly on the one before that,” said ProPublica President Richard J. Tofel.
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