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Kaitlyn Tiffany / The Verge:
Amid Trump's gag orders on US agencies including EPA, anonymous Twitter accounts like @AltNatParkSer keep tweeting and gain traction — Rejecting Trump's science gag order, anonymous NPS Twitter accounts are still going — Government offices (and rogue employees therein) …
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Reuters:
USDA says gag-order calling for suspension of “public-facing documents” sent to research unit was flawed, has issued new guidance to replace it — The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Tuesday that an internal email sent to staff at its Agricultural Research Service unit …
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Business Insider:
Report: Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam is exploring a combination with Charter Communications, though talks are preliminary — Telecommunications giants Verizon and Charter Communications are exploring a combination, The Wall Street Journal's Shalini Ramachandran, Ryan Knutson, and Dana Mattioli report.
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Jonah Engel Bromwich / New York Times:
Media advocates denounce arrests of journalists covering violent protests near inauguration — At least six journalists were charged with felony rioting after they were arrested while covering the violent protests that took place just blocks from President Trump's inauguration parade …
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Politico:
WSJ media and advertising reporter Steven Perlberg is joining BuzzFeed, where he will cover Trump's relationship with the media — President Donald Trump's complicated relationship with the news media has riveted the political class for months — his impromptu TV appearances where foreign policy is made …
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Brian Fung / Washington Post:
Skype seats for White House press conferences are a good idea, if managed fairly and independently of the White House — Monday's first official White House press conference got lots of attention for the way Press Secretary Sean Spicer handled the media. At first skipping major news outlets …
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Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Sources: Salon Media nears deal to sell controlling stake to Spear Point Capital, an activist investor holding 4.9% of TheStreet.com — MORE FROM: — Salon Media, one of the trailblazing pioneers of digital publishing that has struggled in recent years, is on the brink of selling …
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Jessica Yellin / New York Times:
As a condition of Time Warner's AT&T bid, CNN should be sold to a new independent entity, creating more chances for journalistic rigor rather than punditry — In 2004, eight years after he'd sold CNN to Time Warner, Ted Turner, the network's founder, sounded an alarm about the dangers of corporate ownership of news organizations.
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Frank Langfitt / NPR:
A journalist who worked in China draws comparisons between tactics used by Chinese government and White House — Like millions of Americans, I watched the new White House press secretary, Sean Spicer, as he tried to convince reporters and viewers last weekend that President Trump's inauguration …
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Jarry Lee / BuzzFeed:
Roxane Gay Pulls Book From Simon & Schuster In Response To Milo Yiannopoulos Controversy — Roxane Gay has pulled her forthcoming book, How to Be Heard, from Simon & Schuster over its reported $250,000 book deal with Milo Yiannopoulous. — How to Be Heard was scheduled to be published in March 2018 with TED Books, an imprint of S&S.
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Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:
Breitbart News adds staff as it becomes the main pro-Trump news site, but maintaining credibility as an outsider organization becomes tougher — The mainstreaming of Breitbart News is well under way. — The right-wing outlet founded by the late Andrew Breitbart has taken on an increased importance …
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Camille Bas-Wohlert / Agence France-Presse:
Journalist Fredrik Önnevall faces human trafficking charges for helping a Syrian refugee travel from Greece to Sweden — A Swedish journalist who faces trial over human smuggling says he has no regrets about helping a Syrian boy flee to Sweden. — “Take me with you,” pleads Abed, a teenage Syrian migrant.
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