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Pew Research Center:
Fox News was main source of campaign news for 40% of Trump voters but only 3% of Clinton's: CNN was most common source for 18% of Clinton voters, 8% of Trump's — Fox News was the main source for 40% of Trump voters — In the coming days, Americans will follow a single event across …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Trump gets facts wrong in tweet stating NBC's Today show is doing “badly”: show is highest-rated morning show among 25- to 54-year-olds — No, Donald Trump, NBC's “Today” show is not doing “badly.” — It is actually America's highest-rated morning show among 25- to 54-year-olds …
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Ovetta Wiggins / Washington Post:
Cameron Harris, creator of a fake news site, is fired as a Maryland GOP legislative aide after NYT interview reveals his role in bogus anti-Clinton news — A Republican legislative aide in Maryland who was behind a fake news site that accused Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton of election-rigging was fired Wednesday.
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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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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Obama emphasizes the importance of a free and adversarial press corps in his final press conference — Amid growing concerns about his successor's treatment of the media, President Barack Obama began his final press conference on Wednesday by stressing the importance of a free and adversarial press corps.
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SPJ, 60 other journalism groups, ask Trump administration for meeting on government access
SPJ, 60 other journalism groups, ask Trump administration for meeting on government access
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump says he will “pick” which reporters get into future press conferences at the White House and claims reporters will be “begging” for a larger room
Trump says he will “pick” which reporters get into future press conferences at the White House and claims reporters will be “begging” for a larger room
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Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch:
Netflix reports $2.35B in Q4 revenue, up from $1.67B in Q4 2015, as it adds 1.93M new US subs vs 1.3M expected, 5.12M global subs vs 3.8M expected; stock up 8%+ — Holy cow, we have quite the beat for Netflix. — Netflix added nearly 2 million new subscribers domestically …
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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.”
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.
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Retraction request by Trump team for CNN story on Cabinet nominee Tom Price's stocks confirms original report, shows rising pressure on CNN from PEOTUS team — For a journalist, there are few things quite so distressing as a retraction request. It's a form of nuclear pushback …
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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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Daniel Holloway / Variety:
Sources: NBCUniversal to shut down Esquire Network cable channel, relaunching the brand as a digital-only service — NBCUniversal will shutter Esquire Network's linear cable channel and relaunch the brand as a digital-only platform, Variety has learned. The decision to end …
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Jamie Ross / BuzzFeed:
Interview with Glasgow marketer who tricked Infowars into publishing a fake report claiming CNN and BuzzFeed planned to release a damaging Trump tape — Markus Muir told BuzzFeed News: “It was a cut and paste job of what I said to him and it was all bulls**t, I made it all up.” — Infowars
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Paul McCartney sues Sony/ATV Music Publishing in New York to regain rights to Beatles songs — Sony/ATV is the defendant and could be primed to make a defense similar to the one being used against Duran Duran. — Paul McCartney has filed suit in New York against Sony/ATV and is looking …
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