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9:50 AM ET, January 20, 2017

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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
As Trump takes 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.
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)
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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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
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.
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.
Sam Roberts / New York Times:
Wayne Barrett, who spent 37 years at the Village Voice investigating developers, landlords, and politicians, dies at 71  —  Wayne Barrett, the muckraking Village Voice columnist who carved out a four-decade career taking on developers, landlords and politicians, among them Donald J. Trump …
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  —  Hillary Clinton fundraiser David Brock has hired David Sirota, a critic of big money ties to both parties.  —  David Sirota / Via davidsirota.com
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.”
Discussion: @freepress
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Quartz ends three-year-old Next Billion conference, lays off three, will focus on projects like new subscription business  —  It will focus on projects like a new subscription business instead.  —  Quartz, the digital business news publisher, is going to stop putting on a high-end technology conference.
Discussion: @bmorrissey and @rafat
 
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Brian Flood / The Wrap:
Fusion TV launches Fusion Fights, a cross-platform project elevating social justice issues that impact young and diverse communities overlooked by the press
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Nielsen: Tucker Carlson averaged just under 3M viewers in his first week in Fox's primetime line-up, 10% more than the 2.72M Megyn Kelly averaged last year
Discussion: @marksimoneny
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
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