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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Trump wants a flat-out war with media for political purposes, but journalists should reject the bait, responding by doing their jobs fairly and fearlessly — The presidency is not a reality show, but President Trump on his first full day in office made clear that he's still obsessed …
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
In op-ed, BuzzFeed Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith defends the site's decision to publish Trump dossier, arguing that the document was influencing key decision makers — Since BuzzFeed News published a 35-page dossier of unverified allegations about ties between President Donald J. Trump and Russia …
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Sprint:
Sprint buys 33% of Jay Z's TIDAL streaming music service, “will make TIDAL available” to its 45M customers; Jay Z and the artist-owners will still run TIDAL — NEW YORK and OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Jan. 23, 2017 - Global music and entertainment platform TIDAL and Sprint (NYSE: S) …
Lindsey Ellefson / Mediaite:
Sean Spicer says the White House will designate four “Skype seats” in the briefing room later this week to allow journalists outside DC more access — During the first press briefing in Donald Trump's White House, Press Secretary Sean Spicer mentioned a new initiative called “Skype Seats.”
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Katie Benner / New York Times:
Snapchat updates rules to restrict publishers from posting explicit or misleading images, and links to potentially fake news, says all content must be accurate — SAN FRANCISCO — On Snapchat last week, MTV published an article with the headline “Is this the thirstiest person on earth?”
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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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The Independent:
@POTUS tweets not signed “-DJT” are written by Dan Scavino, the WH director of social media who's previously used Twitter to circulate conspiracy theories — The man behind Donald Trump's official presidential tweets is a former golf caddy who has repeatedly promoted fake news stories …
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Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:
Sources: Condé Nast to begin consolidating its business this week, with publishers replaced by general managers, key execs promoted, and layoffs — Consolidations are said to take place this week in advance of a trove of annual meetings. — Condé Nast's New York office.
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Lisa Campbell / The Bookseller:
Amazon launches the Kindle Storyteller Award, a £20K prize for self-published authors who publish their work on the Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) platform — Amazon has launched a £20,000 cash prize for authors who self-publish their work on its Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) platform.
Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Vox Media promotes Lindsay Nelson to newly-created CMO role, where she will oversee the company's new marketing division — Branded content chief aims to deliver the company's custom ads to more of the web — As Vox Media looks to attract more marketers to its digital properties, it's beefing up its own marketing capabilities.
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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