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Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
As harassment claims hound Bill O'Reilly, his latest book “Old School”, a defense of traditional values, tops charts — The timing of Bill O'Reilly's latest best-selling book could hardly be more awkward. — The book, “Old School,” is billed as a defense of traditional values …
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Mashable, Washington Post, Media Matters for America, New York Magazine and The Huffington Post
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Peter Sterne / Politico:
How Bill O'Reilly became the latest target for Angelo Carusone of Media Matters through pressure on advertisers — Angelo Carusone is targeting Fox News' biggest star with a plan he used on Beck and Limbaugh. — Angelo Carusone thinks Bill O'Reilly's days at Fox News are numbered.
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Indianapolis Star, Washington Post, Mashable, The Huffington Post, @salhernandez, New York Times, Ad Age, @kylegriffin1, AOL, The Wrap, Media Matters for America, New York Magazine, TIME, CNNMoney, The Week, @yashar, NPR, New Yorker, @davidfolkenflik, Vanity Fair, The Hill, New Yorker and Washington Post
Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Profile of The New York Times' Maggie Haberman, a tough but fair political reporter who may have a better handle on Trump than any other journalist — Several days before Donald Trump announced his bid for the presidency in June 2015, he invited New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman to lunch at Trump Grill.
Discussion:
Crain's New York Business, @ananavarro, @dylanbyers, @selenalarson and @cnn
Naomi Martin / Dallas Morning News:
Conservative commentator Tomi Lahren sues Glenn Beck and TheBlaze for wrongful termination, claims her Facebook page is not TheBlaze's property — Tomi Lahren, the young incendiary conservative commentator, is suing her former boss, Glenn Beck and his media firm, The Blaze, for wrongful termination involving her pro-choice comments.
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Mediaite, Scribd, Death and Taxes, Mashable, @oliverdarcy, CNNMoney, Newser, Fortune, New York Magazine, Axios, The Wrap, @oliverdarcy, BuzzFeed, @jasonleopold, The Huffington Post, Business Insider, @zaidjilani, @ryanjreilly, @becketadams, @zaidjilani, @comfortablysmug, @oliverdarcy, @naomimartin and @kt_thomps
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Adam Ragusea / Columbia Journalism Review:
When colleges and local governments hold public media licenses, editorial integrity can be precarious — Former WUTC reporter Jacqui Helbert. Photo by Megan Hollenbeck. — I ALWAYS CHUCKLE WHEN PEOPLE ALLEGE corporate sponsors or major donors are compromising the editorial integrity of American public broadcasting.
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@aragusea, Nashville Scene and Current
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Facebook adds new features to Instant Articles to encourage email sign-ups and Page Likes — Facebook today rolled out an improvement to its Instant Articles feature that now lets publishers include call-to-action units in their articles to better connect with readers, including those that encourage email sign-ups and Page Likes.
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Nieman Lab, Facebook Media, CNET, Ad Age, Poynter, Adweek and VentureBeat
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
SEC filing: CBS chairman and CEO Les Moonves received $69.6M compensation in 2016, up 22.5% over 2015 — The filing also disclosed that Sumner Redstone would leave his voting role on the CBS board as of the annual shareholder meeting in May. — CBS Corp. chairman, president …
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Variety, Deadline, Los Angeles Times, The Wrap, The Wrap and TVWeek.com
Alexander Russo / Phi Delta Kappan:
Reporters say they are frustrated by a lack of access to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos — Access, responsiveness, and calendar notifications are all at issue — As of early April, journalists' access to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos - and to timely responses from the agency she now runs …
Discussion:
@alexanderrusso and Media Matters for America
James Warren / Poynter:
Q&A with Ron Fournier, who covered the Clintons, George W. Bush, and Obama, on moving from DC to Crain's Detroit Business and on the ravaging of local media — Yes, you can go home. — If you labor in the self-regarding echo chamber of Washington, D.C., leaving can be difficult.
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Q&A with MSNBC host Rachel Maddow on Trump's taxes, interviewing White House officials, and the rigors of news coverage under the new president — Since Jan. 20, Washington has received ample indication that nothing is the same anymore. There's been a press briefing merely to berate …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix's chief product officer Neil Hunt departing in July after 18 years, will be replaced by Greg Peters; chief talent officer Tawni Cranz also leaving — Netflix said international exec Greg Peters will become chief product officer in July, taking over for Neil Hunt, who is leaving the company after 18 years.
Nieman Lab:
Scholars studying “fake news” say documenting how it moves and mobilizes people can help tell us why it circulates — Just as with works of art or literature, the meaning of a fake news story or image cannot be sharply separated from different ways of seeing, cultures of reading, or traditions of interpretation around it.
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Journalism.co.uk, @teslaughter, @bb_liliana and @jbenton
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Nausicaa Renner / Columbia Journalism Review:
First Draft News launches a Field Guide to Fake News, with exercises to help anyone understand how stories travel on social media
Discussion:
Nieman Lab, MacRumors, Press Association, MediaNama, Business Insider, BetaNews, @cjr, @nyguild and @cjr, more at Techmeme »
Russell Brandom / The Verge:
Department of Homeland Security has withdrawn its order to unmask @ALT_uscis Twitter account that criticized Trump, prompting Twitter to drop its lawsuit — Just one day after being sued in federal court, the Department of Homeland Security has withdrawn its order to unmask the @Alt_USCIS account …
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Adweek, Boing Boing, New York Times, @alt_uscis, The Wrap, Forbes, The Guardian, @npr, Engadget, Variety, CNNMoney, CNET, @omarjadwat, @aclu, ZDNet, Recode and Talking New Media, more at Techmeme »
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