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Tina Nguyen / Vanity Fair:
Profile of Sean Spicer, who was known among the DC press corps as an amicable if sharp-tongued PR pro before he became White House press secretary — Once a well-liked figure among the D.C. press, Sean Spicer's new role as Trump's attack dog has people scratching their heads.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Sources: Fox & Friends news anchor Heather Nauert in talks with Trump about a White House communications job — Imagine you're Reince Priebus. Every day, you hear speculation that your days as White House chief of staff are numbered. You wake up on a Sunday and read that colleague Kellyanne Conway's dream job is, well, yours.
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@brianstelter, @jgreendc and Vanity Fair
Duncan Campbell / The Register:
Proposed changes to draft UK Espionage Act, replacing Official Secrets Act, could mean jail time of up to 14 years for journalists who handled leaked gov't docs — Hasty and botched consultation revealed by El Reg — Exclusive Proposals for a swingeing new Espionage Act that could jail journalists …
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Gabriel Snyder / Wired:
Inside NYT's digital transformation: luring subscribers via Beta Group's vertical apps, a Facebook chatbot, live video, VR, and more on top of strong journalism — Arthur Gregg Sulzberger doesn't remember the first time he visited the family business. He was young, he says, no older than 6 …
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Washington Post:
Washington Post launches Discover Edition on Snapchat, becomes first news org to push daily breaking news updates; edition will be live in the US, UK, Canada — New Post Edition will be constantly updated seven days a week — The Washington Post today announced the launch of The Post's …
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@jarroddicker, @fedecherubini, @mlcalderone, @mims, @anthony and The Drum
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Rupert Murdoch's ties to Trump family, including Ivanka's former role as trustee for a Murdoch trust, raise questions about how he will guide his media empire — The ties that bind the most powerful media mogul in the world to the leader of the free world just keep getting stronger.
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@raju, @scottnover, @ghoshworld, @httpstatus402 and Media Matters for America
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Eric Peckham:
Lessons from Rupert Murdoch's approach to business, which grew News Corp into an empire that shapes policy and popular opinion — How to do business the News Corp way. — Given my focus on venture investing, media, and politics, it is perhaps no surprise that I find Rupert Murdoch …
Jeff Gammage / Philly.com:
Knight Foundation and the Lenfest Institute for Journalism to invest $4.8M to help newspapers speed transition to digital, reach new audiences, more — Two foundations intend to spend a combined $4.8 million to find ways to speed the online transformation of the Inquirer and other news organizations around …
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Nieman Lab, @jeffgammage and @jayrosen_nyu
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Conservative news organizations like Newsmax, Breitbart are now getting more access to the White House at press briefings and with presidential interviews — John Gizzi has been around the block more than a few times at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. A veteran presidential reporter …
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New York Times, @jakesherman, @johnjharwood, Vanity Fair, Mediaite and The Week
Al Jazeera English:
Photo of assassin who killed Russia's ambassador to Turkey, taken by Associated Press photographer Burhan Ozbilici, wins 2017 World Press Photo competition — AP photographer Burhan Ozbilici wins 2017 World Press Photo competition for image of Russian ambassador's assassin.
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CNN, TIME, Daily Telegraph, DW.COM, British Journal of Photography, @jason_kint, @princejvstin, @owillis, @johnmcquaid and New York Times
New York Times:
Sub-Saharan African nations like Cameroon, Gambia, and the Republic of Congo increasingly use internet blackouts to stem protests — DAKAR, Senegal — Julius Ikena's trade business is at a standstill because he cannot make electronic payments to his partners.
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@kenroth, @greatfirechina, @rcoreyb, @smith_jeffreyt and @aaronross6
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with Alex Skatell, founder of the Independent Journal Review, on the importance of community for news organizations and the site's future — “We're still quite a ways off from that being a majority of our revenue, but for publishers in general, the ones that thrive I believe …
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