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11:40 AM ET, March 27, 2017

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Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times:
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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Washington Post:
Analysis finds ads for big brands placed on politically extreme and derogatory content across the web, highlighting broader issues with programmatic advertising
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Richard Johnson / Page Six:
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 …
Joe Goldman / DemocracyFund:
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 …
Joe Concha / The Hill:
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.”
The Atlantic:
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 …
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
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 …
Tony Biasotti / Columbia Journalism Review:
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 …
 
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Source: Google has canceled the development of a second-generation Pixel Tablet, planned for release in 2025, due to concerns that it wouldn't sell very well

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Sources: Apple is testing a more conversational version of Siri, dubbed “LLM Siri”, with plans to release it in spring 2026 as part of iOS 19 and macOS 16

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