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Columbia Journalism Review:
Study of 1.25M stories from April 2015 until the US election shows that a right-wing media network, anchored around Breitbart, altered the broader media agenda — The 2016 Presidential election shook the foundations of American politics. Media reports immediately looked for external disruption …
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@cyrusshepard, @sulliview, @justinhendrix, @umairh, @jayrosen_nyu, @ethanz, @vishne0 and @sheilacoronel
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Discussion among a Breitbart editor and other journalists shows the challenges and dangers for media covering Trump — It was a cross between Poynter.org and “The Five.” Today at a journalism conference titled “Covering Trump” and organized by the Columbia Journalism Review …
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Columbia Journalism Review, @daviduberti, @alexmleo, @pharmasean, @gabrielsherman and @erikwemple
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with New York Times editor Jake Silverstein, on the paper's recent front-of-book redesign and how the Times sees print and digital working together — “One thing that's cool on this project is seeing how print and digital can be friends.” — New York Times journalist Maggie Haberman's tweetstorm …
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Recode, @athertonkd, @mikeisaac, @darth, @fmanjoo and @laurahazardowen
Peter Kafka / Recode:
As Facebook begins adding “disputed” labels, a look at how Facebook took a full week to label one made-up story from a fake news site as “disputed” — Coming to your feed: A “disputed” label for bogus stories — That bogus story about Donald Trump your uncle posted on Facebook?
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Mashable, Business Insider, @politifact, @karaswisher, thrillist and Snopes.com
Bloomberg:
Sources: Fox & Friends news anchor Heather Nauert has been hired as spokeswoman for the State Department — Nauert is second from Fox News for State public affairs post — Press briefings at State are set to resume next week — Fox News anchor Heather Nauert has been hired …
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The Hill
Andrew Ross Sorkin / CNBC:
NBCUniversal invested $500M in Snap IPO as part of a strategic investment and partnership, making it the only US media company with a stake — NBCUniversal, a unit of Comcast and parent of CNBC, invested $500 million in Snap during its IPO as part of a strategic investment and partnership, according to sources.
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Peter Kafka / Recode:
NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke's note to employees: Snap investment “builds on our strategy to drive digital growth for our business”
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@adamjohnsonnyc, @joshconstine, @recode, Engadget, Variety, @thedomino, @pkafka, @jarroddicker, @alexweprin, @edmundlee, The Wrap, TechCrunch and Fortune
Pete Vernon / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with newly appointed Wired editor Nicholas Thompson on returning to the magazine's radical roots — Upon Nicholas Thompson's return to Wired last month as editor in chief, one of his first actions was to bring together the magazine's founding team, as well as former editor Chris Anderson.
Amanda Hess / New York Times:
A slew of new digital tools like PolitEcho, FlipFeed, and Read Across the Aisle aim to bring online audiences outside their political bubbles — As the media class struggles to understand an election result few foresaw, some have blamed a quirk of modern technology.
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Memex 1.1 and Journalism.co.uk
Julia Felsenthal / Vogue:
Interviews with female White House correspondents who are navigating the new presidency, including April Ryan, Ashley Parker, and Julie Pace — Nailing down the truth is a reporter's fundamental task, and it's one that has proved exceptionally difficult with the current administration …
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@halliejackson and @kgyp
T.C. Sottek / The Verge:
JetSmarter, the “Uber for private jets”, wanted to charge a Verge reporter $2K if they didn't publish a positive story about their flight after service demo — We've seen plenty of aggressive requests from companies that want positive coverage, but perhaps none as absurd …
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@chillmage, @caseynewton, @reckless, @anjalimullany, @urvaksh, @jtemple, @jguynn, @mattbevi and Talking Biz News
Michael Canyon Meyer / Columbia Journalism Review:
This Land Press, a Tulsa-based startup founded in 2010 to bring literary journalism to the heartland, will suspend publication of its magazine this spring — This Land Press, the Tulsa-based startup founded in 2010 to bring literary journalism to Middle America, will suspend publication of its celebrated magazine this spring.
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@jcstearns, @usprojectcjr, @k8tmac, @nbj914 and @mcm_nm
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