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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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Fortune, The Daily Beast, Media Matters for America, Mediaite, @mlcalderone, Politico, @jasonleopold, @ericgeller, @perlberg, @perlberg, @benmullin, @ericboehlert and @perlberg
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Felicia Schwartz / Wall Street Journal:
State Department suspends press briefings and will not resume them for at least two weeks, as Rex Tillerson searches for a permanent spokesperson — With the departure of acting spokesman Mark Toner, the press podium at the State Department will go dark for at least two weeks.
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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, The Daily Caller, Scroll.in and New York Magazine
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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 and The Week
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, @srabil, @stevedaniels27 and TheStreet
eMarketer and Newsroom Posts:
YouGov survey finds 61% of people trust ads they see, an 11% jump from March 2014; 72% say ads are “honest”, a 16% increase over past three years — Consumers say they trust ads, new survey finds — Trust in key institutions has plummeted in the US, but a new survey finds significantly …
Bangkok Post:
Thai government suspends Voice TV news channel for seven days after subcommittee found certain programs criticized authorities without good reasons — Voice TV, a news outlet owned by former PM Thaksin Shinawatra's children, has vowed to take legal action against regulators after its digital TV licence was suspended for seven days.
Discussion:
Committee to Protect … and Star Tribune
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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Lara O'Reilly / Business Insider:
The Guardian to file lawsuit in UK against ad tech firm Rubicon Project for not disclosing fees imposed on advertisers buying its ad inventory — The Guardian is preparing to file a lawsuit against ad tech company Rubicon Project, alleging the ad tech vendor did not disclose fees it levied …
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The Drum
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.
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 …
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.
Discussion:
@tonyromm, more at Techmeme »
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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