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4:55 PM ET, February 13, 2017

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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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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Sources: WSJ Editor-in-Chief Gerard Baker defends paper's Trump coverage in staff meeting, says reporting hasn't been soft and it's “fake news” to say otherwise  —  And it's “fake news” to say otherwise.  —  NEW YORK Wall Street Journal Editor-in-Chief Gerard Baker defended …
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 …
Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
N.Y. Times reprimands reporter for sharing ‘unfounded rumor’ about Melania Trump  —  Editors at the New York Times have reprimanded a reporter for referring to first lady Melania Trump as a “hooker” at an event Sunday night, calling the remarks “completely inappropriate.”
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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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
Rowena Mason / The Guardian:
Spokesman for UK's Theresa May denies that draft law could put journalists under greater threat of prosecution for handling leaked government documents  —  Theresa May's spokesman defends Law Commission proposals to radically increase prison terms for revealing and handling state secrets
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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
Emily Smith / Page Six:
Josh Elliott fired from CBS News after signing off from his anchor post at CBS' digital channel, CBSN, for a larger role at the network  —  Josh Elliott has been dramatically fired from CBS News today after a bizarre series of events where he stepped down from CBS's digital channel …
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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Fox News:
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro says he wants CNN out of the country just days after CNN en Espanol airs report on passports, visas being sold in Iraq  —  Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro said on Sunday he wanted CNN out of the country, alleging it misrepresents the truth and meddles in issues that are not of its concern.
James Warren / Poynter:
Trump circumvents “liberal” media and amplifies sympathetic outlets in press conference with Trudeau  —  MSNBC's Brian Williams cut to the chase as soon as the Monday press conference between President Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ended.
Julie Bort / Business Insider:
Behind Medium's pivot away from an ad-funded business model, as some people increasingly call the startup a vanity project for billionaire founder Ev Williams  —  Four days into 2017, Medium's employees came to work and were told that one-third of them, 50 people, were fired.  —  They were shocked.
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Kyle Pope / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with Washington Post CIO Shailesh Prakash and Director of Product Joey Marburger, who talk to Jeff Bezos more than Marty Baron does  —  Is it an underhanded compliment to be called the most innovative company in the newspaper business?  —  The Washington Post will happily take it.
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Betsy Reed / The Intercept:
Bestselling author Naomi Klein joins The Intercept as senior correspondent to cover the Trump era
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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
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Q&A with Alex Skatell, founder of the Independent Journal Review, on the importance of community for news organizations and the site's future
 

 
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Samantha Subin / CNBC:
The Nasdaq closes down 4%, with Meta down 7%, Nvidia down 6%, Amazon down 5%, and Apple down 4%, as the White House says Trump's tariffs on China now total 145%

Charles Rollet / TechCrunch:
The DOJ charges AI shopping app Nate's ex-CEO, Albert Saniger, with fraud, alleging the app relies heavily on workers in the Philippines; Nate had raised $50M+

Cristina Criddle / Financial Times:
Sources: OpenAI recently gave staff and third-party groups just days, vs. several months previously, to evaluate risks and performance of its latest models

 
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