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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 media outlets 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 …
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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Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
ABC News president pledges to stand with colleagues if White House fails to act transparently, after 230+ ex-staffers ask for “public stand” against WH — ABC News president James Goldston has pledged to “stand with our colleagues who cover the White House” and “protest” …
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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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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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David Pierce / Wired:
Medium debuts Series feature for its mobile app, similar to Snapchat Stories, but Series don't expire and users can subscribe to updates — At some point in every technology's evolution, the world settles on its Right Way To Do Stuff. Having one broadly adopted system just makes life easier …
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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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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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Kareem Shaheen / The Guardian:
German officials and others urge release of Deniz Yücel, a Turkish-German journalist for Die Welt jailed in Turkey on propaganda charges — Opposition and rights groups attack arrest of Deniz Yücel as German foreign ministry summons Turkish ambassador to Berlin
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DW.COM, Amnesty International, Reuters, Hurriyet Daily News, DW.COM and Al Jazeera English
Tobi Elkin / MediaPost:
MediaRadar study of 13K brands: 37% of publishers in 2016 didn't comply with FTC native ad guidelines, and ad renewal rates are at 33% across sites — A new study finds that nearly 40% of publishers don't comply with native advertising guidelines set forth by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
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Mike Ives / New York Times:
Cambodian government threatens Voice of America, Radio Free Asia, other foreign outlets, citing Trump's barring of certain outlets from White House gaggle — HONG KONG — In a sign that President Trump's criticism of the news media may be having a ripple effect overseas …
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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.
Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
Number of Facebook Live videos created by media firms in UK has remained at about 900/month for the last six months — Facebook Live is stagnating in the U.K. And with Facebook ending payments to media companies for creating live video, publishers don't expect to ramp up live video production in the next six months.
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