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In February, Breitbart had 1.3K advertisers and 2.6K display ads on the site, down from 3.3K advertisers and 11.5K display ads in November — Since the presidential election, hundreds of companies have decided to block their advertisements from running on Breitbart News …
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@digitalshields and @slpng_giants
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The source of recent stories about brands running ads beside extremist content is Eric Feinberg, a marketer with a patented solution to the problem
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Fortune, @natives and The Guardian


As Netflix spends an expected $6B+ on 70+ original shows this year, TV rivals who once saw Netflix as a partner say the firm is driving up costs, hogging talent — The streaming-video service is hogging talent and pushing up prices, spurring pushback from rival TV producers who once saw it as a partner; 70 new titles this year
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@jonerlichman, @wsj, @wsjtech and @jbflint, more at Techmeme »
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Sources: Hollywood studios may soon release new movies for video-on-demand fewer than 45 days after their big screen debut, priced between $30 and $50 — Hollywood studios are planning to move ahead with ‘premium’ video-on-demand, making major movies available to home viewers only weeks after they hit theaters.
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Fortune, @ericboehlert, @benfritz, @nycjim and @davidrutkauskas, more at Techmeme »


Sources: Tomi Lahren now permanently off Glenn Beck's TheBlaze after declaring herself pro-choice — MORE FROM: … Tomi Lahren won't be appearing on Glenn Beck's multiplatform network, TheBlaze, anymore. — Sources say Lahren — who was suspended last week after flip-flopping on abortion …
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Deadline, Business Insider, @connortryan, MediaFile, @headlinejohnson, @nypost, @liamstack, GOOD Magazine, Infowars, The Independent, Complex, Mediaite, Cosmopolitan, The Hill, Death and Taxes, PAPERMAG and Newser


The Democracy Fund and First Look Media announce $12M+ in grants to support the press, including $3M each to ProPublica, the Center for Investigative Reporting — At a time when news organizations find themselves under attack, the Democracy Fund along with our partners at First Look Media …
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@dicktofel, @joegoldman, @joegoldman, @jcstearns, @mtdukes, @davidsirota and @nikkiusher


Former Obama White House press secretary Josh Earnest named political analyst for NBC News and MSNBC — Former White House press secretary Josh Earnest has been named an NBC News and MSNBC political analyst. — The announcement was made Monday morning on MSNBC's “Morning Joe.”
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Hollywood Reporter, @joeconchatv, Washington Free Beacon and twitchy.com


The Atlantic is opening an international bureau in London, which will be led by National Correspondent James Fallows who will be the mag's first Europe editor — Washington, D.C. (March 27, 2017)—The Atlantic today announced a major expansion across the Atlantic, with plans for 10 editorial …
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@megangarber, @fordm, @adriennelaf, @gillianbwhite, @ronbrownstein, @yappelbaum, @yappelbaum, @sophiegg and @ericliptonnyt


Sources: White House press official Boris Epshteyn, a college friend of Eric Trump's known for tangling with TV network staff, is let go from press job — Boris Epshteyn, an official in the White House press office who had a contentious relationship with television producers and was once …


Source: Quartz earned $1M+ on $30M+ in revenue in 2016, plans to add 50 staffers to New York headquarters and 18 elsewhere, bringing total to about 270 — The site has become profitable and plans to expand — Through humor, a mobile-friendly format and distinctive reporting …
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@rafat, @delaney, @jaimenovoa, @hkanji and Journalism News


Enrique Acevedo, the Univision anchor spearheading the network's Trump coverage, says Republicans are avoiding appearing on the network — After feuding with Trump, the top Spanish-language network is struggling to get Capitol Hill Republicans to go on air.
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@hadas_gold, @mlcalderone, @marcacaputo, @altochulo, @marcacaputo and @hashtaggriswold


How magazines like The Nation, Mother Jones, and Wired are balancing rigorous print tradition of fact-checking with the swift pace of digital publishing — Days after Kellyanne Conway uttered the now-infamous phrase “alternative facts” during a TV interview, Mother Jones magazine launched …
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@brodiegal, @c_chisholm, @cjr and Talking Biz News


Ex-USA Today NASCAR writer Jeff Gluck is on track to earn $78K a year in revenue from 800 subscribers through crowdfunding site Patreon — It's a heady time for publishers of subscription-supported news. The New York Times added more than half a million paying online readers in 2016 …