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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, The Week, New York Times, @reedfrich, @gabrielsherman, @gabrielsherman, @matthewamiller and Mediaite
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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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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 …
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Business Insider, @mannteufel and @parkermolloy
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, The Gateway Pundit, TheBlaze, @lucianwintrich, @dangillmor, @carrasquillo, @mtaibbi, @commiegirl1, @hadas_gold, The Gateway Pundit, @charliespiering, @carrasquillo, The Daily Caller, Business Insider, Vocativ, Washington Examiner, Mediaite, Washington Post, CNNMoney and Washington Post
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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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
John Rogers / Associated Press:
Nick Ut, the Pulitzer-Prize winning photographer famous for “Napalm girl” picture taken during Vietnam War, is retiring from the Associated Press after 51 years — LOS ANGELES (AP) — It would seem all but impossible to sum up one of the most distinguished careers in photojournalism …
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@demnotdem, @kpfinnerty, @lkherman and @ron_fournier
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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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 …
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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 …
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