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Josh Meyer / Politico:
Profile of David Cay Johnston who began reporting on Trump in the 80's, wrote The Making of Donald Trump unofficial biography, and launched DCReport.org in 2016 — Angered by the publication of his 2005 tax returns, President Donald Trump on Wednesday accused NBC News of broadcasting …
Sopan Deb / New York Times:
Trump proposes eliminating national endowments for the arts and humanities and scrapping the Corporation for Public Broadcasting — President Trump is proposing the elimination of the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities in his federal budget plan to be released early Thursday …
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The Wrap, Consequence of Sound, Washington Post, The Week, The A.V. Club, @sopandeb, @monicaraymund, The Hill, @sopandeb, @sopandeb, @patrickhealynyt and Washington Post
Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
After years of undermining the economics of culture, the internet is helping fund old and new art forms, often through subscriptions via platforms like Patreon — One secret to longevity as a pundit is to issue predictions that can't be easily checked. So here's one for the time capsule …
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@sub8u, @dangillmor, @alison_chaiken, @fmanjoo, @traceyryniec, @adamkovac, @mathewi and @colin_tobias
Casey Newton / The Verge:
Behind Genius' shift from web annotations to becoming a video-focused media company, after laying off a quarter of its staff last month — Genius, which raised $56.9 million on the promise that it would one day annotate the entire internet, has been losing its minds.
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@lpolgreen, @craigmod, @counternotions, @willw, @caseynewton, @drewmcweeny, @taylorbuley, @brianpjcronin, @rafat, @dannygroner, @kia_mak, @dwhly, @hellocvh, @_alastair, @fmanjoo and @mattdpearce, more at Techmeme »
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Report: Twitter to open up its live streaming API next week allowing media companies to stream live videos directly to the service — While Twitter has already placed a focus on live streaming with Periscope, it is apparently looking to do even more. According to a report from The Information …
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The Information and Engadget
Erik Hayden / Hollywood Reporter:
American Media CEO David Pecker announces purchase of US Weekly from Wenner Media; about 45 staffers expected to re-interview for jobs as early as Friday — Wenner Media, the owner of Rolling Stone and Men's Journal, has sold the magazine to American Media Inc.
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Wall Street Journal, WWD, The Wrap, Adweek, CNNMoney, Variety, Jezebel, @tannenbaumr, @brianmontopoli, min Online and TheStreet.com
Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:
Fox Networks, Turner, and Viacom announce OpenAP, a system that will standardize targeting of specific TV audiences to ease ad buying across networks — Other TV companies invited to join advanced audience platform OpenAP — Three of the biggest TV companies are joining forces to accelerate the shift towards data-driven ad sales.
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Adweek, Forbes, Wall Street Journal, Ad Age, Variety, Los Angeles Business Journal, New York Post, Hollywood Reporter, Fortune, Radio & Television …, Reuters, The Wrap, Deadline and MediaPost
Adam Bernstein / Washington Post:
Bill Walsh, a respected Washington Post copy editor who wrote three irreverent books about his craft, dies at 55 — Bill Walsh, a Washington Post copy editor who wrote three irreverent books about his craft, noting evolutions and devolutions of language, the indispensability of hyphens …
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Reporters formally object after Tillerson takes only one reporter on Asia trip; Tillerson said plane was too small but flight was on a Boeing 737-sized aircraft — The president is suddenly press-shy — State Department reporters are strongly protesting Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's decision …
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Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
Erin McPike, White House correspondent for the Independent Journal Review, lands only press spot on Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's trip to Asia
Erin McPike, White House correspondent for the Independent Journal Review, lands only press spot on Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's trip to Asia
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The Huffington Post, PEN America, @eliselabottcnn, @isaacdovere, @oknox, @anthony, @sdkstl, @moira, @daveclark_afp, @cfcamerer, @scottnover and @perlberg
Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
The intense search for a smoking gun tying Trump to Russia invites confirmation bias, forgeries, and fantasy — Fantasy, confirmation bias, and forgeries in the reaction to Trump. — BuzzFeed Editor-in-Chief — The strange tale published today by BuzzFeed News of anti-Trump activists duped …
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@green_footballs, @mattdpearce, @fmanjoo, @miriamelder, @walldo, @sarahcwestwood and @buzzfeedben
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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
The Boston Globe says Facebook Messenger offers the easiest and cheapest way to send news notifications to mobile devices, sees 80% open rate in one week — The Boston Globe, like many publishers, wants to send breaking news notifications directly to people's phones.
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@digiday
Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
The Telegraph says Apple News has become the most effective third-party platform to drive readers to its sites and app; Telegraph posts about 240 articles/day — For The Telegraph, Apple News has become the most effective third-party platform at driving readers to its own sites and app …
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@digiday and @digihttpster
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Fox News says it let Kelly out of her contract on March 9, but a spokesperson for the anchor says they're still negotiating her termination agreement — Is Megyn Kelly free to work for NBC News or isn't she? According to Fox News Channel, Kelly no longer has ties to the 21st Century Fox owned cable-news outlet.
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Wall Street Journal and TVWeek.com