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Paul McLeod / BuzzFeed:
David Brock's True Blue Media, billed as the left's answer to Breitbart, hires watchdog investigative reporter David Sirota as its new CEO — WASHINGTON — True Blue Media, pitching itself as the left's answer to Breitbart, has picked an investigative reporter critical of Republicans and Wall Street Democrats alike as its new CEO.
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Michael Massing / The Nation:
To understand what's driving Trump's supporters, editors need to create a series of new beats focusing on religion, blue-collar workers, poverty, and more — After Donald Trump's victory, a debate broke out among journalists about where they should focus their attention during his presidency …
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Columbia Journalism Review:
How newsrooms are gearing up to cover the Trump presidency and why media is entering one of its most challenging periods of the past century — Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Columbus, Ohio, on March 1, 2016. (Ty Wright / Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Todd Spangler / Variety:
SEC filing: AT&T gained 200K+ paying video subscribers in Q4, “entirely driven by DirecTV Now”; DirecTV Now launched on November 30 — Telco also discloses $1 billion charge in quarter related to pension and postemployment benefit plans — AT&T added more than 200,000 …
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Paul Resnikoff / Digital Music News:
Norwegian newspaper: Tidal publicly claimed 3M members in March 2016, but paid music labels for just 850K subscribers a month later — How many subscribers does TIDAL really have? A new study is now accusing the Jay Z-owned service of completely fabricating their numbers. And not by a little bit.
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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Guardian Mobile Innovation Lab app is experimenting with iOS 10 expanded push notifications to cover Trump's inauguration — Plus a look back at some Inauguration Day digital innovations of the recent past. — As Donald Trump takes the oath of office Friday and parades down Pennsylvania Avenue …
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Joe Pompeo / Politico:
Since Meryl Streep's plug at the Golden Globes, the Committee to Protect Journalists has received $300K from about 2K individual donors — THE MORNING MEDIA PROFILE: CPJ'S AMERICAN MOMENT - “This is new,” Joel Simon, executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, was telling Morning Media on the phone yesterday.
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Politico:
Sources: President Trump will tap GOP commissioner Ajit Pai, a fierce critic of net neutrality, to lead the FCC — President Donald Trump will tap Ajit Pai as his pick to lead the FCC in the new administration, elevating the sitting GOP commissioner to the top spot overseeing …
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Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Business Insider is launching a sub-Saharan version of its site in conjunction with Ringier Africa Digital Publishing on January 23 — Business Insider announced Friday that it will launch a sub-Saharan version of its site in conjunction with Ringier Africa Digital Publishing. — The site will debut on Jan. 23.
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Fox News signs former UKIP leader Nigel Farage, a major backer of Brexit who campaigned for Trump, as a contributor — Fox News has signed former United Kingdom Independence Party leader Nigel Farage as a contributor. — Farage — a major backer of Brexit who campaigned for President-elect Donald Trump
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Corinne Grinapol / FishbowlDC:
Ozy Media launching year-long project, States of the Nation, with politics reporter Nick Fouriezos spending a week reporting in every state, starting January 22 — There are 52 weeks in a year and 50 states in our country, a math that allows OZY Media to take a year to explore what's happening …
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James Warren / Poynter:
Fake news likely did not sway the election, according to a new study by Stanford and NYU academics — “Fake news” stories favoring Donald Trump far exceeded those favoring Hillary Clinton but did not have a significant impact on the presidential election, concludes a new survey of social and other media consumption.
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New York Magazine and @craigsilverman
Brian Fung / Washington Post:
Exit interview with outgoing FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler on net neutrality, privacy, cybersecurity, zero-rating, closed captioning, and more — If you're familiar with the comedian John Oliver, then you may also remember the man he once memorably called a “dingo.”
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