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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Obama will use his last press conference to highlight his concerns about the restrictions Trump has placed on the media, says outgoing WH Press Sec Josh Earnest — President Barack Obama frequently used his trips abroad to highlight the importance of a free press, making leaders …
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@mlcalderone, @isaacdovere, @hadas_gold, @sarahemclaugh, @cbudoffbrown, @amyfiscus, @sethamandel, The Laurel, TheBlaze and The Daily Caller
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
In broad ranging interview, CNN Worldwide President Jeff Zucker says the era of access journalism is over, discusses Trump, Megyn Kelly, more — At his press conference last week, President-elect Trump refused to take a question from CNN reporter Jim Acosta, denouncing the network as a purveyor of “fake news.”
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Washington Post:
Washington Post debuts The Lily, a publication for millennial women, featuring original content and WaPo stories, initially available on platforms like Facebook — The Washington Post today announces The Lily, an experimental, visually-driven product designed for millennial women …
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@alexlaughs, @genepark, @caseyjohnston, @jenniferdaniel, @juliaccarpenter, WashPost PR and @benmullin
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Quartz Editor-in-Chief Kevin Delaney says the site is working on a subscription product — Qz.com will remain free. But it's working on a research product. — Quartz, the business news site owned by Atlantic Media, gives away its global economics coverage to anyone who wants to click.
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Quartz:
Business news site Quartz acquires San Francisco-based artificial intelligence research firm Intelligentsia, will work with the team to develop a new product — Quartz has acquired the independent research firm Intelligentsia.ai, which provides research and analysis on artificial intelligence to business executives.
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@miamabanta, @zseward and Editor & Publisher
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Trump's hotel in DC has banned journalists during inauguration week; a Politico reporter, at the venue for a breakfast meeting, was prevented from entering — The Trump International Hotel in Washington is banning the media from its premises during inauguration week.
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@dlippman, @daveweigel, @chrisgeidner, @patcaldwell, @carigervin and @shanegoldmacher
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Axios, a cross between The Economist and Twitter, with a vertical news stream resembling FB's News Feed, presenting brief excerpts of stories, launched Tuesday — Chances are, you're not going to finish this article. — The rise of social media has turned us into a legion of swipers …
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Nieman Lab, @benmullin, @jason_kint and @axios
Kyle Pope / Columbia Journalism Review:
An open letter to Trump from the US press corps, on access, airtime, objective truth, dividing the press corps, and more — Dear Mr. President Elect: — In these final days before your inauguration, we thought it might be helpful to clarify how we see the relationship between your administration and the American press corps.
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Scott Shane / New York Times:
How recent college graduate Cameron Harris launched a fake news operation that published a viral story about fraudulent Clinton ballots found in Ohio — ANNAPOLIS, Md. — It was early fall, and Donald J. Trump, behind in the polls, seemed to be preparing a rationale in case a winner like him somehow managed to lose.
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@lelindstrom, @jbouie and @kagrox
Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
The centralization of the internet via app stores has made government censorship of the press easier, as shown by the removal of the NYT's app in China — There's a new form of digital censorship sweeping the globe, and it could be the start of something devastating.
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@lyzadanger, @puiwingtam, @scalzi, @fmanjoo and @lpolgreen
Joe Pompeo / Politico:
After being criticised by Trump on Twitter, Vanity Fair gained 80K subscribers; Editor-in-Chief Graydon Carter says 2016 may have been the magazine's best year — A month has passed since Donald Trump gave Vanity Fair the social-media equivalent of a middle finger by firing off a tweet about its …
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FishbowlNY, @blakehounshell, @jdawsey1, @gerryfsmith and The Guardian
Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:
WPP CEO Martin Sorrell says clients spent $90M, three times the WPP forecast, on Snapchat last year — Clients of WPP, the world's largest advertising firm, spent $90 million on Snapchat last year, helping the ephemeral messaging app to become a threat to Facebook, chief executive Martin Sorrell told CNBC on Tuesday.
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