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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 a major 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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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson excludes pool reporter representing US networks from DMZ meeting, allowing a team from Fox News to be admitted instead — During his trip to the Korean Demilitarized Zone Friday, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson excluded the pool reporter representing U.S. networks …
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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The Guardian:
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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Roy Greenslade / The Guardian:
George Osborne's appointment as editor of the Evening Standard shows media owners' comfort with overt Tory partisanship, with disturbing democratic implications — George Osborne's appointment as editor of London Evening Standard confirms a trend with disturbing democratic implications
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BBC:
George Osborne, Conservative MP, has been appointed editor of the London Evening Standard; he intends to stay on as MP in new role
George Osborne, Conservative MP, has been appointed editor of the London Evening Standard; he intends to stay on as MP in new role
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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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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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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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David Uberti / Columbia Journalism Review:
An analysis of four NJ weeklies bought by Gannett last year found they now include fewer and less substantive community news articles — When Gannett bought North Jersey Media Group last year, devotees of the family-owned company's newspapers worried how a national media giant would tread on their local media turf.
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The Guardian:
UK unit of ad agency Havas, which spends about $217M/year, joins British gov't in pulling ads from Google and YouTube after ads run next to extremist content — Havas becomes first major global marketing company to pull entire ad spend after talks with tech company break down
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