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David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Washington Post reporter David Fahrenthold tells the behind-the-scenes story of his year covering Trump, from charitable giving to the Access Hollywood tape — “Arnold and Tim, if you'd come up, we're going to give you a nice, beautiful check," Donald Trump said.
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Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Milo Yiannopoulos signs an autobiographical book deal with Threshold Editions, a Simon & Schuster imprint; sources say the advance is $250K — “They said banning me from Twitter would finish me off. Just as I predicted, the opposite has happened," says Yiannopoulos.
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Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
After years of rejecting the “media company” label, Twitter is hiring Periscope editors, broadcasting news alerts, and airing premium live video — If you're wondering whether Twitter views itself as a media company or not, take a look at its careers page.
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Alessandro Sabatelli / The Twitter Blog:
Twitter introduces live 360-degree videos on Periscope and Twitter from select partners — Today, we're introducing a new way to see what's happening on Twitter - through live 360 video. — Starting today, you can check out live, interactive 360 videos from interesting broadcasters and explore what's happening with them.
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Incoming White House press secretary Sean Spicer says “business as usual is over” as social media outreach will take a larger role alongside news conferences — ‘Business as usual is over,’ the incoming White House press secretary says. — President-elect Donald Trump owes …
Daniel Holloway / Variety:
With a January 1 deadline, Comcast's NBCUniversal and Charter hit a standoff in cable TV carriage deal talks — NBCUniversal and Charter Communications are in a negotiation standoff that could see millions of customers lose access to NBCU-owned channels beginning Jan. 1.
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Ilya Lozovsky / The Atlantic:
Russian state-media is presenting a whitewashed narrative of the Fall of Aleppo, with Western media, including sites like Vox, failing to present a nuanced view — The shocking murder of Andrei Karlov, Russia's ambassador to Turkey, generated a swell of outrage across Russia, much of which would sound familiar to Americans.
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Ben Collins / The Daily Beast:
Kremlin-backed media and US far-right sites have adopted the “fake news” term to discredit reports of Aleppo bombings
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Oliver Darcy / Business Insider:
A fake news problem is emerging among left-leaning media outlets as they jump on thin or false stories that reinforce a political point or play into a narrative — The tale went something like this: A Jewish couple was forced to pull its child out of school so the family could “flee” …
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Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
Tronc Chairman Michael Ferro increases stake in company to nearly 25%, the maximum he can own, as he buys 2.5M more shares for $37.5M — Tronc Chairman Michael Ferro speaks during the “Titans at the Table” Bloomberg Television program in Chicago on April 18, 2012.
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Justin Baragona / Mediaite:
Matt Drudge says the Drudge Report experienced a 90-minute DDoS attack last night, and suggests with no evidence that the US government may have been behind it — Earlier this evening, Matt Drudge, the reclusive founder of Drudge Report, took to Twitter to claim that the conservative news site experienced …
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Caitlin Dickerson / New York Times:
Amos Yee, the Singapore teen convicted of “wounding religious feelings” with YouTube videos, flees to US and seeks asylum — Americans who identify with President-elect Donald J. Trump's message of anti-political correctness may have a new, unlikely ally: a Singaporean teenager …
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Techdirt, @nytimesworld, @theasianist, @dangillmor and @mrbaopanrui
Variety:
Inside Amazon Prime's video expansion since its launch earlier this month: most local sites still in English, content offerings scant and without local options — Amazon's sudden recent rollout of its Prime Video service in more than 200 territories, in tandem with the global availability of its new series …
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