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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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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Tracking the special treatment media get when they play nice with the White House — Some people regard Tomi Lahren as a racist. — The social-media star's past commentary on the conservative website the Blaze, including her disparagement of the Black Lives Matter movement …
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@sulliview, @jayrosen_nyu, The Wrap and Politico
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
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Sunlight Foundation, The Guardian, Washington Post, The Independent, Media Matters for America, Jezebel and @nick_ayers
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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New Yorker, Highline, @oliverdarcy, @sullivank, @opensecretsdc, @maggienyt and Axios
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
How Techmeme continues to set the agenda for influential tech readers, without chasing scale or adopting the trappings of most media firms — Gabe Rivera was halfway through his lamb gyro when it became clear he'd been spotted. It was the middle of the lunch rush at a bustling upscale food court …
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Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
Two New York Times reporters publicly reject claim of a FISA warrant connected to Trump campaign, published in NYT's op-ed section by News Corp's Louise Mensch — An opinion piece by controversial writer and former UK member of Parliament Louise Mensch mentions her FISA warrant story, which Times reporters have knocked down.
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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LBRY News, @awrigh01, MyBroadband, The Libertarian Republic, Weekly Standard, Boing Boing and Hit & Run
Max Galka / FOIA Mapper:
An analysis of 229K FOIA requests to 85 government agencies finds that journalists submit only 7.6% of federal FOIA requests — When the Freedom of Information Act was enacted in 1966, it was envisioned as a tool for journalists to facilitate government oversight and accountability.
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Columbia Journalism Review
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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Sky News, @greglabour, @greglabour, @gracew_bm, @jamesrbuk, @mehdirhasan, @shashj, BBC, BuzzFeed, @georgeeaton and @iamtimdowling
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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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Fortune, The Huffington Post, @chriscuomo, The Wrap, @tomjunod, @richarddeitsch, Raw Story, New York Times, CBS Dallas, @mtracey, Engadget, Newsweek, Mediaite, CNET, Newser, @passantino, @kurteichenwald, @kurteichenwald, New York Magazine, @kurteichenwald, Dallas Morning News, @verge, BuzzFeed, @kurteichenwald and @kurteichenwald, more at Techmeme »
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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