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Jenna Amatulli / The Huffington Post:
Playboy returns to roots, will bring back nudity but drop “Entertainment for Men” under new chief creative officer Cooper Hefner — “Nudity was never the problem because nudity isn't a problem.” — Trends Editor, The Huffington Post — It's been only a few months since Cooper Hefner …
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Wall Street Journal:
Disney Severs Ties With YouTube Star PewDiePie After Anti-Semitic Posts — Move came after the Journal asked about videos in which he included anti-Semitic jokes or Nazi imagery — Felix Kjellberg, who has 53 million subscribers to his “PewDiePie” YouTube channel, reacts as two men hold up a sign saying …
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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 M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
White House grants press credentials to Gateway Pundit, a pro-Trump publication known for spreading false rumors — The Gateway Pundit, a provocative conservative blog, gained notice last year for its fervent pro-Trump coverage and its penchant for promoting false rumors about voter fraud …
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Veteran reporter April Ryan says the White House's Omarosa Manigault threatened her and claimed Trump officials had built dossier about her — Conflict and controversy seem to follow Omarosa Manigault, who stirred up plenty of both as a reality-TV star and a longtime associate of President Trump.
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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.
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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 …
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.”
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Yvonne Villarreal / Los Angeles Times:
YouTube Kids to launch original programming, with the first four shows beginning rollout in April — YouTube, already one of the leading destinations for swipe-savvy kids, is launching its own slate of original TV shows aimed at children and families in the coming months.
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Michael Calderone / Huffington Post Australia:
Sources: Slate laid off about six full-time staffers and contract writers — The influential web publication, which turned 20 last year, has cut about a half-dozen jobs. — Slate chairman Jacob Weisberg leads the Slate Group, which includes the flagship site, Foreign Policy and Panoply.
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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 …
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Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Apple's Eddy Cue says “Planet of the Apps” reality show will premiere this spring exclusively on Apple Music and will also have its own dedicated app — At the Code Media conference this evening, Apple's Eddy Cue sat down alongside Ben Silverman for an interview.
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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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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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