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Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Over 20 firms including Allstate, GlaxoSmithKline, and Bayer have pulled ads from Fox News' O'Reilly Factor amid sex assault allegations against Bill O'Reilly — O'Reilly accuser: ‘My voice is not for sale’ — Mercedes-Benz said Monday that it has “reassigned” its advertisements on …
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: NFL and Amazon strike $50M deal to stream 10 Thursday night games to Prime members; price is five times that of NFL's agreement with Twitter last year — Deal for 10 Thursday night games will be available only to Amazon Prime members — Amazon is ready for some football.
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Omidyar Foundation to give $100M over 3 years to support investigative journalism, fight misinformation, and counteract hate speech, with $4.5M going to ICIJ — The philanthropy established by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar will contribute $100 million to support investigative journalism …
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Politico:
Docs show Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch copied structure and language used by others in book, failed to cite sources; White House calls it a “false attack” — The White House rejects any suggestion of impropriety. — Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch copied the structure …
Jonathan Mahler / New York Times:
Behind the symbiosis between President Trump and CNN's Jeff Zucker, which thrives as the border between news and entertainment blurs — Inside the strange symbiosis between Jeff Zucker and the president he helped create. — At 3:58 on a recent Wednesday afternoon in Washington …
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Tina Nguyen / Vanity Fair:
Sources: a rift is opening at Breitbart between EIC Alex Marlow, who wants to take the site mainstream, and DC editor Matt Boyle, who remains anti-establishment — “There's no hierarchy, there's no office, there's no honest brokers. It's just controlled chaos."
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Micah Singleton / The Verge:
Spotify signs new licensing agreement with Universal Music Group, will restrict new albums from Universal artists to its premium service for up to two weeks — As part of its new licensing agreement with Universal Music Group — Spotify has agreed to a new licensing agreement with Universal Music Group …
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Mará Rose Williams / Kansas City Star:
How student reporters at a Kansas high school dug into the background of a new principal and found questionable credentials, causing her to resign — Days after student reporters at Pittsburg High School in Kansas dug into the background of their newly hired principal and found questionable credentials …
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Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline:
Showtime picks up TV mini-series about the Roger Ailes scandal, called Secure and Hold: The Last Days of Roger Ailes, based on Gabriel Sherman's reporting — BREAKING: Blumhouse has launched an independent television studio with ITV Studios acquiring a 45 per cent stake.
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Kate Stanhope / Hollywood Reporter:
Law and Order: SVU episode inspired by the Roger Ailes scandal to air on April 26
Law and Order: SVU episode inspired by the Roger Ailes scandal to air on April 26
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Jim Brady / ESPN:
ESPN issues new guidelines that recommend connecting political discussions to sports whenever possible — ESPN has issued new political and election guidelines for its employees that, while allowing for political discussion on the network's platforms, recommend connecting those comments to sports whenever possible.
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
How Trump insiders reward pro-Trump media figures including Mike Cernovich, who earlier spread Pizzagate rumors and false theories of a Hillary Clinton illness — The pro-Trump “Upside-Down” media is working hard to go mainstream, and it's doing so with help of a powerful ally: the White House.
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Factba.se compiles every public communication from Donald Trump and the White House in an easily-searchable database — This easily searchable trove covers virtually every single communication that comes from Donald Trump himself across multiple social platforms, as well as from from the White House.