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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
A new era of access journalism is emerging, one that rewards alt-right sites and peddlers of fake news that are pro-Trump and will not criticize him — Armed with its own set of facts, the right has created a parallel media universe that's risen all the way with Trump to the White House.
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Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
Gateway Pundit, an alt-right site and purveyor of fake news, claims it has a position in Trump's White House as a correspondent — When President-elect Donald Trump said on Fox News this week that he wouldn't kick the media out of the White House, after all, he added a word of warning …
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The Huffington Post, Motherboard, Business Insider and Fox News Insider
Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:
Source: SNL has indefinitely suspended writer Katie Rich over a tweeted joke about Donald Trump's youngest child Barron, following online backlash — Katie Rich, a writer for “Saturday Night Live,” has been suspended from her position at that show following a widely criticized post …
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Deadline, Gothamist, Washington Post, The Daily Caller, @laurengreenberg, @drgmlatulippe, @brianwcollins, @sgarrettpate, @thatbilloakley, @douthatnyt, @thesethhughes, @katmur23, @danharmon, @yashar, @mercurialblonde, @chriscaesar, @unitedsloth, @nataliesurely, @shelbyfero, Chicago Sun Times, Variety, New York Times, The Wrap, twitchy.com, HotNewHipHop.com, Refinery29, Vanity Fair, TheBlaze, Just Jared and Mashable
The Guardian:
The journalists who broke the Panama Papers story call on US press to collaborate on investigations into Donald Trump and to show solidarity with each other — Now it is time for the media to join forces once again - especially given the threat Trump poses — onald Trump is now president.
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Congressman Lamar Smith advises public to get their information directly from the President and not the press as it might be only way to get “unvarnished truth”
Congressman Lamar Smith advises public to get their information directly from the President and not the press as it might be only way to get “unvarnished truth”
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@patbagley and @badastronomer
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
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
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Bloomberg, Fortune, LA Observed, Poynter, The Guardian, FishbowlDC, CNNMoney, Dan Rather, The Hill, AOL, CNN, TechCrunch, The FJP, State & Capitol, @dangillmor, Mashable, The Huffington Post, TVWeek.com, The Week, Newser, Boing Boing, Politicus USA, Mediaite, Press Gazette, New York Times, The Atlantic, Forbes and @albertocairo
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
President Trump designates net neutrality opponent Ajit Pai as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission — Donald Trump has elevated Ajit Pai to chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, giving control over the agency to a reliable conservative who's been opposed to pretty …
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@ajitpaifcc, The Next Web, Mashable, CNNMoney, AdExchanger, GeekWire, Engadget and Broadcasting & Cable
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Hollywood Reporter:
Netflix has acquired the rights to a documentary about the Hulk Hogan-Gawker case, that is currently being screened at Sundance — The streamer already landed the rights to docs ‘Casting JonBenet’ and ‘Chasing Coral.’ — Netflix has acquired worldwide rights to the documentary Nobody Speak …
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@seyitaylor, @petersterne, The Verge and Variety
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Verizon laid off 155 employees from its mobile streaming service Go90; sources say Vessel team, acquired in October, will rebuild the service — Team from acquisition Vessel charged with app rebuild — Verizon's mobile streaming service Go90 is about to get a hard reset …
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Broadcasting & Cable, TechCrunch, CNBC, @jank0, @bmccandless and Engadget
Tara Palmeri / Politico:
On Monday, Trump dispatched aide Matthew Schuck - an ex-staff writer at right wing website Daily Surge - and a colleague, to the Voice of America's studios — The president dispatches two aides to the broadcasting agency that came under fire over the weekend for its Trump coverage.
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Amazon scores first Oscar nomination for Manchester by the Sea, also marking the first time a streaming service has been recognised in the Best Picture category — Kenneth Lonergan's drama scored a total of six noms, including lead actor, supporting actor and supporting actress.
Elizabeth Green / Chalkbeat:
Chalkbeat, the nonprofit local education news site with bases in Memphis, New York, Indianapolis, and elsewhere, officially expands to Detroit — A little over a year ago, an old colleague, Erin Einhorn, reached out with a proposal: Might Chalkbeat consider covering schools in her home, Detroit?
Bloomberg:
Amazon offers to drop clauses from e-book contracts to settle EU antitrust probe and avoid heavy fine; publishers have a month to respond before EC decides — EU poised to publish settlement plan, will seek feedback — Amazon has agreed to change e-book contracts with publishers
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New Europe, Fortune, Reuters and Bookseller News
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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Politico, Washington Post, TIME, Fortune, The Huffington Post, GeekWire, @mlcalderone, @nytnickc, @mlcalderone, @arifleischer and @benmullin
Music Business Worldwide:
Sources: Sprint's 33% stake in TIDAL cost $200M, valuing TIDAL at $600M — Well, well, well. — Less than a day after MBW ruminated on whether TIDAL would be able to secure some outside help with its funding - and survive without it - a major development has been confirmed.
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@mgsiegler, Rolling Stone, The Wrap, Variety, Forbes and TechCrunch
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