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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Flush with donations, ProPublica is planning to add 15-25 journalists to its newsrooms in New York and Illinois as it reorients itself to cover Trump — Bleak about the future of journalism? Here are some encouraging statistics: — In 2015, ProPublica ended the year with $450,000 in small donations …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Fox News cements its standing as Trump TV as Kellyanne Conway plugs Ivanka Trump's products without any opposition from Fox & Friends anchors — What's less surprising: that a top aide to President Trump would go on a Fox News program and plug the line of clothing and accessories of Ivanka Trump …
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Pew study: US adult news consumers can only recall the source of a news link 56% of the time, and 10% name Facebook as a news source — “The online news experience is a mix of deliberateness and serendipity,” a new report from Pew finds, noting that no one particular path to finding online news is dominant among users.
Ken Doctor / Politico:
Gannett and McClatchy's dismal financial earnings reinforce the growing idea that the current local news revenue model has stalled — How deep is the decline in the regional newspaper business? — Today, Gannett, the U.S.'s largest newspaper company with 109 local properties …
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Adam Klasfeld / Courthouse News Service:
NFL writer Bart Hubbuch sues Murdoch's New York Post, claiming wrongful termination for his tweet critical of Trump on inauguration day — MANHATTAN (CN) — Mocking his raunchy tabloid's desire for a “safe space,” a sports writer wants damages after the New York Post fired him for a tweet …
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Peter Kafka / Recode:
Viacom CEO Bob Bakish says “highly selective” licensing deals for new shows will reinforce the need for pay TV contracts — Viacom's new boss reminds the pay TV guys that he likes doing business with the pay TV guys. — Do you like watching shows from MTV, Comedy Central and other Viacom-owned networks?
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Stephen Witt / Billboard:
Interview with Jeff Bezos and Steve Boom, VP of Amazon Music, about the music industry, Echo and Alexa's place in it, more — Amazon founder Jeff Bezos would make almost any list of the world's most powerful people. In retail, he's clearly on top, and in tech, he's close to it.
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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Profile of Technically Media, a Philadelphia-based company which publishes local tech sites in five Mid-Atlantic markets — The company, which publishes tech sites in the Mid-Atlantic, wants to grow beyond its core events revenue model while keeping community at the heart of what it does.
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Justina Crabtree / CNBC:
A look at the encryption platforms helping facilitate leaks from Trump's White House, including SecureDrop and Signal, which are growing in popularity — As far as leaks out of new U.S. President Donald Trump's administration go, the saying “when it rains, it pours,” might be appropriate.
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Sources: at least two candidates have turned down WH communications director job, a position that has remained vacant since Jason Miller resigned in December — At least two candidates have turned down the job of White House communications director. — Controlling the message coming …
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Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
Profile of R. Emmett Tyrrell, founder of The American Spectator and the first conservative editor to embrace Trump — It's easy enough to find editors these days who say they saw Donald Trump coming, hard to find ones who are telling the truth about that. By my estimation perhaps …
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Andrew Liptak / The Verge:
Facebook hires MTV executive Mina Lefevre as head of development, overseeing scripted and unscripted content — Mina Lefevre had been the head of scripted for MTV — Facebook has been working to make video a central part of how its users experience the site, first with Facebook Live …
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