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Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
Trump names Sean Spicer as White House press secretary, Jason Miller as communications director, and Hope Hicks and Dan Scavino to senior communications posts — President-elect Donald Trump named Republican National Committee official Sean Spicer White House press secretary …
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Kellyanne Conway says the press can expect “traditional” daily access to Trump when he takes office, blaming Trump's schedule for the lack of news conferences
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Business Insider:
A look at Jared Kushner's investments to establish himself as a media industry leader, which sources say lacked vision, cohesion, and passion — When Jared Kushner swooped in to buy the New York Observer in 2006, he embarked on a mini media tour, posing with the paper at parties and sitting …
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Hamish Bowles / Vogue:
Franca Sozzani, Editor in Chief of Italian Vogue, Dies at 66 — Franca Sozzani, the Editor in Chief of Italian Vogue, has died. — Franca, an ageless 66, was born in Mantua. Her father, a classic Italian patriarch, was an industrial engineer who did not approve his daughter's early ambitions to study physics.
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Alex Heath / Business Insider:
Twitter's Android app inflated video ad metrics between Nov. 7 and Dec. 12, source says by up to 35%; Twitter admits technical error and refunds advertisers — A bug in a recent version of Twitter's Android app inflated video advertising metrics by as much as 35%, a person familiar with the matter told Business Insider.
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Joe Coscarelli / New York Times:
Apple Music executives Jimmy Iovine and Larry Jackson talk about working with stars and exclusives, the role of labels, and how Apple Music supports musicians — By all modern metrics, Drake was far and away the most listened-to artist of 2016, a year when music consumers further abandoned CDs …
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Hollywood Reporter:
The Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group buys SpinMedia's music brands: Spin, Vibe, and Stereogum — The deal expands THR-Billboard Media Group's online audience to 45 million readers a month. — The Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group today announced that it has signed …
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Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Sources: Jann Wenner is looking to sell Us Weekly for $100M, a price tag that could attract interest from US digital players and overseas companies — Jann Wenner is said to be hoping for a $100 million payday for Us Weekly. Media Ink reported this week that Wenner Media was looking to sell all or a piece of the title.
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
A review of Sinclair Broadcasting's internal documents and reporting aired in 81 cities shows a strong tilt toward Trump — Over four days in early August, Donald Trump gave interviews to four TV stations in Ohio, Florida and Maine, and to the Washington bureau of a national TV chain.
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Pete Vernon / Columbia Journalism Review:
As digital ads fail to replace print revenue losses, publishers increasingly turn to micropayments, newsletters, innovative paywalls, and native advertising — As 2016 draws to a close, you'd almost think the holiday season was bringing some much-needed good cheer to the journalism industry.
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Lam Thuy Vo / Nieman Lab:
Many stories lie dormant because journalists need data-wrangling expertise to tap data created by social media users — Historians and journalists alike have long prized one source of information above all others: the on-the-record, primary source. They scour the attics for diaries …
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David Crary / AP News:
The US election is 2016's top news story, according to annual AP poll of US editors and news directors, which also includes Brexit, Syria, and Clinton's emails — NEW YORK (AP) — The turbulent U.S. election, featuring Donald Trump's unexpected victory over Hillary Clinton in the presidential race …
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Katy Waldman / Slate:
In the Trump era, the anonymous press pool report has become its own wry genre as reporters dutifully narrate their own humiliation — A close reading. — Press pool reports—those from-the-scene dispatches circulated by pool journalists to a larger ring of media outlets—have always been a subtle, deadpan art.
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