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Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
New York Times stands by story saying Cabinet nominee Rick Perry “knew almost nothing” about Energy Department five weeks ago, just after being offered position — The New York Times is standing by its story about former Texas Gov. Rick Perry's nomination as energy secretary …
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New York Times, The Daily Caller, New York Magazine, Mediaite, Washington Post, Hit & Run, Gizmodo, Vanity Fair and Morning Consult
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Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Four examples of how Trump coverage is flawed, including a thinly sourced NYT report on Rick Perry and a WaPo headline mocking Sonny Perdue's religion — One may have hoped that the media would respond to their 2016 failures and resulting lack of credibility by reforming.
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
As Trump prepares to take office, an analysis of where journalists went wrong in covering his campaign — On Friday at noon, a Category 5 political cyclone that few journalists saw coming will deposit Donald Trump atop the Capitol Building, where he'll be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States.
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Michal Lev-Ram / Fortune:
The Players' Tribune, co-founded by Derek Jeter in 2014, raises $40M in new round led by IVP, bringing total funding to $58M — Derek Jeter just hit another home run—in securing startup financing, that is. — The former New York Yankees shortstop co-founded The Players' Tribune …
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Media Wire Daily, @nea, @pkafka, @pkafka, @pkafka, @mlevram and @_davidelman
Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
Facebook unblocks RT after 20-hour ban from posting articles, photos, and videos, after the publication had allegedly run a pirated stream of Obama's presser — In a surprise move, RT (formerly known as Russia Today) has been banned from posting articles, photos, and videos to Facebook.
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Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Carlos Slim to launch TV channel called Nuestra Visión, “Our Vision” in English, for Mexican audience in US, with news, movies, and sports programming — Carlos Slim in 82 Seconds — Telecommunications mogul Carlos Slim has announced his intention to launch a channel tailored …
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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Poynter, New York Times, The Daily Dot, Mediaite, @dangillmor, @dangillmor, @camharris_us, @craigsilverman, @cwellmon, @dceiver, @cwellmon, Frederick News-Post, @walterolson, @johnburnsnc, @dancow, @fortunes_wheel, @telemergerson, @amyargetsinger, @greglacour, @jbeowulf, @bullcityva, Charlotte Magazine and New York Times
Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke / WWD:
NYT, WaPo, and BuzzFeed aren't allowing their reporters to attend the Women's March as private citizens, while fashion mags don't see it as a problem — Should media organizations let staffers attend the march if they aren't covering it? — For many in the media, this election year …
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@spj_tweets and @dylanbyers
Pew Research Center:
Fox News was main source of campaign news for 40% of Trump voters, 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 a variety of media channels …
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Nieman Lab, Washington Post, The Verge, @rbreich, Business Insider, Mashable, The Daily Caller, Media Star, @niemanlab, The Week, @mlcalderone and @propublica
Kevin Roderick / LA Observed:
LA Weekly is up for sale, Voice Media Group announces, as part of a realignment that began when a new ownership group took over four years ago — The owners of the LA Weekly announced today that the venerable Los Angeles alt weekly is the chain's next paper to be offered for sale.
EU Press Room:
European Commission says Amazon's subsidiary Audible and Apple have agreed to end all exclusivity obligations in supply and distribution of audiobooks — The European Commission welcomes an agreement to end all exclusivity obligations concerning audiobook supply and distribution between Amazon's subsidiary Audible and Apple.
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The Verge, Bundeskartellamt, TechCrunch, MacRumors, Engadget, AppleInsider, @eulondonrep, 9to5Mac and Reuters
Heather Stewart / The Guardian:
Seumas Milne, on leave from The Guardian since being appointed Jeremy Corbyn's director of communications in 2015, is formally leaving the paper — Jeremy Corbyn's director of communications was previously on unpaid leave from paper — Seumas Milne, Jeremy Corbyn's director of communications …
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Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
Netflix lures Seinfeld from Crackle for Comedians in Cars, two specials, and more after recently signing deals with Chris Rock, Amy Schumer, and Aziz Ansari — The comedian has signed a production deal that also includes a development component as the entire library of ‘Comedians in Cars’ also will move to the streaming giant.
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Adweek, Netflix Media Center, The Wrap and Fortune
Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Snap to enable ad targeting using 3rd-party data from offline purchases, after signing deal with Oracle Data Cloud, following lead of Google, Facebook, Twitter — Mobile app company follows lead of Google, Facebook and Twitter by working with Oracle Data Cloud
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