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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
President Trump and his aides condemn anonymous leaks to reporters, unless the leaks come from themselves — President Trump and his aides despise and condemn anonymous leaks to reporters. — Except, of course, when they are the ones doing the leaking. — On the"Fox & Friends" …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Sean Spicer was source of story about a Politico reporter laughing at the death of a Navy SEAL, after the reporter published an unflattering anecdote about him — Politico reporter Alex Isenstadt paid a certain price for his Sunday scoop about White House press secretary Sean Spicer's treatment …
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Peter Kafka / Recode:
YouTube debuts YouTube TV, a $35/month service including broadcast networks, about 30 cable channels, cloud DVR with unlimited storage, personal recommendations — Meet YouTube TV. — YouTube used to be the place you could watch almost anything you wanted, for free.
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Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
Penguin Random House to publish books by Barack and Michelle Obama, at a price sources say likely stretches to “tens of millions” — Penguin Random House will publish forthcoming books by former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, the former first lady …
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Nat Levy / GeekWire:
AWS says it has fixed cloud storage issues affecting northern Virginia data centers, which affected some media sites — This is a developing story. We will update it as more information becomes available. — UPDATE: 2:15 p.m.: Amazon Web Services has fixed all the issues related to the cloud storage outage Tuesday.
Jon Russell / TechCrunch:
SoundCloud debuts SoundCloud Go $4.99/month plan with 120M tracks ad free, will still offer its SoundCloud Go+ $9.99/month plan, which offers 150M tracks — SoundCloud has rebooted its paid membership plan with a new budget option less than a year after it launched.
Jackie Strause / Hollywood Reporter:
CNN will attend the White House Correspondents Dinner and will bring journalism students as its guests instead of celebrities — “We stand with the WHCA 100 percent,” said the network in a statement shortly after President Trump explained why he plans to skip the annual “Nerd Prom.”
Veit Medick / Spiegel Online:
Inside Alex Jones' media empire, which ardently supports Trump and often spreads false propaganda to aid his administration — Right-wing radio host Alex Jones is America's top conspiracy theorist. He has millions of listeners, but his most powerful one happens to be the president of the United States.
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Alex Sherman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Time Inc. asks five suitors, including Meredith Corp. and an investor group led by Edgar Bronfman Jr., to submit acquisition offers by next week — Five companies said to express interest in buying all of Time — Board will decide whether to proceed with sale based on offers
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Broadcasting & Cable:
Sen. Dick Durbin tells broadcasters that Trump's attacks on media mirror Soviet tactics in the Baltics, lays out three-part plan to protect journalists — Says as among most trusted outlets, they must report ‘without fear or favor’ — Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) took aim …
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Fred Imbert / CNBC:
Warren Buffett says the WSJ and NYT are the only two papers with an assured future, as they have a proven model for earning revenue from digital — Buffett: These two newspapers will likely survive... Warren Buffett thinks only two newspapers are certain to survive the industry's hugely difficult climate …
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Amanda Kludt / Eater:
Vox's foodie travel site, Eater, will expand to London later this spring — Eater London rumblings, a standing steakhouse, and more weekly restaurant intel from Eater's editor-in-chief … Note From the Road: — We plan to launch Eater London — a dream of mine for years …
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