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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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Business Insider, Washingtonian, TIME, Washington Post, @joyannreid, The Guardian, Quartz, New York Times and The Week
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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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Mediaite, @brianstelter, @jgreendc and Vanity Fair
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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Adweek, @anthony, @thefix, @fedecherubini, @jarroddicker, @mlcalderone, @mims 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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@maudnewton, @brianstelter, @raju, @davidfrum, @scottnover, @ghoshworld, @httpstatus402, @stevekopack and Media Matters for America
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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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@grossdm, @acoyne, @ckummer, @gabrielsnyder, @nxthompson, @fromcarl, @mathewi, LA Observed, @mikeisaac, @gabrielsnyder, @ssmallwd, @_alastair, @rkearney, @dbfarber, @ow, @kpfinnerty, @dkthomp and @namcphedran, Thanks:@ravichandrans25
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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Telegraph, @vivian, The Guardian, The Verge, @peston, @helens_nha, @zackwhittaker, @undercoverinfo1, @arusbridger, @rj_gallagher, @jamesrbuk, @nkingofdc, The Guardian and @abiwilks
Stuart Franklin / The Guardian:
Chair of World Press Photo contest, Stuart Franklin, criticizes decision to confer Photo of the Year award to AP photograph of Russian ambassador's assassin — Its impact is undeniable, but the winner of the World Press Photo of the Year furthers the compact between martyrdom and publicity
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NPR, @malonebarry, @nppa and @cnni
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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
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The Guardian, New York Times, TIME, CNN, @princejvstin, DW.COM, British Journal of Photography, @jason_kint, Daily Telegraph, @owillis and @johnmcquaid
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.
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 and Mediaite
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
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Facebook is in talks with record labels about licensing their music for the social network, positioning it as a competitor to YouTube — Social network seeks accord for user videos, and possibly more — Music clips could lure ads away from $70 billion TV industry
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@business and @lucas_shaw
Julie Bort / Business Insider:
Behind Medium's pivot away from an ad-funded business model, as speculation mounts that the startup is 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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