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Jack Shafer / Politico:
The New York Times' addition of Bret Stephens follows paper's tradition of hiring opinion section columnists like Kristol and Safire for quality hate reading — What's that howling ricocheting through the liberal precincts? It's only New York Times readers and writers greeting the arrival …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Hacker leaks stolen “Orange Is the New Black” season 5 episodes after Netflix failed to pay ransom; Netflix says a production vendor was compromised — An anonymous hacker has carried through on a threat to release “Orange Is the New Black” season five episodes online …
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Abby Ohlheiser / Washington Post:
Subdued White House Correspondents' Dinner rebukes Trump's anti-media stance, pays homage to the First Amendment and virtues of journalism — Welcome to White House Correspondents' Association dinner night. This year, it's going to be different. — That's largely because President Trump declined …
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The Guardian:
Turkey blocks Wikipedia under law designed to protect national security — Users trying to access online encyclopaedia via Turkish internet providers receive ‘connection timed out’ error message … Turkey has blocked Wikipedia, the country's telecommunications watchdog said on Saturday …
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Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
Interview with Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom on how the service reached 700M MAUs by shipping and updating products faster, future growth prospects, more — At a recent all-hands meeting with employees, Kevin Systrom, a founder and chief executive of Instagram, showed off one of his favorite charts …
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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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Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Publishers Association says sales of consumer ebooks plunged 17% last year to £204M, the lowest level since 2011 — Consumer sales down to £204m last year and are at lowest level since 2011 - when Amazon Kindle sales first took off in UK — Britons are abandoning the ebook …
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Alan Rusbridger / Committee to Protect Journalists:
As revenue declines for traditional media in Kenya, government withholds ad payments for leverage over what gets published — The Kenyan government withdraws advertising when newspapers step out of line — In some parts of the world, it is still possible to silence a journalist with a sharp blow to the side of the head.
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Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Milo Yiannopoulos says he has raised $12M from undisclosed investors to form a media company, Milo Inc., and plans to build a 30-person team in Miami — “This isn't some vanity nameplate on a personal blog,” he said of Milo, Inc, his new company that has anonymous backers.
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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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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Dan Rys / Billboard:
Musical.ly, the app that lets users create 15-second music videos, partners with Apple Music, integrating Apple's music catalog and launching cross-promotions — Over the past year, few new apps have captured the attention of the music industry — and teenagers across the globe …
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Alex Heath / Business Insider:
CEO of WPP, the world's largest advertising group, says the company plans to spend $200M on Snapchat ads in 2017, after spending $96M in 2016 — The CEO of the world's largest advertising group, WPP's Sir Martin Sorrell, said his firm plans to spend $200 million on Snapchat in 2017 during …
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