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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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CNN:
Sources: President Trump signed off on Spicer's plan to check White House aides' phones as part of leaks investigation, to identify those talking to press — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump signed off on press secretary Sean Spicer's decision to check aides' cell phones to make certain …
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Fox News Insider, Washington Post, PEN America, TheBlaze, Mediaite, Media Matters for America, CNNMoney, Vanity Fair and @brianstelter
Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
The New Yorker will not attend White House briefings until the exclusion of some news outlets including CNN and BuzzFeed is ended, says editor David Remnick — Even before the White House press corps was born—in 1896, when newspapers assigned reporters to a table outside the office …
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Variety, The Slot, @michaelluo, Fox News Insider and SPLICETODAY.com
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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Politicus USA and New York Magazine
Sahil Patel / Digiday:
Facebook's Insights no longer has video metric for views lasting 30+ seconds, replacing it with a metric for views of 10 or more seconds watched — Facebook has removed a benchmark metric that allows publishers to see how many video views lasted for 30 seconds or longer.
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Rossalyn Warren / The Guardian:
In Burundi, a secret network of journalists work covertly, reporting on the country's dictator, Pierre Nkurunziza, who dismisses negative stories as “fake news” — Exiled journalists tell of how decades of balanced post-conflict reporting is being dismantled by President Nkurunziza
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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.”
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Washington Post and Mediaite
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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Max Willens / Digiday:
Huffington Post is launching The Tea, a weekly email newsletter targeted at female Gen Z readers, with the goal of driving 25K subscribers in next three months — To introduce itself to its next generation of readers, the Huffington Post is going straight for their inboxes.
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@mekosoff, @lizadarwin and @jackmarshall
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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@kludt, @marinaoloughlin and @jayrayner1
New York Times:
Fox News' host Bill O'Reilly says guest falsely identified as Swedish national security adviser should not have appeared on the show — The Fox News host Bill O'Reilly distanced himself on Monday from a guest his show falsely identified last week as a “Swedish defense and national security adviser …
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@keitholbermann, @nytimes, @cnn and New York Times
Brian Heater / TechCrunch:
FCC Chairman pledges to roll back net neutrality regulations during European address — As Ajit Pai took the stage for a speech at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this morning, CNBC anchor Karen Tso noted that the newly appointed FCC Chairman's top priority has been the dismantling of net neutrality …
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