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8:30 AM ET, March 13, 2017

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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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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.
Andrew Marantz / New Yorker:
A profile of the White House press corps. newest members, like Gateway Pundit's WH correspondent, who see trolling the mainstream press as their job  —  At daily briefings, Sean Spicer calls on young journalists from far-right sites.  The mainstream media sees them as an existential threat.
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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 …
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
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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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.
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.
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.
Patrick Frater / Variety:
BBC's subscription VoD service, iPlayer, launches in Singapore and Malaysia, marking its expansion into Asia  —  Subscription VoD system, BBC Player has launched in Asia, with Singapore and Malaysia the first two territories.  —  The authenticated multi-genre service is now available …
Eric Johnson / Recode:
Interview with new Huffington Post EIC Lydia Polgreen, on reaching Trump voters, expanding newsroom diversity, preserving the site's iconic splash, and more  —  Lydia Polgreen, who took over for Arianna Huffington late last year, wants to help Trump supporters and opponents see eye to eye.
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 …
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 …
 
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