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Daniel Holloway / Variety:
Bill O'Reilly speaks publicly for first time since Fox News departure, says he will host daily podcast, free until Thu., then only available to Premium Members — Bill O'Reilly has broken his silence following his departure last week from Fox News. — In his first media appearance since signing off of …
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Jimmy Wales launches Wikitribune, a crowdfunded news site that will use journalists to write and volunteers to fact check in effort to combat fake news — The crowd-funded news platform aims to combat fake news by combining professional journalism with volunteer fact checking: “news by the people and for the people.”
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New York Daily News:
Andrea Tantaros files new federal lawsuit against Fox, alleging that the network orchestrated an online harassment campaign and hacked into her devices — Former Fox News CEO Roger Ailes and senior network executives orchestrated an online harassment campaign against a former female host …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
CNN's Alisyn Camerota tells how she was sexually harassed and then bullied by Roger Ailes when she worked at Fox News; Ailes' attorney denies claim
CNN's Alisyn Camerota tells how she was sexually harassed and then bullied by Roger Ailes when she worked at Fox News; Ailes' attorney denies claim
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
NBC says Megyn Kelly to start next month in preparation for Sunday night show going to air June against 60 Minutes, and morning show which is set for fall — A lot has happened since Megyn Kelly was last on television. — The first 95 days of the Trump presidency. Terror attacks in London and Paris.
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Kerry Flynn / Mashable:
The New York Times joins Snapchat Discover with a daily edition posted at 6am weekdays, including The Daily Mini crossword puzzle — Remember this date in history: April 24, 2017, The New York Times launched on Snapchat Discover. — “All the news that's fit to print” …
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Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke / WWD:
Q&A with Bloomberg Media CEO Justin B. Smith, on his media diet, print's strengths, and Twitter, which he calls the “largest general news company in the world” — The chief executive officer of Bloomberg Media really likes Twitter. — Bloomberg CEO Justin Smith at Bloomberg headquarters.
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Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
Google adding TV ad inventory to DoubleClick Bid Manager, letting advertisers measure video campaigns across digital media and linear TV — With viewing habits shifting from the living room environment to multiple online platforms spread throughout the house and elsewhere …
Ken Doctor / Newsonomics:
How Univision is betting on affiliate sales to grow Gizmodo Media Group's revenues while migrating most digital properties to the Kinja CMS — What was Gawker? A trailblazing, piercer of pretense? A snarky, vestigial leftover of the early bloggy web? A company that early on understood …
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
On press freedom threats, First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams worries most about the Espionage Act and leak investigations, and says Trump's tweets may help — Last Monday, the sun rose in the east, the black-capped chickadee sang its spring mating song and President Trump attacked American journalists in a tweet.
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Columbia Journalism Review:
How Univision's investigative journalists teamed up with Story House screenwriters for a “fictionalized series” on El Chapo — A film crew in Colombia works on a close-up shot for the new biopic El Chapo. Photo courtesy of Univision. — In September 2013 …
The Seattle Times:
Couple charged with assault in connection with January shooting outside University of Washington speech by Milo Yiannopoulos — Elizabeth Hokoana is charged with first-degree assault and her husband, Marc Hokoana, is charged with third-degree assault.
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Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Some companies, including AOL, BuzzFeed, and Fullscreen, have pulled out of NewFronts or scaled back their plans considerably — Some executives wonder whether the stream of events, where digital media companies pitch advertisers on their web video content, has lived up to its billing
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