Mediagazer: Twitter opens up Periscope Producer to all users; the service lets broadcasters incorporate live video from sources other than their mobile device (Ken Yeung/VentureBeat)

12:50 AM ET, February 26, 2017

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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:

President Trump says he will not attend White House Correspondents' Association Dinner this year; WHCA president says the dinner will still go ahead on April 29 — Donald Trump on Saturday capped a week of tumultuous relations with the press by saying he will not attend …

Mike Allen / Axios:

Bloomberg cancels its afterparty for the White House Correspondents' Association dinner; Bloomberg's co-host Vanity Fair had earlier pulled out — Bloomberg L.P., host of the premier afterparty for the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, will not host an event this year, Axios has learned.

Discussion: Mediaite, The Guardian, The Hill, Washington Post, The Wrap, The Huffington Post, @morningmika, Politico, TVNewser, @mattyglesias, @ananavarro, The Daily Caller, @hadas_gold and BuzzFeed

Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:

CNN, Politico, NYT, BuzzFeed, and others blocked from gaggle with White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer; AP and Time declined to attend — Several news organizations boycotted the White House press gaggle this afternoon after the White House excluded CNN and other outlets from attending.

Discussion: The Huffington Post, @theleadcnn, New York Times, @jessicavalenti, Observer, emptywheel, The Gateway Pundit, TheBlaze, RT, Washington Times, New York Times, NBC News, Mediaite, Axios, Mashable, @saramurray, Forbes, Committee to Protect …, The Drum, TVNewser, The Baffler, @cnnpr, abc7.com, Vanity Fair, CBS Los Angeles, The FADER, Washington Post, The Wrap, Media Matters for America, Boing Boing, Mother Jones, Politicus USA, The Daily Caller, Politico, @maggienyt, Newser, Business Insider, The Stranger …, CNN, Washington Post, @peterbakernyt, Daring Fireball, CNNMoney, The Week, Washington Post, The Hill, @ryanlizza, @patcaldwell, @hadas_gold, @bretbaier, @arifleischer, The Hill, @glennthrush, sandiegouniontribune.com, @carrasquillo, Poynter, Wall Street Journal, @arifleischer, @hadas_gold, Business Insider, @joelpollak, @maggienyt, @kelseymsutton, @brianstelter, @steventdennis, @charlesornstein, @aclu, @jenniferjjacobs, @kasparov63, @aprildryan, @jimsciutto, @ap_corpcomm, @pierre, @arifleischer, @maxboot, @jakesherman, @aaronblake, @raju, @monikabauerlein, @glennthrush, @julieposetti, @zeddrebel, @noahbierman, New York Magazine, @aishas, @lawrence, @mlcalderone, @beachpeanuts, @jorgeramosnews, @nickconfessore and @petermaer

Philip Bump / Washington Post:
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said in December that press access to government is what separates democracy from dictatorship

Greg Miller / Washington Post:

Sources: Trump administration got senior members of intelligence community and Congress to call news outlets to challenge stories about Trump's ties to Russia — The Trump administration has enlisted senior members of the intelligence community and Congress in efforts to counter news stories …

CNN:
Sources: the FBI rejected a White House request to publicly knock down media reports about communications between Trump's associates and Russians

Oliver Darcy / Business Insider:

Sources: Gretchen Carlson is in talks to join MSNBC; the former Fox News anchor settled a sexual harassment lawsuit against Roger Ailes for $20M last year — Gretchen Carlson, who settled a multi-million lawsuit late last year against former Fox News chief Roger Ailes …

Discussion: Mediaite and @imillhiser

CNN:

Kurdish reporter Shifa Gardi killed in Iraq — (CNN)A reporter and anchor for an Iraqi Kurdish TV station was killed Saturday while working on the front lines as Iraqi forces battle ISIS for the city of Mosul. — Shifa Gardi, 30, a beloved journalist in a male-dominated profession …

Discussion: Rudaw, ITV, BBC, @bayanrahman, Committee to Protect …, The Sun, RT, Al Jazeera English, Daily Mail, Mirror.co.uk, @qubadjt, Yahoo! News and @sommervillebbc

Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:

While seeking press credentials, Breitbart CEO Larry Solov says Bannon resigned by phone, reveals site's owners: Susie Breitbart, Mercer family, and himself — Breitbart CEO Larry Solov on Friday met with the standing committee of the U.S. Senate Press Gallery — which is made up of five reporters …

Discussion: Washington Post, Politico, @mlcalderone, @ericboehlert, @adamserwer, @ddiamond, @perlberg, International Business Times and Forbes

Ken Yeung / VentureBeat:

Twitter opens up Periscope Producer to all users; the service lets broadcasters incorporate live video from sources other than their mobile device — After four months of being slowly released, Twitter announced that its Periscope Producer service is now available to everyone …

Discussion: @periscopehelp, Digital Trends and Adweek

Max Cea / Salon:

How an emphasis on web traffic and the recent departure of two music critics have affected The New York Times' dwindling jazz coverage — What changes in music coverage at The New York Times mean for jazz — Given the typical adversarial rendering of critics by artists — pedantic …

Spiegel Online:

Documents show Germany's foreign intelligence agency, the BND, spied on the phones, faxes, and emails of foreign journalists over several years — Germany's foreign intelligence agency, the BND, apparently spied on large numbers of foreign journalists overseas over the course of several years …

Discussion: BBC, RT, @eff, Daily Mail, DW.COM, DER SPIEGEL, New York Times, Washington Post and The Independent

Lyz Lenz / Columbia Journalism Review:

Profile of Texas Monthly's Pamela Colloff, whose true crime stories, oral histories, political profiles have earned her a reputation as a virtuoso of longform — Unemployed college graduate Pamela Colloff and her friend Margaret Brown in 1994 set off from New York on a road trip in a rusty Volvo with no real destination in mind.

Discussion: @olivianuzzi and @megreenwell

Jackie Spinner / Columbia Journalism Review:

Some politicians are avoiding reporters by using technology to interact directly with constituents — Illinois Rep. Peter Roskam at the 2011 Conservative Political Action Conference. Photo by Gage Skidmore. — AFTER DUCKING HIS CONSTITUENTS and protesters this month …