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Jason Silverstein / New York Daily News:
Jimmy Breslin, the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist who championed ordinary New Yorkers, dies at 88 — Jimmy Breslin — the cigar-chomping, hard-nosed newspaperman who won the Pulitzer Prize for his Daily News' columns championing ordinary New Yorkers — died Sunday morning. He was 88.
Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson defends decision not to allow a pool reporter to travel with him, saying he's “not a big media press access person” — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Saturday stood by his decision not to allow a pool reporter to travel with him on his Asia trip …
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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Trump administration ramps up efforts to control media by giving preferential access to friendly outlets and excluding others — President Donald Trump said Friday that his administration “can get around the media when the media doesn't tell the truth, so I like that.”
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Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
Nick Ayers, a top adviser to Vice President Mike Pence, is an investor in IJR, which got exclusive access to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson this week — Nick Ayers, a top adviser to Vice President Mike Pence, is an investor in Independent Journal Review, a social media-geared site for young conservatives.
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Matea Gold / Washington Post:
How an alliance between the Mercer family and Stephen Bannon fueled a media narrative that drove Trump's victory — The champagne was flowing as hedge fund executive Robert Mercer and his daughter Rebekah hosted a reception during the Cannes Film Festival last May to promote “Clinton Cash …
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Mix / The Next Web:
Startup LBRY preserves 20K Berkeley lecture videos purged from YouTube to comply with Americans with Disabilities Act — Earlier this week, the University of California at Berkeley purged some 20,000 lectures from various academic fields from its YouTube channel following a less-than-sensible ruling from the US Department of Justice.
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George Osborne accused of breaching rules with Evening Standard job — Shadow minister calls for investigation into whether Osborne has broken regulations on former ministerial appointments — The Cabinet Office is facing calls to investigate George Osborne's decision to take a job as editor …
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Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:
Sources: New York Time's T Magazine quietly reduces frequency from 13 to 11 issues per year as search for an editor in chief continues — The New York Times' T Magazine has reduced its frequency to 11 times a year. — Tom Waits on T's March cover. — T: The New York Times Magazine …
Doug Stanglin / USA Today:
Russia's parliament calls for investigation into US media companies operating in Russia, responding to what it says are US attacks on Russian media — Russia's parliament has called for an investigation into U.S. media operating in its country in response to what it says are attacks …
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Ashley Carman / The Verge:
FBI arrests person who allegedly tweeted seizure-inducing strobe at Newsweek's Kurt Eichenwald — An arrest has been made three months after someone tweeted a seizure-inducing strobe at writer and Vanity Fair contributing editor Kurt Eichenwald. The Dallas FBI confirmed the arrest to The Verge today …
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Pete Vernon / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with Guardian features editor Jessica Reed on the publication's attempt to stem politically polarized news and offer both liberal and conservative positions — It is by now conventional wisdom that the victory of Donald Trump amounted to a massive miss by the mainstream media.
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Mike Wuerthele / AppleInsider:
Chance the Rapper says Apple paid him $500K “plus a commercial” to exclusively stream his album Coloring Book on Apple Music for two weeks — After some criticism about the artist's integrity and independence, Chance the Rapper made a series of tweets and revealed …
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