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Naomi Darom / Nieman Reports:
Israeli media, which has dealt with a hostile administration for years, offers tips to US press: don't rely on briefings, find good sources — Having dealt for years with a hostile and obfuscating administration, Israeli journalists have a few tips for their American colleagues
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@niemanfdn, @lisang, @jamesgeary, @samuelsokol, @reglash and @niemanreports
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 …
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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@tripgabriel, TechCrunch, @christiana1987, @charlesornstein and @mathewi
Ryan Christoffel / MacStories:
Facebook releases video app for Apple TV that categorizes video into Shared by Friends, Following, Recommended, Top Live Videos, Saved Videos, and more — Last night Facebook launched its first app for the Apple TV. Its technical name is simply ‘Facebook,’ since it's bundled with the Facebook iOS app …
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@macstoriesnet, @iryantldr, @macrumors and MacRumors
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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3 min read, The Verge, Mashable, Engadget, @taylorlorenz, @medium and VentureBeat
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 …
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism:
New Reuters Institute report on changes within newsrooms around the world: distributed publishing, chat bots, messaging apps, VR, more — How are news organisations creating editorial and commercial innovation in this period of rapid change? — In a new Reuters Institute report …
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@risj_oxford, @gayle_tomlinson, @risj_oxford, @torystarr3 and @risj_oxford
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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@cferengul, @mediapost and @zseward
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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@greenlawchina, @byalisonbowen, @mlcalderone, @oswaldrachel, @evan_rosenfeld and @jayrosen_nyu
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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@kshaheen, @marklittlenews, @penamerican, DW.COM, Amnesty International, Reuters, Hurriyet Daily News, DW.COM and Al Jazeera English
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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@jgrovum, @mcnickwharton and @digiday
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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Broadcasting & Cable, TVSpy, AllAccess.com, Forbes and Deadline
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