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Bloomberg:
Source: Trump has sworn off Morning Joe as he cuts back on MSNBC and CNN; he remains an avid Fox viewer and watches CNBC for business news — President said to binge more on Fox News, avoid CNN, MSNBC — Lobbyist discusses buying ads on Trump's favorite TV shows
Harrison Weber / VentureBeat:
Snap starts trading at $24 per share, valuing the company at around $33B, 41% above $17 original price — SNAP starts trading. — Snap, the company that runs Snapchat, opened on the New York Stock Exchange this morning at $24 per share. At that price, the company had a valuation of $33.6 billion …
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Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Recode, Softpedia News, @danprimack, @oliversmitheu, @scottmaustin, Axios, Recode and Gizmodo
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Committee to Protect Journalists, Freedom of the Press Foundation, and other organizations team up to launch a site tracking press freedom violations in the US — In the early days of his presidency, Donald Trump has called journalists the “enemy of the American people” (twice) …
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@indexcensorship, @rcfp, @jodieginsberg, @fqadi, @tigerbeat, @journalismfest, @indexcensorship, @trevortimm, @rorypecktrust, @londoninsider, @shift_mindsets, @poynter, @benmullin and @mathewi
Ed Meza / Variety:
Reed Hastings says Netflix has invested $1.75B+ into European productions and currently has 90+ original shows in development across Europe — BERLIN - Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said Wednesday that the company had invested more than $1.75 billion in European productions, including licensed programming …
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Forbes, @juanpmoraless and @variety
Brian Flood / The Wrap:
The New York Times redesigns its front pages to give readers a more comprehensive overview of what the paper is doing both in print and digital — The New York Times today introduced a reimagined design of the front two pages of its newspaper (known as pages A2 and A3), modeled on the “front of book” pages of magazine layouts.
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Nieman Lab, Publishers Weekly, Business Wire and @jackshafer
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Defamation lawsuit against BuzzFeed over dossier moves from local Florida court to federal court, which might be more current on constitutional issues — WASHINGTON — A defamation suit brought against online news site BuzzFeed for its publishing of an intelligence dossier that alleges Kremlin ties …
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@jeffjohnroberts and The Daily Caller
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
In the two years since hiring its first chief digital officer, Condé Nast's digital audience has grown 76% while time spent on sites has increased 132% — Last June, Vanity Fair launched The Hive, its first vertical outside the storied magazine, with a roster of star writers and social-first strategy.
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@leovanderborgh and @digiday
Rich McCormick / The Verge:
Twitter partners with ESL and Dreamhack to broadcast tournaments and e-sports events live starting March 4, will also broadcast 30-minute weekly e-sports show — After making a move into streaming traditional sports, Twitter will now start streaming e-sports.
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TechCrunch, Reuters, ESPN, SportTechie, GeekWire, PR Newswire, Variety and Engadget
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, @jayrosen_nyu, @byalisonbowen, @mlcalderone, @oswaldrachel and @evan_rosenfeld
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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Washington Post, @jamesgeary, @niemanfdn, @lisang, @samuelsokol, @reglash, @niemanreports and @talschneider
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
To avoid perceived conflicts of interest, NPR issues new guidelines requiring its line editors to include funding disclosures in stories — Beginning today, rank-and-file journalists at NPR are responsible for making sure appropriate financial disclosures are made in their stories — and they have the information to make that happen.
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Commentary : NPR, @currentpubmedia, @poynter and @benmullin
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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@macrumors, @macstoriesnet, @iryantldr and MacRumors
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