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Committee to Protect Journalists:
CPJ says Russia should stop detaining journalists to prevent them covering protests after 11 were detained and then released Sunday, calls it “crude censorship” — Russian security forces should cease harassing and obstructing journalists covering protests and other events, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
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@joelcpj, Mediaite, Vocativ, The Guardian, Scroll.in, The Week, New York Times and Refinery29
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Alec Luhn / The Guardian:
First-person account from an American journalist who was detained by riot police while covering a demonstration in Moscow on Sunday — The treatment of peaceful protesters was shocking — raised my phone to take a photo as riot police suddenly began detaining protesters …
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@brizzyc, BBC, The Daily Caller and New York Magazine
Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
US Senate Daily Press Gallery denies permanent Congressional press passes to Breitbart, until it clarifies links to conservative non-profit and Rebekah Mercer — The standing committee of the US Senate Daily Press Gallery wants Breitbart to clarify links to conservative nonprofit Government …
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The Daily Beast, Media Matters for America, Fortune, @mlcalderone, Mediaite, Politico, @jasonleopold, @ericgeller, @perlberg, @perlberg, @benmullin, @ericboehlert and @perlberg
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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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Ad Age, AdExchanger, The Awl - Medium, @nytmedia, @digitalshields and @slpng_giants
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
In a letter, Tronc's second largest shareholder Patrick Soon-Shiong questions company's governance and demands the limit on his ownership stake be increased — Lawyers for Investor Patrick Soon-Shiong Raise Questions About Recent Moves by Tronc Board — Tronc Inc.'s second-largest shareholder …
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New York Times, @stevedaniels27, @srabil and TheStreet
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Scott Pelley's 60 Minutes interview with Mike Cernovich demonstrates how the mainstream media and the new right media exist in parallel universes — Scott Pelley wasn't prepared for a troll. — On Sunday's 60 Minutes segment on fake news, CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley brought Americans face …
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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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@apgelston, @bypetevernon, @tonybiasotti and @daviduberti
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Stephen F. Hayes makes several new hires as the new editor of The Weekly Standard, including WSJ's Robert Messenger, Slate's Rachael Larimore, and more — When Breitbart News ran a blaring headline last week suggesting that new evidence “vindicates” President Trump's still-baseless claims …
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
James Gianopulos, who previously ran 20th Century Fox, will take over as chairman of Paramount on April 3 — LOS ANGELES — Viacom has turned to one of Hollywood's most seasoned and respected executives, James N. Gianopulos, to revive its faded Paramount Pictures movie operation.
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Variety and Hollywood Reporter
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Female-focused site Bustle raises $12M Series D to push into political and video reporting; source says post-money valuation is $200M — Female-focused site is valued at almost $200 million as it pushes into politics, video — In digital media nowadays, politics is money.
Tony Romm / Recode:
Trump nominates ex-AT&T lobbyist Makan Delrahim as head of DoJ antitrust unit; Delrahim previously said AT&T-Time Warner merger not a “major antitrust problem” — The president nominated Makan Delrahim as his leading antitrust enforcer today.
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@tonyromm, more at Techmeme »
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 …
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Democracy Fund, Current, @dangillmor, @mlcalderone, @sachapfeiffer, Adweek, @zivabranstetter, @dicktofel, @dankennedy_nu, @joegoldman, @joegoldman, @jcstearns, @mtdukes, @davidsirota, @nikkiusher and rcfp.org
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