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Emily Bazelon / New York Times:
A profile of Lawfare, a national security blog read widely by the intel community which has gained a broader following in the Trump era — A little over a year ago, Benjamin Wittes, the editor in chief of the blog Lawfare, made the case that Donald Trump, as a Republican presidential candidate …
Andrew Kirell / The Daily Beast:
Fox Business Network sees ratings surge after abandoning straight business news for politics with a right-wing voice and becoming a Trump defender — It turns out Donald Trump never would have needed to launch his own cable-news outlet if he'd lost the election. He already has one: It's called the Fox Business Network.
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New York Times:
Sources: ex-Fox News CFO Mark Kranz among those subpoenaed for federal grand jury — The political drama around the federal courthouse in Manhattan did not end with the sudden, unexplained turnabout of President Trump in firing Preet Bharara, the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York.
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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
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
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Joe Pompeo / Politico:
At SXSW, NYT Executive Editor Dean Baquet says Trump loves the paper and lashes out when he can't win its favor, describes Breitbart as propaganda — AUSTIN, Tex. — The New York Times' top editor, Dean Baquet, says Donald Trump loves the Times and lashes out when he can't win its favor.
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Brian Flood / The Wrap:
Report: Questioned about his rumoured 2020 bid for the White House, Disney CEO Bob Iger neither confirmed nor denied the story — Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger won't consider running for President of the United States at the moment, but he didn't rule out a White House bid once his schedule clears up, according to CNN's Chloe Melas.
Michael Schuman / Washington Post:
By disparaging media in US, Trump gives tacit permission for autocratic authorities around the world to dismiss press reports as false and to harass journalists — Foreign correspondents already have a risky job. Now that risk is being increased. — I received a text message …
New York Times:
Liberal TV ratings are surging in wake of Trump victory, with MSNBC's primetime audience in February up 55% from a year ago — There is a new safe space for liberals in the age of President Trump: the television set. — Left-leaning MSNBC, after flailing in the Obama years, has edged CNN in prime time.
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Amar Toor / The Verge:
Germany's Justice Ministry introduces draft law proposing fines of up to $53.2M on social media companies that fail to remove hate speech, defamatory fake news — Justice ministry says Facebook and Twitter are still failing to quickly remove illegal content reported by users
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Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
HBO will debut a documentary about ex-Washington Post Editor Ben Bradlee, who oversaw the paper when it broke the Watergate story — HBO is making a documentary about Ben Bradlee, the legendary Washington Post executive editor who died in 2014. A lot of interviews for the film have been shot already …
Michael Liedtke / Associated Press:
On February 1, Verizon sought a $925M discount on Yahoo purchase, before settling for a $350M price cut, according to a regulatory filing — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Verizon initially thought the biggest data breaches in internet history merited a $925 million discount on its acquisition …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Marissa Mayer to get $23M severance package; Thomas McInerney, former CFO of Barry Diller's IAC, to take over as CEO of Altaba following Verizon deal close
Marissa Mayer to get $23M severance package; Thomas McInerney, former CFO of Barry Diller's IAC, to take over as CEO of Altaba following Verizon deal close
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Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal:
Washington Post signs deal to license its publishing technology, Arc Publishing, to Tronc, with plans to open it up to all publishers via self-service platform — Publisher hopes to sell its technology to publishers of all sizes — The Washington Post has signed an agreement to license …
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
In the era of the curated digital feed, readers now experience the day's stories as a kind of choose-your-own-news adventure — AUSTIN, Tex. — A fascinating story emerged about Netflix last week. — The Daily Mail reported that the streaming television service was developing …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
HLN, CNN's sister channel, will add political pundit S.E. Cupp to its early-evening program in June and introduces new original series on Friday nights — No matter how many changes HLN has seen in recent years, one thing has stood as a constant: multiple airings of “Forensic Files,” …
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