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11:40 AM ET, February 14, 2017

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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
In a story on national security advisor 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 …
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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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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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.
Jenna Amatulli / The Huffington Post:
Playboy returns to its 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 …
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Journalist April Ryan says White House communications director Omarosa Manigault threatened her with negative dossier that Trump officials had compiled  —  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.
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 …
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.
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.”
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Sources: WSJ Editor Gerard Baker views his critics as liberal whiners and believes his approach is fair and balanced, as the paper becomes more politicized  —  The most successful modern publisher of ideological journalism is Rupert Murdoch.  He buys media properties, or starts new ones, and turns them into conservative megaphones.
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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
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.
Tony Maglio / The Wrap:
Discovery Communications' Q4 misses Wall Street revenue estimates but profit increases 39% to $304M  —  Discovery Communications' fourth-quarter revenues increased year over year — just not enough to satisfy Wall Street.  —  The David Zaslav-led company reported $1.672 billion …
 
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Raffaele Huang / Wall Street Journal:
Apple removes WhatsApp and Threads from its App Store in China, saying it was ordered to do so by China's cyberspace officials citing national security concerns

Ryan Morrison / Tom's Guide:
Microsoft researchers introduce VASA-1, an AI model that can create a realistic talking face video from a portrait photo and an audio file, in research preview

Zaheer Kachwala / Reuters:
Google says it will consolidate teams that focus on building AI models across Research and DeepMind, and move its Responsible AI teams from Research to DeepMind

 
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