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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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The Week, @sominisengupta, @mlcalderone and Mother Jones
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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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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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Politicus USA, Mediaite, The Wrap, Inside Cable News and New York Magazine
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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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Variety, Media Wire Daily, @nocerabv, Axios, @talkingnewmedia, Recode, The Wrap, Talking New Media, Adweek, Wall Street Journal, @xpangler, @alansmurray, @edmundlee, @felixsalmon and @anthony
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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.
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Vanity Fair, Milo Yiannopoulos, Mediaite, The Hill, vice, New York Magazine, The Wrap, @cwarzel, Business Insider, The Libertarian Republic, Mediaite and The Stranger …


Musical.ly, the app that lets users create music videos, adds integration with Apple Music, using Apple's music catalog and including cross-promotion — Over the past year, few new apps have captured the attention of the music industry — and teenagers across the globe — than Musical.ly …
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Recode, Engadget, The Verge, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, RAIN News, MacRumors and Variety, more at Techmeme »


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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Fortune, more at Techmeme »


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.


Chris Dodd stepping down as head of the MPAA, will be replaced by Charles Rivkin, Obama's former assistant secretary of state for economic and business affairs — Chris Dodd is stepping down as head of the Motion Picture Association of America, Variety has confirmed.
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Broadcasting & Cable, Los Angeles Times, @dylanbyers and The Wrap


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.
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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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Adweek, The Business of Fashion and AOL


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