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Sources: Trump convened Thursday's press conference in part because of what he saw as the ineffectiveness of his own tweets — WASHINGTON — President Trump, smarting from a series of crises, moved his surrogates aside on Thursday and assigned the rescue of his month-old presidency …
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Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
Interview with Jake Turx, the young Jewish reporter for Ami Magazine who was berated at Trump's press conference for asking a question about anti-Semitism — Jake Turx is a newly minted White House correspondent for a publication that has never before had a seat in the White House press corps …
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Jared Kushner complained about what he felt was unfair Trump coverage on CNN to a senior Time Warner executive at a White House meeting — Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and close adviser, met with a senior Time Warner executive in recent weeks and expressed …
Mark Zuckerberg / Facebook:
Open letter outlining Facebook's attempts to build a more inclusive community, including improving tools for reporting abuse, squashing misleading stories, more — On our journey to connect the world, we often discuss products we're building and updates on our business.
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Zuckerberg emphasizes the need for a strong news industry and highlights growing local news, developing mobile formats, and improving business models
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Sahil Patel / Digiday:
In the wake of the PewDiePie scandal, dozens of advertisers have been contacting YouTube analytics firms to help them police their YouTube ad campaigns — Advertisers might want more stringent ways to police YouTube content in light of the controversy surrounding YouTube's biggest star …
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John Herrman / New York Times:
How a hands-off culture and tangible rewards for attention led to the PewDiePie scandal on YouTube, a platform with its own emerging politics
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Sources: Fox & Friends news anchor Heather Nauert is in talks to be named the next spokesperson for the State Department — Fox News anchor Heather Nauert is in talks to be named the next spokesperson for the State Department, multiple sources with knowledge of the talks tell POLITICO.
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Committee to Protect Journalists:
Crimean journalist Mykola Semena charged with separatism, faces five years in jail if convicted for 2015 story criticizing Russia, prelim hearing begins Friday — Authorities in Crimea should immediately drop all charges against Mykola (Nikolai) Semena and allow the journalist to work unobstructed …
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Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times:
20th Century Fox apologizes for collaborating with fake news creator to build fake sites, circulate false posts about Trump, vaccinations, more to promote movie — Since the term fake news entered the national lexicon, the advertising world has grappled with its role in inadvertently fueling …
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Katie Dupere / Mashable:
Giphy releases extensive GIF library with more than 2K words and phrases in American Sign Language, designed to teach hearing people ASL — GIFs can do more than add a sassy quip to the end of your tweet. Now, they can even help you learn a new language.
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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
How BBC Persian, whose reporters are not permitted in Iran, is using Telegram and Instagram to get around Iranian censorship — Last month, a fire tore through an iconic Tehran high-rise building, killing more than 20 firefighters and injuring another 70 people as it collapsed.
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Vermont's Hardwick Gazette is finally sold to a Connecticut couple who will take over management today and become the paper's 11th owners since 1889 — Last summer, Ross Connelly tried to give away his weekly Vermont newspaper. Kind of. — Connelly, who has run the Hardwick Gazette for 31 years, held an essay contest.
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Michael Barthel / Pew Research Center:
Pew study: for election news, young people turned to national papers like NYT, WaPo, and WSJ more than their elders — Younger Americans have long been less likely to read newspapers than their elders. But a Pew Research Center survey has revealed a significant twist …
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