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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
In an interview, WH chief strategist Steve Bannon says the media should “keep its mouth shut”, calls it “the opposition party”, citing NYT and WaPo by name — WASHINGTON — Stephen K. Bannon, President Trump's chief White House strategist, laced into the American press during …
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Michael Wolff / Hollywood Reporter:
Profile of Kellyanne Conway, who says she's trying to dramatically scale back her role as media bulldog, though she promised Trump she will oversee WH messaging — The president's counselor — now the most powerful (and ridiculed) woman in America — talks ‘SNL,’ “alternative facts,” the …
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Hadas Gold / 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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H.G. Watson / j-source.ca:
NYT hires Toronto Star columnist Catherine Porter as its Toronto bureau chief; a Times editor says the paper has 44K subs in Canada, a 47% increase since 2015 — By Dylan C. Robertson — The New York Times has hired its Toronto Bureau Chief. — Toronto Star columnist Catherine Porter …
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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
An estimated one-third of Canadian journalism jobs have been lost since 2010, says a new report, which offers 12 ways to safeguard the future of Canadian news
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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
The White House denies that conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been offered press credentials — Alex Jones likely won't be attending any upcoming White House press briefings, according to the Trump adminstration's press office. — Yesterday Alex Jones told viewers on his popular YouTube channel …
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Casey Newton / The Verge:
Twitter says it's replacing the Moments tab with an Explore tab, which emphasizes trending topics and live video — Content advisory — Twitter's central Moments tab, which once terrorized obsessive-compulsive users with a blue dot that never went away, is going away.
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Peter Kafka / Recode:
Facebook says it will promote longer videos with high completion rates in News Feed — Because that's what's on TV. — You know how mobile + social is supposed to = short attention span? — No more, says Facebook: It says it is going to start rewarding video makers who create longer clips.
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Business Insider:
WSJ: Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam is exploring a combination with Charter Communications, though talks are preliminary — The 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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Lindsay Stein / Ad Age:
Publicis Groupe names Arthur Sadoun Chairman and CEO to succeed Maurice Levy June 1, 2017 — After years of speculation about one of advertising's best-kept secrets, Publicis Groupe has answered the question of who will succeed Maurice Levy: The holding company today announced Arthur Sadoun will take the role of chairman and CEO.
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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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Rich McCormick / The Verge:
New Twitter accounts claiming to be from workers at federal agencies might or might not be genuine, thus requiring critical analysis and investigation — These new Twitter accounts claim to be federal agencies rebelling against Trump — Donald Trump's gag order on federal science agencies …
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Tatiana Siegel / Hollywood Reporter:
Filmmaker Alex Gibney is independently developing a documentary about Roger Ailes — The ‘Going Clear’ director's independent project comes on the heels of Annapurna Pictures scooping up a pitch from ‘Big Short’ writer Charles Randolph about the women who brought down the former Fox News chairman with accusations of sexual harassment.
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