Mediagazer: MuckRock's Slack channel devoted to FOIA and Trump has grown to 1.5K+ journalists from national and local newsrooms in the US in about a week (Kristen Hare/Poynter)

10:30 AM ET, January 27, 2017

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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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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:

Trump's ‘war’ with the media (and the facts) forces journalists to question their role — No president has ever said what Donald Trump has said, let alone said it a day into his administration. “As you know,” he remarked Saturday, “I have a running war with the media.”

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 …

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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Mădălina Ciobanu / Journalism.co.uk:

Discourse Media to focus on six issues, including gender, welfare, and Canadian economy over next 12 months as the company rebrands with a new digital presence — In 2017, the media company's coverage will be focused on six issues, including gender, welfare and energy poverty

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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 — From preferential tax treatment for Canadian publishers to a more focused CBC, “The Shattered Mirror” aims to support journalism …

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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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Kristen Hare / Poynter:

MuckRock's Slack channel devoted to FOIA and Trump has grown to 1.5K+ journalists from national and local newsrooms in the US in about a week — A few days before President Trump's inauguration, MuckRock opened up a Slack channel to help journalists better cover him and his administration.

Discussion: @poynter, @jenniferbrandel, @firstdraftnews and Mashable

Alex Heath / Business Insider:

Facebook is testing ephemeral Stories that sit at the top of News Feed in its main app in Ireland, mimicking Snapchat and Instagram — After successfully copying Snapchat with Instagram Stories, Facebook is at it again in its big blue app. — The same interface, which Facebook …

Discussion: @mattnavarra, @alexeheath, @rrhoover and Axios

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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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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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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