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Joe Scarborough / Washington Post:
Joe Scarborough says the feigned outrage over his NYE meeting with Trump stems from a press corps disoriented by the election of a man they openly despise — Facts are stubborn things. Unfortunately in the age of Twitter journalism, too many reporters find such details to be both onerous and optional.
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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Q&A with Joe Scarborough, who likens his rapport with Trump to Fareed Zakaria's with Obama, Ben Bradlee's with JFK, and Walter Lippmann's with LBJ — Joe Scarborough is fed up with his critics. — “I am sick and tired of people misrepresenting me and making snide assumptions …
Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
Joe Scarborough's defensive tweets aimed at Sopan Deb were exactly the kind of intra-media attack an embattled press doesn't need right now — Joe Scarborough is sensitive to any suggestion that he is too cozy with President-elect Donald Trump, so it is no surprise that the MSNBC host pushed …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Dish's new AirTV Player lets Sling customers stream over-the-air local channels; the move required no carriage deals on Dish's part — Dish Network has officially unveiled its plan for bringing local TV channels to its Sling TV over-the-top internet TV service — with no retransmission deals required on its part.
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Chris Welch / The Verge:
Dish's AirTV set-top box provides 4K streaming for Sling TV, Netflix, and YouTube, includes an over-the-air antenna for live TV — The AirTV Player is available starting today — The rumors of a set-top box designed to combine Dish's Sling TV service, Netflix, and over-the-air television were true.
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson is named as a columnist for Time magazine's newsletter, Motto; she will focus on women and empowerment — Former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson has been tapped as a columnist for Time magazine's online Motto newsletter. She will focus on women and empowerment issues.
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Charlotte Eyre / The Bookseller:
Simon & Schuster UK will not join its US counterpart in publishing Breitbart journalist Milo Yiannopoulos' book — Simon & Schuster UK will not join its US counterpart in publishing a book by controversial right-wing figure Milo Yiannopoulos. — A spokesperson told The Bookseller …
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
UK press campaigns against Section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act which would force them to sign up to a state-backed press regulator or face heavy libel fees — The Sunday Times has warned that its historic exposure of drugs cheat cyclist Lance Armstrong would never have happened had Section 40 …
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Daily Mail, The Guardian and The Sun
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Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times:
Google's AMP makes mobile pages load faster, but some smaller web publishers worry that they've ceded too much control, especially over how URLs are displayed — SAN FRANCISCO — Last month, Federico Viticci, who runs MacStories, a news site devoted to Apple and its products …
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Stephen Steed / NWAonline:
Arkansas teen Hayden Taylor buys weekly Central Delta Argus-Sun for an undisclosed sum; with no prior journalism experience, he plans to start the paper anew — Journalism books on his to-do list — Hayden Taylor stands outside the office of his new newspaper in downtown Brinkley.
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Andrew Golis / Vox:
Laura McGann becomes Vox's first editorial director, while Lauren Williams is promoted to executive editor, as the site prepares to cover the Trump presidency — How Vox is changing to cover Trump and a new era of policy and politics. — Programming note from Vox general manager Andrew Golis …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway says Trump will hold a press conference on Jan 11, 160+ days after his last one in July — Press secretary Josh Earnest's advice for his successor Sean Spicer — Presidents-elect normally answer questions at a press conference a few days after the election.
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Three former White House press officials, including George W. Bush's former Press Secretary Ari Fleischer, express fears for the press under Trump — Three former White House press secretaries sounded various alarms about the president-elect and the possible pitfalls in his relationship …
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