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The Mail Online and the Daily Mail's apology to Melania Trump — The Mail Online website and the Daily Mail newspaper published an article on 20th August 2016 about Melania Trump which questioned the nature of her work as a professional model, and republished allegations that she provided services beyond simply modelling.
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Source: Melania Trump will be paid around $2.9M in damages and costs by the Daily Mail; her initial suit asked for $150M in damages — Melania Trump threatens to sue news outlets — The Daily Mail has apologized to Melania Trump and agreed to pay damages to settle a lawsuit filed …
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Owen Bowcott / The Guardian:
Melania Trump accepts damages and apology from The Daily Mail publisher over allegations about her work as a professional model — US first lady sued UK newspaper's owners over allegations about her work as a professional model … The Daily Mail will pay damages to settle a libel claim brought …
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The New York Times Company:
Wall Street Journal deputy editorial page editor Bret Stephens, 2013 Pulitzer winner and frequent Trump critic, is leaving to become a New York Times columnist — The New York Times today announced that The Wall Street Journal's current deputy editorial page editor Bret Stephens will join Opinion as an Op-Ed columnist.
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Ted Johnson / Variety:
During an interview at the Newseum with MSNBC's Greta Van Susteren, WH Press Sec Spicer apologized a second time for his comments about Hitler — WASHINGTON — White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer again apologized for comments he made comparing the use of chemical weapons in Syria …
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Ryan Parker / Hollywood Reporter:
Press Secretary Sean Spicer apologizes on CNN for Hitler statement: “I mistakenly used an inappropriate, insensitive reference to the Holocaust”
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Sources say Bill O'Reilly may not return to Fox News after his planned vacation, announced Tuesday; source says he plans to return April 24 — Embattled Fox News host Bill O'Reilly announced tonight that he is taking a vacation. O'Reilly's decision to go off the air in the midst …
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Gwilym Mumford / The Guardian:
Chinese researcher says the country is likely to increase Hollywood movie imports under forthcoming US trade pact — Donald Trump and Chinese premier Xi Jinping agree an increase in Hollywood imports, up from the current 34 a year, as part of recent trade talks
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
At Newseum event, Kellyanne Conway appears to criticize Bannon's description of the media as “the opposition party” and praises NYT reporter Maggie Haberman — Kellyanne Conway briefly strayed from the White House's long-standing critiques of the media Wednesday to deliver …
Jason Pontin / MIT Technology Review:
MIT Technology Review's Editor-in-Chief Jason Pontin on how a troll made him rethink the site's comments section, limiting comments on some stories — I have a troll. Writing as @zdzisiekm, or “Gus,” or under other names, he has commented on stories on TechnologyReview.com 6,386 times and counting as of April 2017.
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Reuters:
Sources: Meredith's preliminary offer of less than $20/share for Time Inc. falls short of price expectations — U.S. media group Meredith Corp (MDP.N) has made a preliminary acquisition offer to Time Inc (TIME.N) that fell short of the price expectations of the publisher of Sports Illustrated …
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Shelley Hepworth / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with tech journalist Walt Mossberg on the tech beat and his post-retirement plan to spend more time working on The News Literacy Project — Walt Mossberg was on the tech beat before most news outlets even established such a beat. In 1991, he ditched one of the most sought after jobs …
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Eli Rosenberg / New York Times:
Journalists at Gothamist and DNAinfo agree to unionize with Writers Guild of America East — Reporters and editors at the New York news organizations DNAinfo and Gothamist have agreed to unionize after combining their operations last month. — An “overwhelming” majority of the 26 members …
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