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James Warren / Poynter:
In second full press conference, Spicer defends Trump's belief in rampant voter fraud amid multiple media questions, citing unspecified “studies and evidence” — Sean Spicer may need the Army Corps of Engineers to clean up a mini-mess created by his boss.
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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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The Huffington Post:
Sources: supervisors have frozen public communications at DHHS, EPA, and USDA's research arm as new Trump administration takes over — Staff have been told to stop talking to Congress and the press. — Enterprise editor/Senior reporter, The Huffington Post
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Lara O'Reilly / Business Insider:
Digital Content Next study: average premium publisher made $7.7M from distributing content on third-party platforms in first half of 2016 — Publishers are receiving far less money than might have been expected from placing their content on the third-party distribution platforms owned …
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Oliver Darcy / Business Insider:
Source: Breitbart National Security Editor Sebastian Gorka joining the Trump administration, likely taking up position on National Security Council — Sebastian Gorka, the Breitbart national security editor and a Fox News contributor, is expected to join President Donald Trump's White House …
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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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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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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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@f_obermaier, @sarahljaffe, @pwthornton, @niemanlab and @patkiernan
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Newsweek retracts story praising assault of white supremacist Richard Spencer, issuing an apology via Twitter — Newsweek apologized Tuesday after publishing a piece that relished in the assault on white supremacist Richard Spencer Friday as he was counter-protesting at an anti-Donald Trump demonstration in Washington, D.C.
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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.
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Alexis Sobel Fitts / Backchannel:
Conservative media personalities and news sites are bypassing talk radio in favor of Facebook Live, where some video broadcasts get millions of viewers — How the rough-around-the-edges live-streaming tool became the perfect incubator for conservative news in the Trump age.
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Report: print sales of The Sun, Sunday Mirror, Sunday People, Daily Star Sunday, and the Sunday Post are down more than 10% year over year — Seven UK national newspapers are currently losing sales at a rate of more than ten per cent year on year, according to the latest ABC figures for December.
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Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Amazon gets first Oscar nomination for “Manchester by the Sea”, marking the first time a streaming service has been recognized in the Best Picture category — Kenneth Lonergan's drama scored a total of six noms, including lead actor, supporting actor and supporting actress.
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Wendy Davis / MediaPost:
News Media Alliance praises Trump's pick for FCC chair, Ajit Pai, as an “avid supporter of the news media industry” — News of Republican Ajit Pai's elevation to chairman of the Federal Communications Commission has alarmed many consumer advocates.
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Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
President Trump designates net neutrality opponent Ajit Pai as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission
President Trump designates net neutrality opponent Ajit Pai as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission
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