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Oliver Darcy / Business Insider:
In internal memo, Fox execs James and Lachlan Murdoch say they're helping staff affected by the Muslim ban, note the company was founded by immigrants — 21st Century Fox executives Lachlan and James Murdoch on Monday addressed employees about President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration.
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Hamza Shaban / BuzzFeed:
Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos' company, Amazon, joins Washington State's lawsuit against Trump's Muslim ban — The attorney general of Washington state filed a lawsuit Monday challenging President Donald Trump's controversial immigration order, and he's counting two Washington-based companies …
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Joe Pompeo / Politico:
Sources: Layoffs hitting the Wall Street Journal today, with cuts to bureaus in Asia and Europe — Layoffs hit The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. — Details were scant, but sources said the cuts were happening in Journal bureaus in Europe and Asia.
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Politico:
New York magazine appoints The Daily Beast's political reporter Olivia Nuzzi as its first ever Washington correspondent — New York magazine has hired The Daily Beast's Olivia Nuzzi as its first-ever Washington correspondent, the magazine will announce later today.
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Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:
Samantha Bee is hosting a counter-event to the White House Correspondents Association's annual dinner, called “Not the White House Correspondents' Dinner” — The annual custom of the White House Correspondents' Association dinner suddenly seems uncomfortable if not untenable …
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
The Huffington Post ratifies its first union contract, which guarantees raises, editorial independence, and enhanced diversity — Employees voted nearly unanimously for a contract guaranteeing raises, editorial independence and enhanced diversity. — NEW YORK The Huffington Post ratified …
Alex Weprin / Politico:
In an interview, Sean Hannity says the media doesn't understand Trump and consists of “a bunch of overpaid, out of touch, lazy millionaires” — With top White House adviser Steve Bannon openly calling the media the “opposition party,” and President Trump in agreement …
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Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Felony riot charges have been dropped for three more journalists who were arrested at inauguration protests; two cases are still pending — Three more journalists who were arrested while covering protests against Donald Trump's inauguration have had felony charges against them dropped by prosecutors.
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Jonathan Peters / Columbia Journalism Review:
Journalists arrested in DC inauguration protests have law on their side
Journalists arrested in DC inauguration protests have law on their side
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
CNN creates new investigative reporting unit in effort to break more news, with Carl Bernstein and James Steele as advisers — CNN is embarking on what it characterizes as a major new initiative in investigative reporting as executives pull together accomplished reporters into a single unit and promise to hire at least a dozen more.
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
British streaming service Walter Presents, which curates foreign-language drama, to launch in the US in March for $6.99 a month — “Countries all over the globe are now producing extraordinary TV series,” says founder and curator Walter Iuzzolino about the service, which will cost $6.99 a month in the U.S.
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Analytics firms and social media stars say Snapchat Stories view counts have plummeted between 15% and 40% since Instagram launched its Stories clone — Good enough and convenient. That's proved a winning strategy for Instagram's clone, according to a dozen analytics providers …
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Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
New York Times Media Editor Bill Brink promoted to new, as-yet unnamed role within the newspaper, where he will focus on storytelling and features — The New York Times business news desk is undergoing a reorganization as part of the newspaper's broader overhaul.
Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke / WWD:
Steve Kandell, BuzzFeed's executive editor for features, appointed site director of Esquire.com — Steve Kandell will oversee Esquire.com. — Steve Kandell has been named site director of Esquire.com, Hearst revealed today. Kandell comes to Hearst from Buzzfeed, where he was, most recently, executive editor for features.