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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
In a story on national security adviser Michael Flynn's resignation, the New York Times quoted from a fake Twitter account purporting to be Flynn — The New York Times fell victim early Tuesday morning to a fake Twitter account purporting to belong to recently resigned national security …
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Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Facebook announces free app for Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Samsung Smart TV, launching “soon” — The new app will let users kick back and watch Facebook videos from the couch. — Facebook is coming to your television. — The social network on Tuesday announced a new app …
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Beatrice Verhoeven / The Wrap:
In a four-part tweeted apology, New York Times feature writer Jacob Bernstein apologized for a slur he made about First Lady Melania Trump at a party — Jacob Bernstein says he “made a stupid remark about the first lady” — The New York Times reporter who called Melania Trump a “hooker” …
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Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
N.Y. Times reprimands reporter for sharing ‘unfounded rumor’ about Melania Trump
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Joe Pompeo / Politico:
In an abrupt organizational shake-up, Newsweek EIC Jim Impoco is leaving and will be replaced by Matt McAllester, who will have a new title of global EIC — Jim Impoco, the editor in chief of Newsweek for the past three-and-a-half years, is leaving the magazine in an abrupt shakeup announced to employees Tuesday morning.
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Media should rethink the value of giving time on political TV shows to people like Stephen Miller, who tell brash falsehoods — Strange, isn't it, that it was a lie that supposedly caused Gen. Michael Flynn to be fired? His false assurances to Vice President Pence about pre-election conversations …
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John Koblin / New York Times:
Noah Oppenheim named president of NBC News, replacing Deborah Turness, now president of NBC News International; NBC News takes 25% stake in Euronews — NBC News will announce a significant reorganization of its leadership ranks, along with a major investment in a European TV network, a person briefed on the changes said Tuesday.
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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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Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
BuzzFeed is co-producing TV content with NBCUniversal, including a crime investigation docu-series; a source says BuzzFeed is eyeing a 2018 IPO — BuzzFeed and NBCUniversal are unveiling new original series under development, the companies' first joint television productions since the formation of their partnership.
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Melody Kramer / Poynter:
Q&A with Matt Kiser, founder of the WTF Just Happened Today blog, which has 48K newsletter subscribers and is on track to garner 2.5M pageviews in February — Matt Kiser worked in news for many years, and now he works as a product manager at an algorithm startup in Seattle.
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Andy Greenberg / Wired:
Since early last year, Edward Snowden has been quietly serving as President of the Freedom of the Press Foundation, working on security tools for journalists — WHEN EDWARD SNOWDEN leaked the biggest collection of classified National Security Agency documents in history …
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
There's division among the White House press corps after Trump-Trudeau press conference where two conservative outlets were granted questions, none about Flynn — After president calls on two questioners who fail to ask about Flynn, reporters from other outlets cry foul.
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James Warren / Poynter:
Trump circumvents “liberal” media and amplifies sympathetic outlets in press conference with Trudeau
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Ben Popper / The Verge:
YouTube cancels Scare PewDiePie, an original series by its star PewDiePie; Google has also removed the YouTuber from the Google Preferred advertising program — PewDiePie also lost his preferred advertising status — YouTube's biggest star, PewDiePie, has always flirted with controversy.
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Wall Street Journal:
Disney Severs Ties With YouTube Star PewDiePie After Anti-Semitic Posts
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BuzzFeed:
A soon-to-be-released Hollywood film, A Cure For Wellness, used five fake news sites and a series of viral hoaxes as part of its promotional campaign — A Cure For Wellness is linked to five fake local news websites that have been spreading hoaxes about vaccinations, Trump, and other topics.
Associated Press:
A radio producer and an announcer were fatally shot in the Dominican Republic amid a Facebook Live broadcast, which was cut off — A radio producer and an announcer have been fatally shot in the Dominican Republic while one of them was reading the news during a live transmission on Facebook.
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Dan Frommer / Recode:
Senior Editor Felix Salmon lists mistakes Fusion has made, including initial focus on Hispanic millennials, FL location, confidence in video “synergies”, more — Don't let TV people build your website. “Obviously.” — Fusion Senior Editor Felix Salmon says he carries business cards …
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