Mediagazer: Q&A with Anna Wintour, American Vogue editor-in-chief, on the future of the industry as technology challenges traditional media (Imran Amed/The Business of Fashion)

4:35 PM ET, April 28, 2017

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Trump says he would attend the White House Correspondents' Dinner next year — He misses driving, feels as if he is in a cocoon, and is surprised how hard his new job is. — President Donald Trump on Thursday reflected on his first 100 days in office with a wistful look at his life before the White House.

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Politico:

Survey of White House press: 75% see Trump's verbal attacks more as distraction than threat; 68% see Trump as most openly anti-press president in US history — Our fourth annual survey of the White House press corps. — This marks the fourth year in a row that Politico Magazine has surveyed …

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Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:

Sources: the Murdochs are searching for a new head of Fox News, with a preference for a female executive — The company has quietly put out feelers for a possible new head of Fox News with the preference, say sources, that it be a woman. — The Murdochs may be preparing for a leadership change at Fox News.

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Rachel Stockman / Mediaite:

Source: plans to create a new right-wing news network are under discussion, as some prominent conservatives believe that Fox News is moving too far to the left — On the heels of major shakeups at the Fox News Network, an alternative conservative network is being actively discussed amongst conservative fat cats.

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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:

Sources: DoJ investigation of Fox News widens, with interviews being conducted by the US Postal Inspection Service, which probes mail and wire fraud cases — Fox News still under grand jury probe — The U.S. Justice Department's investigation of Fox News has widened to include a second law enforcement agency.

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New York Times:
In a tweetstorm on Thursday, Sean Hannity defended Fox News co-president Bill Shine, and claimed someone high up at the network was trying to get Shine fired

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Time Inc.:

Time Inc.'s board says they have evaluated sale offers and decided not to sell the company, and will back the management team's original plan instead — Time Inc. President and CEO Rich Battista stated, “Time Inc. is a reinvigorated company uniquely positioned to succeed …

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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Time Inc.'s stock falls 20% in premarket trading, after announcing it won't sell itself; morale is low at the company, with staffers preparing for more layoffs

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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:

A look at the press in the first 100 days of the Trump administration, during which journalists have both scrutinized and normalized the new President — Eons ago — yes, way back before Jan. 20 — I urged the American press to “scrutinize, not normalize” the actions of the new administration.

Imran Amed / The Business of Fashion:

Q&A with Anna Wintour, American Vogue editor-in-chief, on the future of the industry as technology challenges traditional media — There is no one in the fashion world quite as powerful — or as polarising — as Anna Wintour. For our latest print edition, Imran Amed sits …

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Jason Del Rey / Recode:

Inside BuzzFeed's 12-person affiliate commerce team, which operates under the company's Entertainment umbrella that reports to Ze Frank, not News head Ben Smith — Affiliate links are so hot right now. — BuzzFeed isn't the first media company to try to make money by pointing you to stuff you should buy on Amazon.

Discussion: Cision

Connie Loizos / TechCrunch:

Report: Content recommendation companies Taboola and Outbrain are in advanced merger talks; combined company would be valued at $1B+ — Taboola and Outbrain, two content recommendations companies that employ roughly 500 people, were formed the same year (2006) and have each raised substantial sums …

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Krishna Bharat:

Creator of Google News describes traits of story clusters and their sharing patterns that can be used by algorithms and humans to flag them as fake — Fast enough to empower humans to take action — Last November, a friend told me about his extended family of Filipino-Americans in the Fresno area.

Discussion: Nieman Lab, @jeffjarvis, @jasonabbruzzese, @craigsilverman and @_jackriley

Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:

Jury rules for the ex-wife of Infowars' Alex Jones in a custody case where Jones' lawyer portrayed him as a “performance artist” — “Mr. Jones is like a cult leader,” the conspiracy blogger's ex-wife told the jury. “And we've seen the horrific damage cult leaders do to their followers.”

Discussion: Vox, Rolling Stone, Austin American-Statesman, New York Magazine, garnetnews.com, The Huffington Post, @cwarzel, @jtilovetx, @cwarzel and @cwarzel

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