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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Sources say the office of fired US attorney Preet Bharara is investigating Fox News, and Ailes' personal lawyer is reportedly on shortlist to replace Bharara — Throughout his six-decade career working on three continents, Rupert Murdoch has used his media properties to advance the prospects …
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Wall Street Journal, @mlcalderone, @reedfrich, @gabrielsherman, @gabrielsherman, The Week, @matthewamiller, Mediaite and New York Times
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Caitlin McGarry / PCWorld:
In SXSW interview Nick Denton talks about how Gawker's Hogan coverage could have been better and the importance of conversation-driven platforms to media — “Facebook makes me despise many of my friends and Twitter makes me hate the rest of the world," Gawker founder Nick Denton said.
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Digiday, Ars Technica, @amyvernon, @samspratlin, USA Today, @melodyhahm, The Guardian, The Drum, @taracivichealth, Ad Age, @christinebirkne, @amyvernon, @remyschwaaa, @itskaypea and @amyvernon, more at Techmeme »
Washington Post:
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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@ariberman, @anamariecox, @pwthornton, @anamariecox, Axios, @davidclinchnews, @braddjaffy, @sulliview and The Week
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 …
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@mlcalderone and The Gateway Pundit
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Rob Bluey / The Daily Signal:
The Heritage Foundation's The Daily Signal says it “won't be bullied” after The Washington Post writes about its reporter providing press pool reports — “What's a legitimate news outlet?” — Apparently not The Daily Signal, if you believe the self-proclaimed arbiters of journalism who represent the “mainstream” media.
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@robertbluey
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Lies aided by right-wing hyperpartisan media outlets require watchdogging, fact-checking, and self-examination by mainstream newsrooms — To save Tinkerbell, all you had to do was clap your hands and really, really believe in fairies. — To send a conspiracy theory on its vicious way around the world …
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Business Insider, @mannteufel and @parkermolloy
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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
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@justinhendrix, @carrasquillo, @bencjacobs, @lucianwintrich, The Gateway Pundit, The Gateway Pundit, TheBlaze, @carrasquillo, @dangillmor, @mtaibbi, @commiegirl1, @hadas_gold, @charliespiering, @carrasquillo, The Daily Caller, Business Insider, Vocativ, Washington Examiner, Mediaite, Washington Post, CNNMoney and Washington Post
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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Wall Street Journal, MLSsoccer.com News, Forbes, @danbiddle, @thesoccerdon, GeekWire, Reuters, @jogabonitousa, Ars Technica, CNET, Engadget, The Drum, BetaNews, Fortune, Business Insider and Axios
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.
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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@jayrosen_nyu, @read_n_learn, @altdia, @theintercept, @micahflee, @theremina, @csu_scientist, @molliekatzen and @alleenbrown
Jackie Spinner / Columbia Journalism Review:
How the Indy Star navigated a public records minefield to break its Pence email story — Vice President Mike Pence at the 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference. Photo by Michael Vadon. — THE REVELATION THAT VICE PRESIDENT Mike Pence used a private AOL.com email address …
Danny Funt / Columbia Journalism Review:
Profile of Las Vegas gossip columnist Norm Clarke, who retired from the Review-Journal last year and recently began writing for Vegas Sports Information Network — FOR 17 YEARS, GOSSIP IN LAS VEGAS wasn't gossip for long. Until Norm Clarke retired from the Review-Journal last summer …
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 …
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