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Sources: the FBI rejected a White House request to publicly knock down media reports about communications between Trump's associates and Russians — FBI refused WH request on Trump-Russia stories — Washington (CNN)The FBI rejected a recent White House request to publicly knock …
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Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
Sources: CNN is considering sitting out this year's White House Correspondents' Dinner on April 29 — The cable network, which Donald Trump has repeatedly called “fake news,” is discussing internally about whether to attend the annual star-studded dinner, sources say.
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Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Interviews around the US reveal that Americans of varying political affiliations believe Trump's characterization of the media as “enemy” went too far — Biased? Probably. Oppositional? Maybe. Essential? In theory. But the enemy? Not so much.
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Justin Baragona / Mediaite:
In CPAC speech, Donald Trump says not all media, just “fake news media”, is the enemy of American people, decries leaks, claims reporters make up sources, more
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
How The New York Times' confidential tips page works: 50-100 tips per day, about half possibly newsworthy and distributed right away while protecting identity — Having worked for The Guardian team that won a Pulitzer Prize for breaking the Edward Snowden stories, Gabriel Dance knows the importance of anonymous tips.
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
On Monday, Dan Abrams will debut a new online video channel that expands on LawNewz with live coverage of trials and other court hearings — It's Court TV meets Cheddar TV with the coming trials of Aaron Hernandez and War Machine on tap. — Dan Abrams, ABC News' chief legal analyst …
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Kristen Hare / Poynter:
McClatchy debuts Video Lab West to experiment with production and distribution of VR, AR, 3D video, more, in collaboration with Google and YouTube — Two years after creating a video lab in Washington, D.C., McClatchy is heading out West. — Today, McClatchy announced Video Lab West …
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Sahil Patel / Digiday:
Interviews detail how Disney's $675M purchase of Maker Studios failed to thrive as prospects faded for YouTube multichannel networks — It wasn't one thing that transformed Maker Studios from a Disney princess to a pumpkin — there were a whole lot of many things.
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Engadget, Wall Street Journal, The Tech Portal and Adweek
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Timothy Pratt / Columbia Journalism Review:
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed released 1.47M pages of documents on paper instead of digitally after public records tussle related to federal probe of city contracts — IN A SURREAL SCENE near the end of Black Orpheus, the title character seeks his lost love, Eurydice, in a government building at night.
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@digiphile, New York Times and myajc
Sahil Patel / Digiday:
ESPN's SportsCenter gearing up to create original video shorts for its site and app, will use social sites for distribution — ESPN is gearing up to produce more original “SportsCenter” videos for digital and social platforms. — Within ESPN's 40-person digital video production team …
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@digiday, Tubefilter and The Drum
Tyler Falk / Current:
NPR board to vote Friday on three-year plan to increase station fees for non-news shows by 3.5%, dues and other fees to be increased based on station revenue — The NPR board of directors approved Friday a three-year plan for increasing station fees, supporting a new strategy …
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@lesliesmail, @davelucas, @niemanlab, @jesseholcomb and @currentpubmedia
Salena Zito / New York Post:
The disconnect between national news organizations and American citizens is exacerbated by the fact that local newspapers are disappearing — MORE FROM: — BEDFORD, Pa. — While efficiently running the elegant hotel dining room, Traci Smithmyer briefly glances at the stacks of newspapers available …
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@salenazito, @salenazito and @stevekornacki
Sami Main / Adweek:
Women's Wear Daily will cease publishing its weekly print product, instead putting out only special editions, while eliminating eight positions — Will focus on daily digital coverage, with special print editions — Women's Wear Daily, the so-called “bible of fashion,” …
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@joshsternberg, @fishbowlny and @adweek
Peter Bart / Deadline:
Gay Talese's famed Esquire article “Frank Sinatra Has a Cold” has been optioned by Sinatra's daughters, who've asked Talese, Nick Pileggi to write a screenplay — It is every journalist's dream: Publish an article and movie producers start chasing the film rights.
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@_cineaddiction, @deadline and @perlsofwisdom
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