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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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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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@michaelluo, SPLICETODAY.com and Media Matters for America
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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Jack Nicas / Wall Street Journal:
YouTube viewers worldwide watch more than 1B hours of video a day, a 10-fold increase since 2012, threatening to eclipse US TV viewership — Google unit posts 10-fold increase in viewership since 2012, boosted by algorithms personalizing user lineups — YouTube viewers world-wide …
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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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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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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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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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Casey Newton / The Verge:
Mozilla buys Pocket, its first acquisition, and says the read-it-later service will continue operating as an independent subsidiary — From browser extension to acquisition — Mozilla has acquired Pocket, a kind of DVR for the internet, for an undisclosed sum.
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Jason Bellini / Wall Street Journal:
WSJ/NBC News poll: 51% of 1K Americans rate the media as too critical of Trump, 41% say it has been fair, and 6% say it hasn't been critical enough — A large minority believes coverage of the president has been fair and objective, new WSJ/NBC News poll finds
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Forbes, @marklittlenews and Fortune
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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