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Records show no fixed address for Steve Bannon as he built Breitbart; 2013 salary was listed as $750K on rental application, plus $270K from Arc Entertainment — In the three years before he became Donald Trump's chief strategist, Stephen K. Bannon lived as a virtual nomad in a quest to build a populist political insurgency.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Facebook will stream at least 22 live MLS matches in 2017 in English, through deal with MLS and Univision Deportes — As competition in the live streaming space heats up, Facebook has scored a significant deal that will allow it to stream at least 22 live Major League Soccer matches on its social network.
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Fox News Radio reporter Jon Decker, a member of WHCA board, confronts Gateway Pundit staffer Lucian Wintrich in WH press room; Wintrich claims he was assaulted — A Fox News Radio correspondent confronted in the White House briefing room the White House reporter for a website that traffics …
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
The presence of new partisan media organizations in the White House press pool raises questions about pool's reliability — In an age of partisan media, the lines between “partisan” and “media” can sometimes blur. — Case in point: The pool reporter covering Vice President Pence on Thursday …
Alleen Brown / The Intercept:
Hard-to-verify “alt” government social media accounts let dissenting federal employees share truth, but necessary anonymity can fuel profiteering by scammers — In early November, shortly after Donald Trump was elected president, a career scientist working for the federal Interior …
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Zach Schonfeld / Newsweek:
Profile of Sarah Pappalardo and Beth Newell, founders of satirical feminist site Reductress, which launched in 2013 and now draws about 1M unique views a month — CULTURE REDUCTRESS MEDIA JOURNALISM SATIRE — The internet's best satire site is run by two 30-somethings in an office the size of a walk-in closet.
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Los Angeles Times:
The $1B deal to sell Dick Clark Productions, producers of Golden Globes and more, to China's Dalian Wanda Group falls through — Ryan Seacrest hosts “Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2016.” (Ida Mae Astute / ABC) — The highly publicized $1-billion deal …
Penelope Green / New York Times:
Profile of Amy Astley, the new editor of Architectural Digest, which has been redesigned for its April issue and is now called AD — One windy morning in February, Amy Astley, the new editor of Architectural Digest, was showing off her magazine's renovation: a near-gut job, as they say in the trade.
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@nytrealestate
Alan Rusbridger / New Statesman:
As 21st Century Fox seeks approval to take over UK broadcaster Sky, regulators must remember that the Murdochs haven't played by the rules in the past — Why the billionaire's bid for Sky should be opposed. — Water under the bridge? That was my gut reaction when - to no one's great surprise …
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@arusbridger, @janinegibson and @dangillmor
Jessica Camille Aguirre / Backchannel:
How a Syrian immigrant to Germany sued Facebook after posts falsely linked him to terrorism, losing in court but essentially clearing his name — When Anas Modamani found out that the internet had labeled him a terrorist, he was visiting his cousin in eastern Germany.
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@erikaheidewald, @backchnnl and @stevenlevy
Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:
Profile of Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy, a friend of Trump who has emerged over the past few weeks as one of the president's most prominent unofficial spokesmen — Chris Ruddy is the Zelig of the Trump administration. — He's on CNN, blasting the White House chief of staff.
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Peter Kafka / Recode:
Sources: SoundCloud has been trying to raise $100M since last summer, without success — In 2014, the streaming music service thought it was worth $700 million. It could sell for much less. — SoundCloud needs more money, or it needs a buyer. — Sources say the streaming music service …
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