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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
White House press secretary Sean Spicer attacks media for accurately reporting inauguration crowds, warning “we're going to hold the press accountable” — Sean Spicer: Trump inauguration had largest audience ever — “That's what you guys should be writing and covering,” …
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump, in CIA visit, attacks media for coverage of his inaugural crowds — On his first full day in office, President Trump visited the Central Intelligence Agency's headquarters to express his gratitude for the intelligence community, which he had repeatedly railed against and recently likened to Nazis.
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
New York Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet rips “fairly ridiculous conclusion” in NYT public editor's column on the paper's coverage of Trump and Russia — Executive editors at the New York Times routinely differ with the public editors who deliver less-than-flattering judgments on the work of their colleagues.
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Liz Spayd / New York Times:
NYT was too timid in posting stories on Trump-Russia ties pre-election, with FBI discouraging publication and with stories posted only after government action — LATE fall was a frantic period for New York Times reporters covering the country's secretive national security apparatus.
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Public Broadcasting Funds In Jeopardy As Donald Trump Takes Office — The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which helps support over 1,500 stations, calls the reported plan “devastating.” — For decades, Republican lawmakers have mounted efforts to end funding for public broadcasting and leveled accusations of liberal bias.
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Ken Doctor / Politico:
Nine major newspaper publishers join Aggrego to launch Headlines Network, a widget-based content network rolling out on 400 of the publishers' sites — You can call it Outbrain for newspapers, if you want. Or perhaps a tamer Taboola. Tim Landon doesn't particularly care how you characterize his latest network effort.
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Despite Trump's battles with the press, he has always received glowing coverage from the tabloids, which have spread falsehoods about his opponents — Donald Trump's relationship with the reporters who cover him has often been testy. But not all the news coverage of the president-elect has been contentious or critical of late.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Twitter launches archive of Vine videos containing all posts from 2013 through 2017, with a creator spotlight section and Vines grouped by genre and year — Twitter just can't seem to let go of Vine. The company announced last fall it would close the video-sharing community site …
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Medium, Mashable, Engadget and AppleInsider
Rebecca Ford / Hollywood Reporter:
Interview with Jason Ropell, who leads Amazon's film efforts, about Sundance Film Festival buying plans, bidding wars, Apple's possible entry into film, more — Jason Ropell also opens up about 'Manchester by the Sea's' success, the challenge in releasing original films and how the executive team makes decisions.
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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Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube says it found an error that inflated lifetime view counts on channels on 21 days in past 6 months, will issue a patch in the next few days — YouTube said that it has discovered an error in how it tabulates lifetime view counts on channels — a bug that may have inflated total video views to date.
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