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Brian Beutler / New Republic:
The response of political reporters and pundits to Trump's Congress speech was shameful, and proved that the press have very short memories — The media's reaction to his speech to Congress was shameful. — By the time Mitt Romney selected him to be his running mate in 2012, Paul Ryan …
Felix Gillette / Bloomberg:
A look at YouTube's strategy to entice young cordcutters to pay for TV with YouTube TV, which focuses on including live sports to make up for gaps in lineup — The millennial cordcutter singularity is nigh. — by — Subscribe Reprints — For years, YouTube has served up almost every imaginable kind of video.
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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
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Reuters:
Sources: Sinclair Broadcast Group has approached Tribune Media about a possible merger, which would depend on regulations being relaxed — Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc has approached rival U.S. broadcaster Tribune Media Co to discuss a potential combination, people familiar with the matter …
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John Williams / New York Times:
Kurt Andersen, a founding editor of Spy magazine, and Saturday Night Live's Alec Baldwin to write satirical book about Trump — A little more than a month into Donald J. Trump's presidency, it's safe to say that the satire business in America is booming. Penguin Press announced today …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Ruling finds NYPD may have violated 1st Amendment by revoking a press pass; experts say barring certain news orgs from briefings may also be unconstitutional — WASHINGTON — A ruling issued on Monday by a federal judge in Manhattan, in a case brought by a freelance journalist without a lawyer, may interest the White House.
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
President Trump and his aides condemn anonymous leaks to reporters, unless the leaks come from themselves
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Kevin Roderick / LA Observed:
Emmis sells Los Angeles, Cincinnati, and Orange Coast magazines to Hour Media Group; LA mag's EIC and editor-at-large to leave but Orange Coast will keep staff — Boom. The long and award-winning Emmis era at Los Angeles Magazine came to a crashing end Tuesday when the magazine was sold to a publisher of magazines in Detroit.
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Dennis Romero / LA Weekly:
Sources: the 6+ staff laid off at Los Angeles Magazine were all women, including Editor-in-Chief Mary Melton — New owners took over Los Angeles Magazine today and quickly laid off more than a half-dozen staffers — all of them women, according to information obtained by the Weekly.
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Craigslist founder Craig Newmark donates $1M to ProPublica; the non-profit newsroom will use some of the money to hire extra staff — Craig Newmark, the entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded Craigslist, announced on Wednesday a $1 million gift to ProPublica.
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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 coming books by former President Barack Obama and the former first lady Michelle Obama, the publishing company …
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Tatiana Siegel / Hollywood Reporter:
Sources: Disney CEO Bob Iger is considering running for President in 2020 as a Democrat — Iger told THR in June that “a lot of people have urged me to seek political office,” and now he's considering the prodding for him to lead the Democratic ticket. — Disney CEO Bob Iger already runs the world's most successful media company.
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PBS NewsHour:
PBS Newshour and the Washington Press Club Foundation announce the The Gwen Ifill/PBS NewsHour Journalism Fellowship for students — The Fellowship will be Announced Tonight at the Washington Press Club Foundation's 73rd Annual Congressional Dinner — Washington, DC (March 1, 2017) …
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Vice announces deals with eight mobile partners, including Verizon, and the launch of Vice+, a subscription video on demand service — They include direct-to-consumer, original production, licensing and Viceland programming agreements, particularly in the Asia Pacific region.
Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:
Discovery Communications and its Eurosport unit want to sell the mobile TV rights to the Olympic Games to cell phone companies — Partners could set up branded channel to stream highlights, news from Games — Discovery Communications and its Eurosport unit, which have the European rights …
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