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6:30 AM ET, February 16, 2017

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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Trump is attempting to reframe the Flynn story by criticizing leaks to the press, without refuting stories from the CNN, NYT, and others  —  President Trump: Leaks are the ‘real story’  —  President Trump has a new opponent: A gusher of leaks from anonymous sources hinting at nefarious collusion …
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Trump continues streak of calling only on conservative outlets at press conferences with foreign leaders, ignoring shouted questions about Russia ties  —  President Donald Trump on Wednesday continued his streak of calling only on conservative-leaning outlets at his bilateral press conferences with foreign leaders.
Christopher Heine / Adweek:
Facebook to turn sound on by default for autoplay videos, including ads and branded content, by end of 2017  —  Follows in Snapchat's footseps  —  Facebook mobile users will soon hear audio fading in as they scroll through videos in the news feed.  And then, if they keep on scrolling …
Journalism in the Americas:
Venezuela's telecom commission orders CNN en Español off air and out of the country after gov't officials criticized story about alleged passport trafficking  —  Venezuela's National Telecommunications Commission (Conatel) has ordered the suspension of CNN en Español and has kicked the network out of the country.
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Attorney for Fox host says he was served subpoena from prosecutors about Ailes harassment allegations, claims in court that probe is related to securities laws  —  An attorney for a former Fox host says he received a subpoena from federal prosecutors in the midst of a sexual harassment lawsuit against Ailes.
Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
Intelligence officials who leaked information about Flynn to the press committed felonies, but they were justified in doing so  —  President Trump's National Security Advisor, Gen. Michael Flynn, was forced to resign on Monday night as a result of getting caught lying about whether …
Karl Quinn / Sydney Morning Herald:
Australia's state-owned national public broadcaster ABC partners with Melbourne university RMIT to relaunch fact-checking service  —  Eight months after it was axed as a result of government funding cuts, the ABC's Fact Check department is to be relaunched - as a joint venture with a university.
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Twitter is now limiting visibility of tweets from “potentially abusive accounts” only to their followers for a limited number of hours  —  Twitter time out.  —  Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey  —  Teresa Kroeger / Getty Images  —  Twitter is temporarily decreasing the reach of tweets …
Discussion: @manipulate and @harmfulopinions
Dylan Byers / CNN:
White House officials, including Bannon and Priebus, reiterate their support for Spicer, with some sources suggesting Conway is behind leaks undermining him  —  Washington (CNN)Sean Spicer has barely moved into his office.  —  Three weeks after the inauguration, the only things adorning …
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J.D. Durkin / Mediaite:
Morning Joe co-presenter Mika Brzezinski says White House adviser Kellyanne Conway will no longer appear on the show due to her repeated falsehoods
Bloomberg:
Sources: Verizon close to new deal for Yahoo properties, which reduces the $4.8B fee by about $250M; Verizon and Altaba to share liability for security breaches  —  Verizon is getting close to a renegotiated deal for Yahoo's internet properties that would reduce the price of the original $4.8 billion deal …
Adam Taylor / Washington Post:
German police say report in Bild, the country's most read paper, about a mob of Arab men who sexually assaulted women in Frankfurt was untrue  —  On Feb. 6, Germany's most-read newspaper reported that dozens of Arab men, presumed to be refugees, had rampaged through the city of Frankfurt on New Year's Eve.
Discussion: The Local, Hit & Run and iMediaEthics
Andrew Siff / NBC New York:
Spotify announces it's moving US headquarters to 4 World Trade Center, promises to add 1K jobs by end of 2018, and gets rent reduction credits of $11M  —  Spotify is relocating its headquarters in Manhattan, the company announced alongside Gov. Andrew Cuomo Wednesday.
 
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David Lieberman / Deadline:
Time Warner shareholders approve $85B sale to AT&T, but the deal still needs Justice Department approval
Discussion: The Wrap, Variety and Time Warner
Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke / WWD:
Texas Monthly's website editor Andrea Valdez named editor of Wired.com, the first hire under the magazine's new Editor Nicholas Thompson
Tamar Wilner / Columbia Journalism Review:
Facebook offers mea culpa to reporters during “News on Facebook” roadshow in Texas, says it's recommitted to listening to local journalists and newsrooms
Dave McNary / Variety:
80% of Thrillist's editorial staff, or about 70 employees, vote to unionize with the Writer's Guild of America; the site has 20M+ monthly visitors
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Seven journalists laid off from Tronc's San Diego Union-Tribune newspaper
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Howard Stern was sued after his show broadcast a woman's private conversation with an IRS agent in 2015
Discussion: IJR
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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