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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
In the latest US-Russia diplomatic crisis, Putin has used Trump's anti-media stance to undermine him on the global stage — MOSCOW — I wanted to better understand President Trump's America, a place where truth is being ripped from its moorings as he brands those tasked with lashing it back into place …
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Adam Taylor / Washington Post:
Interview with the reporter who broke a story on Chechnya's recent anti-gay purges and considers fleeing Russia after 15K people in Chechnya allegedly vow jihad — Novaya Gazeta is no stranger to hostility and controversy. The crusading Russian newspaper is known for powerful investigations …
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Committee to Protect …, Jezebel, @arothwp, @unamullally, @monaeltahawy, @mradamtaylor, @deanvictorr, @katrinanation and PinkNews
Jonathan Tilove / Austin American-Statesman:
In custody court case dispute, Alex Jones' lawyer says the talk-show host is a “performance artist” playing a character on Infowars — Highlights — Alex Jones and his ex-wife, Kelly, will be locked in a child custody trial the next two weeks in Austin.
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Casey Newton / The Verge:
How Facebook's shifting priorities and inferior monetization options for Instant Articles are leading some big publishers to abandon the format — Facebook's Instant Articles promised to transform journalism — but now big publishers are fleeing — Inside Facebook's Menlo Park headquarters …
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Alyson Shontell / Business Insider:
Bustle acquires Elite Daily from Daily Mail for an undisclosed sum and rebrands to Bustle Digital Group — - Bustle has acquired Elite Daily, a millennial site, from Daily Mail. — The deal was a mix of cash and stock. The exact amount was undisclosed but seems to be less …
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@jackmarshall, Adweek, Nieman Lab, TechCrunch, The Drum, @jayrosen_nyu, @perlberg, @pkafka, @stevekovach, @ajs, @sai, @ajs and @mekosoff
Rich McCormick / The Verge:
Several hours passed before Facebook removed a video of a murder shared on the social network — Facebook took posts down hours later — A Cleveland man is at large after reportedly killing someone and uploading the footage to Facebook. The video appears to show a man identified by police …
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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Ex-Trump spokesman Epshteyn joins conservative local news operator Sinclair Broadcasting Group as chief political analyst — Boris Epshteyn, the combative former White House spokesperson, has joined the conservative local news operator Sinclair Broadcasting Group.
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PR Newswire, Media Matters for America, @dylanbyers and @lachlan
Nitasha Tiku / BuzzFeed:
How Zuckerberg has polished his image to win people over, beginning with greater use of personal FB posts in 2015 and culminating in his current US talking tour — Until recently — , Mark Zuckerberg's most iconic public appearance may have been the image of the young startup founder sweating through …
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@martinsfp, @glennf, @nxthompson, @annehelen, @annehelen, @kimmaicutler and @nitashatiku, more at Techmeme »
Eric Johnson / Recode:
Interview with Axios co-founder Mike Allen on making the transition from Politico and writing for a much broader audience now — “When they're fighting a fight, when they're in the war, then they need to explain themselves more than ever." — Even before President Trump took office …
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@pkafka, @danprimack, @joshluger and Axios
Riley Griffin / Poynter:
Duke University Reporters' Lab catalogued 111 Trump statements about “fake news” over the past five months and found that 41% were response to Russia coverage — President Donald Trump offers a consistently defiant response to allegations about the Kremlin's meddling in the 2016 campaign: “fake news.”
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@dafnalinzer, @mantzarlis and AOL
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Great local reporting remains alive in a dying newspaper industry, but employment trends show it urgently needs support — In only 15 years, American newspaper companies slashed their workforces by more than half — from 412,000 employees in 2001 to 174,000 last year.
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@sulliview, @kathrynvarn, @schmitzmedia, @katrinanation, @chadwickmelissa, @betsbarnes, @jswatz and WGBH News
Catalina Albeanu / Journalism.co.uk:
Fang Wang, senior duty editor for FT Chinese, describes censorship challenges in China and how the Great Firewall continues to evolve — Facing both pre-print and post-print censorship, media outlets in China are caught in a cat and mouse game — Technology and social media advances empower …
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