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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Review finds 50+ examples of plagiarism from numerous sources in 2012 book by Trump national security pick Monica Crowley — By Andrew Kaczynski, design by Tal Yellin — Conservative author and television personality Monica Crowley, whom Donald Trump has tapped for a top national security …
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Facebook hires Campbell Brown, ex-NBC News reporter and CNN prime-time host, to lead News Partnerships team, says she won't be involved in content decisions — Facebook is turning to a former television news journalist to help smooth over its strained ties to the news media …
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Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
US intelligence report: Russia Today played a key role in the Putin-ordered campaign to undermine the US election, collaborating with WikiLeaks — Russia's state-sponsored news agency Russia Today “has actively collaborated with” WikiLeaks, the organization that published documents …
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Joe Pompeo / Politico:
Sources: in meeting with Condé Nast editors, Trump fielded sharp questions on race, hate crimes, Russia, Putin, and other issues, but the talk remained civil — Donald Trump and the top editors of Condé Nast's magazines talked about everything from abortion to Russia in a meeting …
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Joe Pompeo / Politico:
Graydon Carter offered to sit out today's meeting with Trump so the president-elect wouldn't feel uncomfortable, but Anna Wintour wanted Carter to be there
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Bloomberg:
SEC filing: AT&T, Time Warner say they may not need FCC approval for merger; source says Time Warner has been trying to transfer or sell broadcast licenses — In filing, companies say they can avoid FCC license review — Proposed deal has drawn criticism from President-elect Trump
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Sources: Trump remains opposed to AT&T-Time Warner merger
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Behind the scenes with 20 journalists on Election Night 2016 when results went off-script — This is the story of election night 2016 in the words of more than 20 journalists who were in the field, in the newsrooms, at the anchor desks, and in the control rooms.
Danny Funt / Columbia Journalism Review:
Why endorsements remain an essential community service, based on interviews with opinion editors at 20+ newspapers — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, center right, meets with the editorial board of Colorado Springs Gazette, Friday, July 29, 2016, in downtown Colorado Springs …
Matthew Townsend / Bloomberg:
Barnes & Noble Inc. posted its first decline in holiday sales in three years, hurt by a downturn in coloring-books sales — Bookstore chain joins Macy's, Kohl's in posting weak results — Company relies on cost cutting to bolster operating profit — Barnes & Noble Inc. posted …
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Laura M. Holson / New York Times:
Condé Nast plans to use its 8M archived images to sell limited-edition prints, mugs, more — Condé Nast Publications might be sitting on a gold mine: its archive of some eight million photographs and illustrations from Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Vogue, Architectural Digest and other magazines.
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Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:
Vanity Fair's The Hive teams up with Cheddar and Condé Nast for a live weekly half-hour series on media, tech, politics, business, launching on February 19 — Vanity Fair's The Hive will debut a weekly show with Cheddar on media, technology, politics and business. — A screen shot of Cheddar's live broadcast.
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
In memo, Boston Globe editor Brian McGrory outlines 10 changes coming to the paper, including a beat structure overhaul, the debut of a print-focused desk, more — Boston Globe editor Brian McGrory on Wednesday afternoon detailed the finer points of a massive reorganization aimed at reinventing the newspaper for the digital age.
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with New York magazine CEO Pamela Wasserstein on newly launched membership program, e-commerce initiatives, what's coming in 2017, and more — “We're making sure that we're appropriately marketing directly to consumers and really selling subscriptions at full price."
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