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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 …


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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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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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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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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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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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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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 …


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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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 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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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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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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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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