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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
White House releases list of 78 terrorist attacks that it claims received little media attention, but list includes many that were widely covered — The White House on Monday evening distributed a list of terrorist attacks that “have not received the media attention they deserved.”
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Speaking to the US Central Command, Donald Trump claims that the media intentionally covers up reports of terrorist attacks — Speaking to the United States' Central Command on Monday, President Trump went off his prepared remarks to make a truly stunning claim: The media was intentionally covering up reports of terrorist attacks.
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Google adds anchor button on AMP pages, to help readers see and share publishers' real URLs — As promised, Google is making a change to how it displays Accelerated Mobile Pages, so that users can easily view and share links that lead directly to publishers' sites rather than to Google's copy of the content.
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Google Developers Blog, Google Developers, TechCrunch, BetaNews, @remotesynth, Engadget, The Next Web, @dannysullivan, The Tech Portal, The Verge and MacStories
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Court rules against Public.Resource.org, says standards like fire codes, developed by private orgs and incorporated into law by reference, are copyrightable — For many years, we've written about Carl Malamud and his non-profit organization Public.Resource.org, which goes to great lengths …
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@eff, Electronic Frontier Foundation and @carlmalamud
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Janice Min moves to parent company of The Hollywood Reporter to focus on new media investment strategy; Matthew Belloni named editorial director in her place — LOS ANGELES — Janice Min, who has orchestrated a stunning turnaround at The Hollywood Reporter over the last seven years …
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Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Los Angeles Times, LA Observed, @janicemin, @piersmorgan, @michaelsocolow, @alexnazaryan, @davidfolkenflik, @dylanbyers and @pflax1
Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
Melania Trump files suit against Mail Media, claiming Daily Mail escort article “impugned her fitness to perform her duties as First Lady of the United States” — A lawyer for first lady Melania Trump argued in a lawsuit filed Monday that an article falsely alleging she once worked …
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@nixanadoo, @bkjabour, @paullewis, @mikecullen73, @bfriedmandc, New York Post, Business Insider, Boing Boing, Quartz and The Week
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with Gizmodo Media Group CEO Raju Narisetti, on layoffs at Fusion, the future of Gawker, and potential expansion into TV — “Think of all these sites as the digital, non-linear television arm of Univision.” — What exactly is Fusion? is a question many asked when the Univision …
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@fusionmedia, @adamweinstein, @willsommer, @max_read, @futfanatico, @ylichterman, @caseyjohnston and @niemanlab
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Snapchat to Debut BBC ‘Planet Earth II’ Show Tied to TV Series — BBC Worldwide has teamed with Snapchat to drive TV tune-in for the North American launch of “Planet Earth II” through an exclusive short-form show — featuring never-before-seen footage. — The six-episode Snapchat Show …
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Dell Cameron / The Daily Dot:
FBI won't accept FOIA requests by email from Mar., requiring them to be sent via fax, mail, and a fraction through online portal with personal info of requester — The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will implement a new policy next month likely to further frustrate people seeking public records under …
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TechCrunch and Engadget
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Sean Spicer says NYT owes Trump an apology for story on the president's early days in office saying it's “riddled with inaccuracies and lies” — White House press secretary Sean Spicer demanded an apology from The New York Times for publishing an article containing eye-opening details …
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Mediaite, The Guardian, @thehill and Washington Post
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Analysis of government hospitality registers suggests News Corp execs visited Downing Street more than any other company in UK from April '15 through Sept. '16 — New analysis of UK government hospitality registers suggests executives from News Corp are more likely to visit Downing Street than any other company.
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Media Reform Coalition, @peterjukes, @eaterofsun, @jim_edwards and @pressgazette
Andrew Marantz / New Yorker:
How Julia Hahn, a 25-year-old Breitbart reporter from Beverly Hills, became a special assistant to President Trump — How Julia Hahn got from the University of Chicago to Breitbart to the White House. — There's an old saw about Washington, D.C., that staffers in their twenties …
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@maggienyt, @blakehounshell, @mayravesh, @elizabethgchang, @ludacristiano and @rpbp